Qu Leilei

Qu Leilei (曲磊磊, born 1951)[1] is a contemporary Chinese artist currently based in the UK.

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Qu.

Qu grew up in China during the Cultural Revolution and spent some time forced in to hard labour as his parents were branded capitalists .[2] Later, he served as an art director at China Central Television.[2]

In 1979, as one of the founding members of the avant-garde "Stars Group", together with, Wang Keping, Ma De Sheng, Mao Lizi, Huang Rui, Li Shuang, Ah Cheng and Ai Weiwei,[3][4][5] Qu took part in the first exhibitions of contemporary art in China.[2]

After Qu left China, he relocated to London to practice his art, lecture and exhibit internationally.[3] His paintings were exhibited at a solo display in the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford in 2005,[3] the first time in the Ashmolean that a show was devoted singly to the work of a living artist.[4][5] He has also had a solo exhibition at Beijings National Gallery and his works have been exhibited and collected worldwide and by museums including the British Museum and the V&A in London. His work at the British museum is now part of their permanent collection and this was marked with a symposium about himself and the Stars movement and his work.

Also in 2005, he was one of three finalists for the Arts Council England "Pearl Award for Creative Excellence".[5]

References
  1. Yung Chang. (1996) Preface to A Visual Diary Archived 29 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine reproduced at redfern-gallery.com. Retrieved 19 March 2008.
  2. James, Nicholas P. (12 November 2007). Small Histories. United Kingdom: C.V./Visual Arts Research. ISBN 1-905571-51-8., p. 60
  3. Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the UK. (16 June 2005) The Music of Ink: Chinese arts ancient and modern, Special event on Chinese Culture in British Museum Archived 25 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine chinese-embassy.org.uk. Retrieved 19 March 2008.
  4. Asian Nouveau. (24 May 2005) New work by Qu Lei Lei at the Ashmolean Archived 5 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine. asiannouveau.com. Retrieved 19 March 2008.
  5. Arts Council England. (2005) 2005 finalists: Pearl Award for Creative Excellence Archived 7 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine pearlawards.org.uk Retrieved 19 March 2008.

Further reading
  • Winchester, Rupert (Fall 2005). "Qu Lei Lei: Everyone's Life is an Epic". ArtAsiaPacific (46): 80. 17940479.


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