qi peng artist statement: In February 2009, I decided to transform myself into a “fine arts journalist” through examiner.com as a long-term performance artist in order to discover and analyze the complex relationships among the power players of the art world. With the ongoing series of verbal portraits in the form of “interviews,” each multi-panel artwork is a visual and textual representation of the person I am interested in. I am hoping to convey the human face behind the social labels of “gallery owner,” “curator,” “artist,” etc. to demonstrate the uniqueness of the individual. These portraits could have references to each other as artists talk about each other, etc. The richness of the contemporary art world is reflected in my conceptual installations just like the way August Sander attempted to capture his whole milieu of his social world. A lot of the time, my “interviews” are a comfortable balance between the new media art and more traditional works on paper. I see these portraits as evidence of a relationship which is created through a deliberate or chance meeting through Facebook or the internet. I feel that having close relationships with people need to be mirrored within a new paradigm where our fast-paced lifestyles force us to meet new people in novel ways. biography and resume: qi peng was born in Queens, New York in 1976 and received his masters degree at Yale University. He is a conceptual artist who executes “interviews” as a form of collaborative portraits with various art professionals and also uses primary/secondary documents to examine the contemporary art market. Occasionally he does paintings, photographs, and works on paper. The artist’s studio is located near downtown Salt Lake City and he works sometimes in New York City for street art or fine art special projects. He has been exhibited in various places including the Projects Gallery, The Lab at Belmar, modern8 Gallery, James Cohan Gallery/NURTUREart, Metro Pictures/Visual AIDS, Art Raw Gallery, and Anna Kustera. He is represented by The Barbara Ann Levy Gallery in West Palm Beach, Florida. A copy of his resume can be found HERE .
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Name: qi Last Name: peng Education: Yale University Birth Place: Queens, NYC
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