qi peng
qi peng was born in Queens, New York in 1976. He received his masters degree at Yale University. He is a conceptual artist and photographer who works with various approaches ranging from traditional drawing to mixed media philosophical paintings to conceptual documentary photography. The artist currently lives and works near downtown Salt Lake City and New York City for special projects.
"As an artist, I feel that my work encompasses a broad range of emotional and philosophical concerns. It is my duty as an alchemist and/or shaman to convert everyday objects and materials from my studio, home, or discarded artifacts into the magic of a new type of transfiguration which bridges the traditional framework of genres such as still life or portrait or landscape or video art with new and exciting radical interpretations and experiments with abstraction.
My latest series of abstract paintings reflects the convergence of painting and photography, the merging of NASCAR and quantum mechanics, the meeting between planes of colored light dancing upon the canvas to reflect a heightened awareness of conceptual awareness in the post-digital era.”
solo exhibitions
2008 industrial landscapes: a selection [curated by photo-eye gallery], PhotoBistro, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Fine Art Adoption Network [curated by Adam Simon], internet, Brooklyn, New York
qi peng’s greatest misses [includes collaborations with Ilse Murdock and Michelle Kurtz (Circlegal)], Tanner Frames, Salt Lake City, Utah
monochromes, Addicted Cafe, Salt Lake City, Utah
Social Consciousness, atelier 180 gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah
phuck picasso, Red Light Books, Salt Lake City, Utah
2007 alchemy of history, model.citizen gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah
industrial landscapes, modern8 gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah
group exhibitions
2008 Shall We Begin?, Iao PROJECTS, Salt Lake City, Utah
The World’s Smallest Art Fair, Anna Kustera, New York City, New York
The Alphabet Project, St Paul St Gallery 2, Auckland, New Zealand
Black & White Exhibition, Iao Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah
qi peng: catalogue raisonne 2000-2007 book sculpture [curated by Kate Ithurralde], Salt Lake Art Center Bookstore, Salt Lake City, Utah
The Alphabet Project [curated by Stuart Pilkington], internet at http://www.alphabetproject.co.uk/qipeng.html, United Kingdom
YOUTUBE SOCKS, Iao PROJECTS, Salt Lake City, Utah
Failure—Feel Free to Hate This Exhibition, The Lab at Belmar, Lakewood, Colorado
industrial landscapes, Iao Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah
the MAP embodied: surveying the aesthetics of map, Sam Weller’s Gallery on the Mezzanine, Salt Lake City, Utah
Paintings by: Zach Hixson and Cary Griffiths [collaborative piece with Cary Griffiths], Palmers Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah
Exposure: People’s Choice Award Finalist [third place in public juried competition], Dubai: Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York
Click! A Crowd-Curated Exhibition, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York
2007 selected works, atelier 180 gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah
qi peng: installation, Iao Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah
Painting 6 x 4 inches
Painting 11 x 14 inches
Photograph 8 x 8 inches
Painting 4 x 6 inches
Other x inches
by artist Adam Simon
and commissioned by
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