Wu Nianqiu

1992 Born in Xi’an, Shanxi Province

2015 Graduated from the Oil Painting Department of Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts with a bachelor’s degree

Currently studies at the Oil Painting Department of Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts for a master’s degree

GROUP EXHIBITION

2016

2016 Art Nova 100, Beijing, China

The Joint Sketch Exhibition of National Fine Art Institutes Oil Painting Departments, Western Gallery, Xi’an, China

The Plan Beyond the Plans, Xi’an Contemporary Art Museum, Xi’an, China

2015

The Start of a Long Journey - 2015 National Excellent Graduation Works Exhibition, Luo Zhongli Art Museum, Chongqing, China

INTER-YOUTH - Art Exhibition of International Art Institutes, CAA Art Museum, Hangzhou, China

SHIJIUWEIXIANG, Xi’an Contemporary Art Museum, Xi’an, China

2014

Ou Vas Tu?, Espace des Arts sans Frontières, Paris, France

Wu Nianqiu often uses both oil painting and installation in his works. He would arrange the actual space of the work and create on-site. The body, life and death are some of the topics he deals with and through which he explains a potential form of energy. With the concept of energy, his works seem to be taking a genuine perspective. He depicts an incident or a phenomenon, and then re-introduces the tranquil scene with a hint of melancholy. Yet these tranquil times come from the infinite extension of human desire, conspiracy and resistance. They are the irreversible consequence of overthrowing and destruction. The artist calmly brings out narrative works that bridge between personal ideas and viewers’ sentiments. With a clear and direct thread, viewers are lead to ponder on the unstable world behind the image and to associate with fragments of memory, lying in between personal and society consciousness. Ultimately, we trace back to the origin of this energy, and to the original force in human’s desire to survive. - Chu Hongrui (Principal of Estran, China-France Contemporary Art Communication Association)