WENYI QIAN
In Qian’s works, she sometimes sees herself as a broken eel trapped in paraffin, and sometimes treats the red watermelon as part of her body. She is inspired by behaviours and habits of other people and beings, and revels in the experience whereby she detaches herself to become a bystander, who silently bears the moulding and shaping of the world around. And from which, the resistance, acceptance, and change that she undergoes becomes a part of the work.
Beginning her artistic journey in Chinese traditional painting, Wenyi Qian then transitioned into disciplines of oil painting and sculpture. In her practice, she is conducting an exposition of traditional Chinese painting symbols to explore the embodiment between painting and the female body. As the symbols evoke imagination beyond their painterly quality, they invite contemplation upon viewing the works. Consequently, the senses will be employed as a politics of practice, surpassing and transcending mere signification.
Wenyi Qian (b. 1998, China) is an artist and curator based in London, UK. After graduating from the Xi'an Academy of Fine Art in Oil Painting, she completed an MA in Sculpture at the Royal College of Art to expand her research-based practice into painting, writing, moving images, and sculpture. Qian’s work has been exhibited by galleries globally, with her published group work “Wild Stone '' collected by the Tate Britain and Freud Museum.