Biography

LIANG Manqi was born in 1986 in Guangdong Province, China. She graduated from the department of art education at China Academy of Art in 2009 and obtained her MFA from the CDK (Chinesisch-Deutshe Kunstakademie), a joint degree program of the University of the Arts, Berlin and the China Academy of Art in 2012. She currently lives and works in Shanghai. As a representative of the Chinese female artist of abstract art of the post-80s generation, LIANG Manqi adopts two-dimensional paintings as the primary clue, utilizing installations, site-specific paintings, and even the architectural structure of the space as her media. Those seemingly logical visual symbols on canvas are balanced through the artist’s abundant sensibility and emotional order. LIANG Manqi takes the geometrical shape and color as a method to understand herself and her surroundings, as well as the passage to embrace the psychological uncertainty, contradiction, and conflict.

 

LIANG Manqi has held various solo exhibitions and participated in several group exhibitions, including Dancing Queen: Contemporary Women Artitst from Asia, Arario Gallery, Cheonan, Korea, 2020; Lunar Phases, UCCA, Beijing, China, 2019; Emocoding, Arario Gallery, Shanghai, China, 2017; Voice of Asia, ARARIO GALLERY, Shanghai, China, 2017; Fantasy Creator, chi K11 Art Museum, Shanghai, China, 2017; Space in Mind, Animamix Biennale 2015-2016, Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China, 2016; Expectation, SVA-NYC Art Platform (SNAP), Shanghai, China, 2016; Each to His Own: Li Wendong | Wei Xingye Collection Exhibition, OCAT, Xi‘an, China, 2016; Imaginary Practice, Contemporary by Angela Li, Hong Kong, China, 2016; WE: A Community of Chinese Contemporary Artists, chi K11 Museum, Shanghai, China, 2016; Colometry, ARARIO GALLERY, Seoul, Korea, 2015; Several Objective Relations, Arario Museum, Jeju, Korea, 2014; etc.

Works
  • LIANG Manqi, Hidden Circle No.2 隐藏的环 No.2, 2021
    Hidden Circle No.2 隐藏的环 No.2, 2021
  • LIANG Manqi, 平行事件的构想 No.13 The Conception of Parallel Event No.13 , 2021
    平行事件的构想 No.13 The Conception of Parallel Event No.13 , 2021
  • LIANG Manqi, 隐藏的环 Hidden Circle, 2021
    隐藏的环 Hidden Circle, 2021
  • LIANG Manqi, 隐藏的环 No.3 Hidden Circle No.3, 2021
    隐藏的环 No.3 Hidden Circle No.3, 2021
  • LIANG Manqi, 平行世界 2 | Parallel World No.2, 2020
    平行世界 2 | Parallel World No.2, 2020
  • LIANG Manqi, 平行世界 3 | Parallel World No.3, 2020
    平行世界 3 | Parallel World No.3, 2020
  • LIANG Manqi, 情绪符号 4 | Emocoding 4, 2020
    情绪符号 4 | Emocoding 4, 2020
  • LIANG Manqi, 情绪符号 5 | Emocoding 5, 2020
    情绪符号 5 | Emocoding 5, 2020
  • LIANG Manqi, 风景的剖面 | Section of Scenery, 2020
    风景的剖面 | Section of Scenery, 2020
  • LIANG Manqi, 六种变相 | Fantastic Circle, 2019
    六种变相 | Fantastic Circle, 2019
  • LIANG Manqi, 六边形的联想 | Association of Hexagon, 2019
    六边形的联想 | Association of Hexagon, 2019
  • LIANG Manqi, 变相系列 2 | Fantastic Circle, 2019
    变相系列 2 | Fantastic Circle, 2019
  • LIANG Manqi, 变相系列1 | Fantastic Circle, 2019
    变相系列1 | Fantastic Circle, 2019
  • LIANG Manqi, 平行世界系列1 | Parallel World No.1, 2019
    平行世界系列1 | Parallel World No.1, 2019
  • LIANG Manqi, 情绪符号 3 | Emocoding 3, 2019
    情绪符号 3 | Emocoding 3, 2019
  • LIANG Manqi, 无题 | Untitled, 2019
    无题 | Untitled, 2019
  • LIANG Manqi, 无题 | Untitled, 2019
    无题 | Untitled, 2019
  • LIANG Manqi, Cuboid, Stairs 长方体,阶梯, 2018
    Cuboid, Stairs 长方体,阶梯, 2018
  • LIANG Manqi, Open. Close, 2018
    Open. Close, 2018
  • LIANG Manqi, 打开. 闭合 3 | Open. Close 3, 2018
    打开. 闭合 3 | Open. Close 3, 2018
  • LIANG Manqi, 打开,闭合 1 | Open, Close 1, 2018
    打开,闭合 1 | Open, Close 1, 2018
  • LIANG Manqi, 无题 | Untitled, 2018
    无题 | Untitled, 2018
  • LIANG Manqi, 无题 | Untitled, 2018
    无题 | Untitled, 2018
  • LIANG Manqi, Aperture, 2017
    Aperture, 2017
  • LIANG Manqi, 俄罗斯方块的例外 | The Exception In Tetris, 2016
    俄罗斯方块的例外 | The Exception In Tetris, 2016
  • LIANG Manqi, 模型 | Model, 2016
    模型 | Model, 2016
  • LIANG Manqi, 空间盒子 | 3D Box, 2016
    空间盒子 | 3D Box, 2016
  • LIANG Manqi, 穿插 I | Interweave I, 2016
    穿插 I | Interweave I, 2016
  • LIANG Manqi, 花盆 | Pot, 2016
    花盆 | Pot, 2016
  • LIANG Manqi, 顽固的物体 II | Stubborn Object II, 2016
    顽固的物体 II | Stubborn Object II, 2016
  • LIANG Manqi, 顽固的物体 | Stubborn Object, 2016
    顽固的物体 | Stubborn Object, 2016
  • LIANG Manqi, 魔方的衍生 | Derivation of Rubik's Cube, 2016
    魔方的衍生 | Derivation of Rubik's Cube, 2016
  • LIANG Manqi, 地球仪 | Globe, 2015
    地球仪 | Globe, 2015
  • LIANG Manqi, 太湖石 | Taihu Stone, 2015
    太湖石 | Taihu Stone, 2015
  • LIANG Manqi, 未证明的物体 I | Unproven Object I, 2015
    未证明的物体 I | Unproven Object I, 2015
  • LIANG Manqi, 未证明的物体 II | Unproven Object II, 2015
    未证明的物体 II | Unproven Object II, 2015
  • LIANG Manqi, 未证明的物体 III | Unproven Object III, 2015
    未证明的物体 III | Unproven Object III, 2015
  • LIANG Manqi, 盆栽 | Pot, 2015
    盆栽 | Pot, 2015
  • LIANG Manqi, 颜色激烈扩散 | Intense Color Diffusion, 2015
    颜色激烈扩散 | Intense Color Diffusion, 2015
  • LIANG Manqi, Four-color / Green /, 2014
    Four-color / Green /, 2014
  • LIANG Manqi, Four-color / Peach /, 2014
    Four-color / Peach /, 2014
  • LIANG Manqi, Transparency Case, 2014
    Transparency Case, 2014
  • LIANG Manqi, Transparency Case II, 2014
    Transparency Case II, 2014
  • LIANG Manqi, 运动系列-平衡运动 | Motion Series - Parallel Motion, 2014
    运动系列-平衡运动 | Motion Series - Parallel Motion, 2014
  • LIANG Manqi, 分割 No.2 | Fragmenting No.2, 2013
    分割 No.2 | Fragmenting No.2, 2013
  • LIANG Manqi, 平衡系列2 | Balance No.2, 2013
    平衡系列2 | Balance No.2, 2013
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