Qiu Zhijie

Chinese | 1969

Qiu Zhijie is a Chinese Asian Modern & Contemporary artist who was born in 1969. His work is currently being shown at multiple venues like MAO, Museum of Oriental Art in Turin. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Galleria Continua, Beijing have featured Qiu Zhijie's work in the past.Qiu Zhijie's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 414 USD to 856,077 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2004 the record price for this artist at auction is 856,077 USD for 30 Letters to Qiu Jiawa, L10-You Need to be the Spring of the World, L11-Do not Believe in Oaths of Eternity, L12-Do not Let Exaggerated Expressions Become Your Own Burden, sold at Christie's Hong Kong in 2014. Qiu Zhijie has been featured in articles for Art Asia Pacific, Daily Art Magazine and Smithsonian Magazine. The most recent article is Reconstructing Visions: Recreations and Exploration of “Visions” in the Contemporary Context written for CAFA Art Info in February 2025.

Artist's alternative names: Zhijie Qiu

At Auction

Notable Lots

Rebellious Painter

By Qiu Zhijie

+100%

above mid-estimate

Bin Laden In Childhood ,2012

By Qiu Zhijie

+123%

above mid-estimate

Homage to Vita Nouva ,1992

By Qiu Zhijie

-1%

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Recent Auction Results

Interface Mao Zedong's poetry collage part 3;

By Qiu Zhijie

-27%

below mid-estimate

Rosebery´s Fine Art Auctioneers

Interface Mao Zedong's poetry collage part 3;

By Qiu Zhijie

Rosebery´s Fine Art Auctioneers

Song Dynasty Poem: From Changsha to Dingzhou

By Qiu Zhijie

-88%

below mid-estimate

Bonhams Knightsbridge

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Current Exhibitions

Twenty-Four Seasons: Critical Temporality and Qiu Zhijie’s Light Writing

Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art

Eugene | Oregon | USA

Jan 25,2025 - Jun 22,2025

Contemporary Expressions / Declinazioni contemporanee

MAO, Museum of Oriental Art

Turin | Italy

Nov 02,2024 - Oct 31,2025

Delinking And Relinking: Multi-Sensory Collection Presentation

Van Abbemuseum

Eindhoven | Netherlands

Sep 18,2021 - Jun 01,2026

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Articles

Reconstructing Visions: Recreations and Exploration of “Visions” in the Contemporary Context

CAFA Art Info 17/02/2025

Themed on “Reconstructing Visions”, the group exhibition organized by Shijiazhuang Art Museum aims to explore the recreations and exploration of “visions” in current art context by presenting multiple forms of visual arts.

A Retrospective Exhibition Featuring the Ordinaries and Spectacles in the Year of 1994

CAFA Art Info 12/12/2024

Curated by Gao Minglu, “1994: Ordinaries/Spectacles” was unveiled at the campus of CEIBS in Beijing on 2 November, 2024.

“The Writings of Today Are a Promise for Tomorrow”

Art Asia Pacific 27/11/2024

The world of contemporary art continues to expand and evolve, often transcending borders and challenging the boundaries of national identity.

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Coverage

“ ..Mochou is affiliated with Qiu Zhijie’s gesamtkunstwerk though in an indirect way... ”
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Chambers Fine Art, New York

“ ..Accompanying the installation is a new series of woodcuts and ink drawings on paper, further variations on Qiu Zhijie’s haunting and mysterious imagery... ”
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Chambers Fine Art, New York

“ ..Of these, the idea of “how to become an empty man” has become an important proposition in Qiu Zhijie’s creative works and teachings... ”
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Hanart TZ Gallery

“ ..Qiu’s works with their dynamic, free perspective are deeply influenced by the culture of his home region... ”
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21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art

“ ..Through juxtaposition of traditional techniques with conceptual forms, Qiu Zhijie’s work aims at rereading and reinterpreting existing sociopolitical narratives and creating a space for a potential debate... ”
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ARNDT Singapore