Hu Qinwu’s works are born out of his Buddhist beliefs in connectedness and meaning.  They are a meditation which brings him calm and order, drowning out the chaos and stresses of the modern world. His works are not emotional but a deliberate and controlled process which focus only on what he deems essential elements.

Largely considered an abstract artist, Hu uses grid, line, tone and mark to create his works.  They are layered in colour through the meticulous placement of dots on a tight grid.  The dots represent text which remains the underlying inspiration across all of his work and links his process to the ancient scholarly practices of calligraphy and ink painting.   

1969 / Born in Shandong province, China
1990 / Graduated in Oil Painting, Taian Normal Academy, Shandong
2008 / Graduated in Fine Arts, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing
2012 / Resident Artist, Daejeon, South Korea
2012 / Resident Artist, Beijing Residency, Gwangju Museum of Art

2018 / Ksansa, XC.HUA Gallery, Berlin

2016 / Nothing, Boding Gallery, Beijing

2016 / Meditations, Niagara Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

2014 / Relative Existence – Hu Qinwu, @Boding Gallery, Beijing

2014 / Float, Emel, Sichuan province

2013 / Locates in Vain, Matthias Kuper Galleries, Stuttgart/Beijing

2013 / The paper shou hu qinwu, Matthias Kuper Galleries, Stuttgart

2013 / Abstraction: Mediation, Studio Rouge, Hong kong

2011 / Abstraction : Meditation, Niagara Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

2010 / New Abstraction from China – Hu Qinwu, Stella Downer Fine Art, Sydney

2009 / Illumination – Hu Qinwu, China Art Projects @ Quac Art Space, Beijing.

2008 / Phantasms – Hu Qinwu, China Art Projects @ Two Lines Gallery, Beijing.

2018 / Huqinwu and Charlie Sheard, Boding Gallery, Beijing

2016 / The Other\Self, Rainbow Wall Gallery, Beijing

2015 / Hu Qinwu and Wu Lichang Art exhibition, The Royal Danish Embassy in Beijing and Matthias Kuper gallery, Beijing

2015 / Progress every day- Masters-nominated exhibition, Zhu zhong Art Museum, Beijing

2015 / China and Korea exchange contemporary art exhibition,  Arts Center KUH, South Korea

2014 / Walking in Origin, Force Gallery, Beijing

2014 / The new art of China, RH Contemporary Art, New York

2014 / The star of the college, ZERO Art Center, Beijing

2014 / The Seventh Abstract Art Exhibition, PIFO Gallery, Beijing

2014 / Two Voices, China Art Projects & Niagara Galleries, Hong Kong

2013 / Considering the spiritual, Ning Space, 798, Beijing

2012 / E(merge): 2 spiritualities, The Drill Hall, Canberra, Australia

2012 / Creation embedded, UCCA Ullens Center for Contemporary, 798, Beijing

2011 / E(merge): 2 spiritualities, Space Station Gallery, Beijing

2011 / Visible Soul -The 4th Chinese Abstract Aet Exhibition, PIFO New Art Gallery, Beijing

2011 / Power in the softhness, Now the sky gallery, Beijing

2011 / Rational Horizon, Force Gallery, Beijing

2010 / Constructed Landscape, Timezone, Beijing 

2010 / Constructed Landscape, Me Photo Gallery, Beijing

2010 / Lightbox, FAUX Arts, Hong Kong