qi peng
974 West Big River Court
Unit 3
Salt Lake City UT 84119
(801) 879-1971
qipengart@gmail.com
portfolio websites
http://www.qipeng.net
born 1976, Queens, New York City, New York
lives and works in Salt Lake City and New York City
education
1999-2001 Yale University, New Haven
1994-1997 Vanderbilt University, Nashville
solo exhibitions
2009 industrial landscapes, The Gallery at Library Square, Salt Lake City, Utah
July Featured Registry Artist [curated by Hannah Gibson], internet at http://www.nurtureart.org/nurtureart/index.php?ptr=page&guid=1, NURTUREart, Brooklyn, New York
the qi peng dynasty (we are duchampions), Envoy Gallery/envoy enterprises, New York City, New York
qi peng's greatest misses [includes collaborations with Marie Ann Barnhurst and Michelle Kurtz (Circlegal)], Tanner Frames, Salt Lake City, Utah
www.collegeartonline.com [curated by Adam Rosepink and Vincent de Sarthe], Collegeartonline, Paradise Valley, Arizona.
2008 www.culturehall.com/qi_peng [curated by David Andrew Frey], culturehall, Long Island City, New York
New York Art Exchange or nyaxe.com/qipeng [curated picks artist by myartspace], NYAXE.com, Palo Alto, California
qipeng.ugallery.com [curated by Alex Farkas, Deborah Mosch, Alfred Quiroz, Carol Wittner], Ugallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
Fine Art Adoption Network [curated by Adam Simon], internet, Brooklyn, New York
2007 alchemy of history, model.citizen gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah
industrial landscapes, modern8 gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah
group exhibitions
2010 Locales [curated by Matt Jacobson], galleryuaf, Salt Lake City, Utah
2009 Gallery I [curated by Maddy Rosenberg and Jon Coffelt], Central Booking, Brooklyn, New York
2009 NURTUREart Benefit Exhibition [curated by Yaelle Amir, Joelle Jensen, Patrick Amsellem, David Humphrey], Claire Oliver Gallery, New York City, New York
Open Call [part of "Impossible Exchange," curated by Brina Thurston, Filipa Oliveira, Miguel Amado], Frieze Projects 2009, Frieze Art Fair, London, England
SUMMER SESSION [VIP artist with Jerry Blackman, curated by Leah Stuhltrager, Rebecca A. Layton, Paige King], internet at http://www.summersession101.blogspot.com, Dam, Stuhltrager Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
VIDEO LIBRARY (the games people play DVD), Small A Projects, New York City, New York
FEATURED WORK FROM CULTUREHALL MEMBERS JORUND AASE DAVID SMITH QI PENG SUKI CHAN ISSUE 15 MARCH 25 - APRIL 7 [curated by David Andrew Frey], culturehall, Long Island City, New York
Sex Cells: An Open Call for Erotic Cell Phone Art [curated by Dian Hanson, Chase Lisbon, and Ashlea Halpern], 3rd Ward, Brooklyn, New York
7th Annual 300 Plates Fundraiser and Exhibition, Art Access/VSA Arts of Utah Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah
Guilty Pleasures, Projects Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The 11th Annual Postcards From the Edge Benefit (The Body: Visual AIDS), Metro Pictures, New York City, New York
2009.02.19 to 2009.03.21 Inaugural Exhibit [curated by Joshua Wohl], Art Raw Gallery, New York City, New York
2008 SCENE: New Haven Photo Sale, Artspace, New Haven, Connecticut
Fountain Miami 2008 [curated by David Andrew Frey], culturehall, Long Island City, New York
2008 NURTUREart Benefit Exhibition [curated by Koan Jeff-Baysa, Lowell Pettit, Amy Rosenblum Martin, Lilly Wei], James Cohan Gallery, New York City, New York
The World's Smallest Art Fair, Anna Kustera, New York City, New York
Failure-Feel Free to Hate This Exhibition, The Lab at Belmar, Lakewood, Colorado
bibliography
2009 The Open Studios Press, "qi peng," Studio Visit Magazine [curated by Ian Berry], Winter 2009
Simon, Adam, Adam Simon: Fine Art Adoption Network: Art in General New Commissions Program Book Series Vol. VII, Art in General, 2009, p. 66-67.
Powhida, William, "Commenting FYI" William Powhida, "art world vigilante, virtuoso draftsman, compulsive calligrapher, fantasist autobiographer" -Holland Cotter, NY Times, internet at http://williampowhida.blogspot.com/2009/07/commenting-fyi.html, July 28, 2009
Powhida, William, "Qi Peng, Art Assassin @ Envoy Gallery" William Powhida, "art world vigilante, virtuoso draftsman, compulsive calligrapher, fantasist autobiographer" -Holland Cotter, NY Times, internet at http://williampowhida.blogspot.com/2009/07/qi-peng-art-assassin-envoy-gallery.html, July 18, 2009
Coffelt, Jon, "Are We The Duchampions?" Apples to Oranges & Everything in Between: Art in New York and Beyond, internet at http://thewhole9.com/blogs/applestooranges/2009/06/25/are-we-the-duchampions/, June 25, 2009
Winkleman, Edward, "We Now Return to Our Regularly Scheduled Programming....almost," edward_ winkleman, internet at http://edwardwinkleman.blogspot.com/2009/05/we-now-return-to-our-regularly.html, May 19, 2009
Chamberlain, Amanda, "Cover story: qi peng," In Utah This Week, internet at http://www.inthisweek.com/view.php?id=342133, April 23, 2009
Chamberlain, Amanda, "In's Gallery of Fine Art: qi peng," In Utah This Week, April 23, 2009, p. 29
Sherwin, Brian, "Art Space Talk: qi peng (Part 3)," MYARTSPACE > BLOG, internet at http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2009/04/art-space-talk-qi-peng-part-3.html, April 19, 2009
Sherwin, Brian, "Art Space Talk: qi peng (Part 2)," MYARTSPACE > BLOG, internet at http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2009/04/art-space-talk-qi-peng-part-2.html, April 19, 2009
Sherwin, Brian, "Art Space Talk: qi peng (Part 1)," MYARTSPACE > BLOG, internet at http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2009/04/art-space-talk-qi-peng-part-1.html, April 19, 2009
Coffelt, Jon, "REVERSE ASSASSINATION: Jon Coffelt Meets qi peng, Artist," Salt Lake City Fine Arts Examiner, internet at http://www.examiner.com/x-3879-Salt-Lake-City-Fine-Arts-Examiner~y2009m4d6-REVERSE-ASSASSINATION-Jon-Coffelt-Meets-qi-peng-Artist, April 6, 2009
Wagner, James, "qi peng's conceptual interviews," jameswagner.com, internet at http://jameswagner.com/2009/03/me.html, March 26, 2009
Sherwin, Brian, "My Response to Shepard Fairey concerning his 'AP, Obama, and Referencing' message on ObeyGiant.com. Part 1," MYARTSPACE > BLOG, internet at http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2009/03/my-response-to-shepard-fairey.html, March 25, 2009
Winkleman, Edward, "Getting Ready for My Arts Blogosphere Spring Cleaning," edward_ winkleman, internet at http://edwardwinkleman.blogspot.com/2009/03/getting-ready-for-my-arts-blogosphere.html, March 17, 2009
Powhida, William, "Buck Naked unmasked? Nah...," William Powhida: "Cheerily Risks Redundancy..." - Art in America, internet at http://williampowhida.blogspot.com/2009/03/buck-naked-unmasked-nah.html, March 6, 2009
Rywalt, Chris, "How's My Graphic Design?" NYC Art, internet at http://www.crywalt.com/blog/labels/Qi%20Peng.html, February 14, 2009
Fallon, Roberta and Libby Rossof, "What we want to see First Friday, Feb. 6," Artblog, internet at http://fallonandrosof.blogspot.com/2009/02/what-we-want-to-see-first-friday-feb-6.html, February 2, 2009
Villarreal Jr., Ignacio, "Guilty Pleasures & Obama-rama Open at Projects Gallery," artdaily.org, internet at http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=28645, January 24, 2009
Rubin, Lloyd S., "'Obama-o-Rama' and 'Guilty Pleasures'," Art Knowledge News, internet at http://www.artknowledgenews.com/obama_o_rama_at_projects_gallery.html, January 24, 2009
Sheehan, Gavin, "Qi Peng Interview," Gavin's Underground, internet at http://community.kutv.com/blogs/games/archive/2009/01/05/3649240.aspx?Ajax_CallBack=true, January 5, 2009
2008 Staker, Brian, "A&E|Studio Space: IAO Projects expands the horizons of a 'gallery.'," Salt Lake City Weekly, September 4, 2008, p. 27
Mann-Mellus, Mariah, "Gallery Stroll," SLUG Magazine, February 2008, internet at http://www.slugmag.com/article.php?id=1170, p. 12
lectures
2009 behind the industrial landscapes, The Gallery at Library Square, Salt Lake City, Utah
public and private collections
modern8 Corporation
The Lab at Belmar
Matt Jones
Claire Oliver
Kadar Brock
Cheryl McGinnis and Family
William Powhida
James Wagner and Barry Hoggard
Jon Coffelt and Shawn Boley
Christina Ray
Liz Danahey Fish
Suzanne Fredericq
Vincent Como
Various private and public collections in Salt Lake City, New York City, Los Angeles, St. Louis, etc.
biography
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 Central Booking; Dam, Stuhltrager Gallery; envoy enterprises; the Projects Gallery; The Lab at Belmar; modern8 Gallery; James Cohan Gallery/NURTUREart; Claire Oliver Gallery/NURTUREart; Metro Pictures/Visual AIDS; Art Raw Gallery; and Anna Kustera. He is represented non-exclusively by Central Booking in Brooklyn (DUMBO), New York and The Barbara Ann Levy Gallery in West Palm Beach, Florida.
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