Hofken Gallery is pleased to announce its representation of Chinese artist Qiu Xiaofei. He is famous for his colorful and free-form paintings. With the help of memory, fantasy and allegory, he combines Eastern and Western artistic aesthetics from different periods in a dreamlike way.

The artist's works will be exhibited for the first time in galleries at the "Paris+ par Art Basel" art fair in October this year.In June 2024, Hofken Gallery will present the artist’s first solo exhibition in Europe.

From the first time we met, I was deeply impressed by Xiaofei’s mysterious paintings. His creations skillfully combine elements of dreamlike reality, psychology and mystery to convey profound personal and collective emotions. We sincerely welcome Xiaofei to the gallery.

——Xavier Hofken

Hofken and I hit it off. He is an outstanding gallery representative with both pioneering and traditional qualities in the art world. I am very much looking forward to our cooperation.

——Qiu Xiaofei

Like many thinkers at home and abroad, both ancient and modern, Qiu Xiaofei believes that the movement of time is like a spiral trajectory, with the past, present and future interacting and blending in constant change.His works often contain multiple temporal dimensions and layers, reflecting a psychedelic synergy on the surface of the painting.The foreground and background in the painting intertwine and change, creating a sense of space that transcends logic. In his continuous exploration of "temporality", "spiral" is not only the source of many compositions and images in his works, but also becomes the driving force for the change and development of his painting style.

Qiu Xiaofei's sources of inspiration are abundant, ranging from personal family memories to the geographical relationship between his hometown of Harbin and the Soviet Union, and he draws nourishment from the history of ideology and ancient religious compositions. In recent years, he has begun to use someTraditional mineral and vegetable colors, these colors not only have their own organic texture, but also infiltrate a layer of distant meaning into the picture. In his dreamlike and mysterious compositions,Often showing abstract and figurative elements at the same time,The imagery and texture of landscape painting are embedded in the fantasy and exquisite two-dimensional images, creating a unique contemporary psychological picture.

About the artist

Graduated from the Oil Painting Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts in 2002 and currently lives and works in Beijing. Qiu Xiaofei's works have been exhibited in many important international institutions, including: M+ Museum, Hong Kong, China (2023); Taikang Art Museum, Beijing, China (2023); Golden Eagle Art Museum, Nanjing, China (2023); UCCA Edge, Shanghai, China (2023) 2022); He Art Museum, Guangdong, China (2021); Oil Tank Art Center, Shanghai, China (2021); Mumu Art Museum, Beijing, China (2021); New Century Art Foundation, Beijing, China (2020); Guangdong Museum of Art , Guangdong, China (2020); Fort Gansevoir Space, New York, USA (2018); Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, USA (2018); Times Museum of Art, Guangdong, China (2016); Tampa Museum of Art and St. Peter's Fort Museum, Florida, USA (2014); Boijmans van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (2014); Gustav Altdorf Academy Museum, Minnesota, USA (2014); Ullens Contemporary Art Center, Beijing, China (2013); Long Museum, Shanghai, China (2013); Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai, China (2013); The 10th Havana Biennale, Havana, Cuba (2009); Tate Gallery, Liverpool, UK (2013) 2007); ZKM Museum, Karlsruhe, Germany (2007); Exhibition Hall of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China (2006); Bern Museum, Bern, Switzerland (2005).

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