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Chen Qingqing's CV and Biography Chen Qingqing’s CV and Biography B. 1953, Beijing, China Education 1980-86 English / German Literature Studies, Beijing, Vienna ​ 1972-80 Studied traditional Chinese medicine, Beijing Solo and Two-Persons Exhibitions 2015 Fantasy Museum, Qing Qing’s Installation 22year, Yuan Art Museum, Beijing, China ​ ​ 2012 Retrospective Exhibition of Qing Qing’s Installation Art, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China ​ ​ 2009 Dream of Fifteen Years Installation Art by Chen Qingqing, LDX Art Center of Beijing, Songzhuang ​ ​ The Living Garden, Europalia International Art, Belgium ​ ​ 2008 Enchanted Paradise, Schoeni Gallery, Hong Kong ​ ​ 2006 Mirage of 798 – Secret Light, Dayaolu Zhanchon ​ ​ 2005 The Mirage of 798 – Secret Light, Beijing ​ ​ Qing Qing Installation, Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo ​ ​ 2004 Nature – Substance – Substance-Nature, Things In Boxes ​ ​ Qing Qing’s Installations 2000 - 2004, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China ​ ​ ​ ​ 2003 Qing Qing Installation, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China ​ ​ 2002 Qing Qing is Back! – 2nd Solo Exhibition, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China ​ ​ 2000 Qing Qing’s Mixed Media Works, China Contemporary Gallery, Beijing, China ​ ​ Qing Qing, Chinese Contemporary, London ​ ​ 1999 Nomad of the Soul, AAL – Gallery Karl Strobe, Vienna ​ ​ Qing Qing Mixed Media, Red Gate Gallery ​ ​ 1998 City Light, Gallery Wort und Bild, Vienna ​ ​ 1997 City Light Installation, Beijing Scitech Shopping Center, Beijing, China ​ ​ Light Installation, Afro – Asiatische Institute, (AAI), Vienna ​ ​ ​ ​ 1996 Head Sculpture Installation, Studio Fortschnitt, Vienna ​ ​ Home Installation, Modern Art Museum, Vienna ​ 1995 Qingqing Chen Sculpture, Century Gallery, Beijing, China ​ ​ Group Exhibitions 2012 Two Generations – 20 Years of Chinese Contemporary Art, 2012 Australian Tour: City of Sydney Chinese ​ ​ New Year; Manning Regional Gallery; Damien Minton Gallery; University of Newcastle Gallery; Melbourne International Fine Arts (MiFA); Linton & Kay, Perth 2011 20 Years – Two Generations of Artists at Red Gate, island6 Art Center, Shanghai ​ ​ 20 Years – Two Generations of Artists at Red Gate, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China ​ ​ 2009 Translucence – Female Contemporary Art From China, European Center of Contemporary Art, Belgium ​ ​ The Living Chinese Garden, Europalia International Art, Belgium ​ ​ ​ 2008 Life in Songzhuang – Female Version, Songzhuang Museum, Beijing ​ ​ Facing China – The Fu Ruide Collection, Museum of Iceland, Austria, Norway, Finland, Sweden ​ ​ Red Gate Stars, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China ​ 2007 Escape By Crafly Scheme – Salvation from Traditional and Revolutional Language, Square Gallery of ​ ​ Contemporary Art, Nanjing, China China Under Construction, Deborah Colton Gallery, Houston, Texas ​ ​ The Power of the Universe – Exhibition of Frontier Contemporary Chinese Art, Asia Art Center, Beijing, ​ ​ China 2006 To the Watchtower: Red Gate Gallery’s 15th Anniversary Garden Tour, Gong Gallery, Beijing, China ​ ​ ​ 2005 Loft of Language: Female Artists in China, ¾ Gallery, Beijing, China ​ ​ China – Ireland Art Festival, Shanghai Art Gallery, Shanghai ​ ​ Untitled, Pingyao International Photography Festival, Shanxi, China ​ ​ Mandarin Century: Outdoor Installation, New Millennium Monument Art Museum, Beijing, China ​ ​ Passion and Force, Yan Art Center, Beijing, China ​ ​ Transparent Box: the Unlimited Extension of Limited Space, Jianwai SOHO, Beijing, China ​ ​ One Dimensional and Two Ends: the Expression of Design in Contemporary Experimental Art, He Xiangning ​ ​ Museum of Art, Shenzhen, China 2004 Dream – Perplexity, Modern Female Identification, China Women Activity Center, Beijing, China ​ ​ ​ ​ Only the Cat Knows: Works by Chen Qingqing, Yuan Yaomin, LA Gallery, Beijing, China ​ ​ Democracy Forever, Plum Blossoms, New York, New York ​ ​ 2003 SHE – Ten Female Artists, China Seasons Art Gallery, Beijing, China ​ ​ Golden Harvest: Chinese Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia ​ ​ Listening to Women Telling His-Story: Conceptual Art, Chongqing, China ​ ​ 30 Years with A Future, New Millennium Monument Art Museum, Beijing, China ​ ​ 2001 Hot Pot: Chinese Contemporary Art, Kunstnernes Hus, Norway ​ ​ Documentation of Chinese Avant-Garde Art in 90’s, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan ​ ​ Phenomenon, Gallery FAN, Beijing, China ​ ​ 1999 Womnifesto II, 2nd International Woman’s Art Exchange, Saranron Park, Bangkok, Thailand ​ ​ 1998 Vivre Life, Wan Fung Gallery, Beijing, China ​ ​ Corruptionists, Public Exhibition Space, Beijing, China ​ ​ Der Gross Hallmasch, SUR Gallery, Vienna, Austria ​ ​ 1996 Point and Line, Calligraphy and Installation, Gallery Atrium de Art, Vienna ​ ​ .
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