Qiu Jie

Qiu Jie (born 1961) is a Chinese artist working in Switzerland, France and China. He was born in Shanghai, China.

Style
Qiu Jie weaves together Western pop culture and advertising with Chinese iconography to create intricate, internationally acclaimed pencil drawings.

Exhibitions
The solo exhibitions of Qiu Jie include:


 * 1985 Palace of Culture, Xu Hui, Shanghai
 * 1992 Museum of Fine Arts, Shanghai (with Shen Fan)
 * 1992 OP.ERA Gallery, Geneva
 * 1994 Andata/Ritorno Gallery, Geneva
 * 1998 Crosnier Hall, Palais de l'Athénée, Geneva
 * 1998 Martin Krebs Gallery, Bern
 * 1999 "UQS 1" arcade space, Zurich
 * 1999 "UQS 2" Artamis Stargazer Gallery, Zurich (with Tomas Schunke)
 * 2000 Museum of Contemporary Art, Basel (with Ai Wei Wei)
 * 2000 The BF15 space for contemporary art, Lyon
 * 2004 Martin Krebs Gallery, Bern (with J. F. Luthy and P. Stoffel)
 * 2004 Centre d'art en l'île, Geneva
 * 2006 Leda Fletcher Gallery, Geneva
 * 2013 Art Plural Gallery, Singapore

He has also participated in group shows including:


 * 1999 Change Directory: Kunsthalle, Bern
 * 1999 Somewhere one: Attitudes - contemporary arts space, Geneva
 * 2001 Mai 1968: Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Geneva
 * 2003 Colours make the wall: Factory Secheron, Geneva
 * 2004 Art of Shanghai: Gallery Leda Fletcher
 * 2005 Discover-Rediscover: Rath Museum, Geneva
 * 2006 Shanghai Biennale: Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai

Education

 * 1994 École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Genève, Switzerland (now HEAD – Genève, Haute école d'art et de design / Geneva University of Art and Design )
 * 1981 Shanghai Art Installation School, China