​CHEN QIN

b. 1990, Fujian, China

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Chen Qin graduated in 2015 with a major in Public Sculpture from the China Academy of Art, where she also received the Public College Graduate Award. In the same year, she founded the Shijin Art Studio and is currently a member of the Zhejiang Sculpture Association, residing in Hangzhou. In 2022, guided by experiences of maternal life, she began a series of predominantly on-canvas paintings.

The current series of portraits stems from reflections on the confinement and contemplations on personal space and time related to childbirth. Throughout this process, she experiences self-consistency and discovers the beauty of things and events in life through self-accompaniment. The series embodies reconciliation with her daughter, while the sewing still life series reflects conversations with her mother. During the process of sewing clothes for her daughter, childhood memories and scenes are continuously evoked. She transfers multiple conflicting relationships onto fabric, where the warm and beautiful patterns and the cold touch of sewing tools become integral parts of the artwork.

Exhibitions include:“Chen Qin Solo Exhibition-Iterative Emergence” (2024, Tang Contemporary Art, Bangkok), “Group Exhibition-If You Can See” (2023, Tang Contemporary Art, Beijing).

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