| 1940 |
Born in Sichuan Province, China |
| 1962 |
Graduated from the Xi'an Art Academy, specializing in Oil Painting |
| Current |
Lives and works in Shenzhen |
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| Selected Solo Exhibitions |
| 2005 |
Insight: Paintings by Qiu Shihua, Chambers Fine Art, New York, USA |
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Vision of Fields by Qiu Shihua, Hanart TZ Galley, Hong Kong |
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Luis Campaña Gallery, Cologne, Germany |
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Gallery Urs Meile, Lucerne, Switzerland |
| 2004 |
Qiu Shihua, Künstlerverein Malkasten, Düsseldorf, Germany |
| 2003 |
Gallery Urs Meile, Lucerne, Switzerland |
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Luis Campaña Gallery, Cologne, Germany |
| 2002 |
White Landscape, Pruss & Ochs Gallery, Berlin, Germany |
| 2001 |
Landscape Painting on the Edge of Visibility, Galleria OTSO, Espoo, Finland |
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The New York Kunsthalle, New York, USA |
| 2000 |
Qiu Shihua – Landscape Painting, Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic |
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Gallery Urs Meile, Lucerne, Switzerland |
| 1999 |
Qiu Shihua, Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland |
| 1997 |
Qiu Shihua, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong, Taiwan |
| 1995 |
Qiu Shihua, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong |
| 1991 |
Qiu Shihua, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong, Taiwan |
| 1990 |
Qiu Shihua, Alliance Française, Hong Kong |
| 1985 |
Exhibition in Dijon, France |
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Selected Group Exhibitions |
| 2005 |
Mahjong: Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection, Kunstmuseum, Bern, Switzerland |
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China as seen by Contemporary Chinese Artists, Spazio Oberdan, Milan, Italy |
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Pictorial DNA – Made in China, Galerie Urs Meile, Lucerne, Switzerland |
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What is Realism, Albermarie Gallery, London, UK |
| 2004 |
Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai Art Museum, China |
| 2003 |
New Zone – Chinese Art, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland |
| Einbildung – Das Wahmehmen in der Kunst, Kunsthaus Graz, Austria |
| 2002 |
China – Tradition und Moderne, Ludwig Galerie Schloss Oberhausen, Germany |
Welcome China!, Gallery Soardi, Nice, France |
| 2001 |
The Inward Eye: Transcendence in Contemporary Art, Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, Texas |
| 2nd Berlin Biennale, Berlin, Germany |
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Take Part, Gallery Urs Meile, Lucerne, Switzerland |
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Take Part II , Gallery Urs Meile, Lucerne, Switzerland |
2000 |
Our Chinese Friends, ACC Gallery Weimar & Galerie the Bauhaus University, Weimar, Germany |
| 1999 |
d'APERTutto, 48th La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy |
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Natural Reality, Forum Ludwig, Aachen, Germany |
| 1998 |
Eight Chinese Artists, Asian Fine Art Gallery, Berlin, Germany |
| 1996 |
China!, Bonn, Vienna, Singapore, Copenhagen, Warsaw, Berlin |
| 23rd International Biennale, Sao Paolo, Brazil (As a special guest) |
| Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany |
| 1995 |
China's New Art Post-1989, USA |
| 1992 |
The First Annual Exhibition of Chinese Oil Painting, Hong Kong |
| 1986 |
Chinese Art Festival, organized by La Défense in Paris, France |
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| Reviews, Publications and Selected Material |
| 2005 |
Art in America, October 2005 |
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New York Times, May 6, 2005 |