Ci Ruquan

1985 Born in Qingdao, Shandong Province

2009 Graduated from the Oil Painting Department of China Central Academy of Fine Arts with a bachelor's degree

2013 Graduated from the Experimental Art Department of China Central Academy of Fine Arts with a master's degree

Currently works and lives in Beijing

GROUP EXHIBITION

2015

Cross the Boundary - "Art Nova 100" Youth Art Exhibition, One Art Space, Beijing

2015 Art Nova 100, Beijing

Rock Language - Chinese Rock Painting Invitation Exhibition, 798 Art Center, Beijing

2014 

Micro Art - Group Exhibition of Painting, Ninth Floor Museum, Beijing

2013  

China Central Academy of Fine Arts Graduation Exhibition, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing

Under Ground - Youth Contemporary Art Exhibition, Yuan Art Museum, Beijing

2010  

China Central Academy of Fine Arts Experimental Art Exhibition, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing

2009  

Young Artists Group Exhibition, Caochangdi Impression Space, Beijing

2008  

China Central Academy of Fine Arts Graduation Exhibition, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing

Ci Ruquan: I have always paid attention to visual symbols in ancient Chinese culture, and how to make a more in-depth and accurate interpretation of them in a contemporary context. My works attempt to examine the natural philosophy of everything in heaven and on earth from a new angle. In form they allow the abstract and the figurative to coexist, with no boundaries in techniques and materials, trying to create something neither abstract nor concrete, based on traditional and non-traditional painting language. I think in my work the only certain thing is “breath”, with the rest of the information showing a sense of alienation and diversity.