Qi Yang  

1952                   Born in Wuhu, China

1978-82              Bachelor of Arts at Normal University Anhui, China

1986-87              Lecturer of Department of Arts, Shanghai Normal University and                 College of Fine Arts, Shanghai University

                          Assistant curator of exhibition with City University and Shanghai               University                                                             

1987                  Through Art Exchanging Programme with HDK (Hochschule der Künste)     in Berlin and College of Fine Arts Shanghai came to Germany

1991                   Member of Professional Artist Association Germany

1996                  Doctor of Philosophy at Institute of Art History, University Heidelberg      

Seit 1997           Professor of Free Painting, Institute of Fine Arts and Art Therapie                Bochum

2001                   Curatorial collaborator der Grossen Ausstellung Düsseldorf

                           Juror of Scholl Art Competition by Deutsche Telecom

                        2002                  Nominated as Juror for “Shanghai International

                          Environment Art & Sculpture Expo”
 

                        Since 2003        Visiting Professor of Free Art at the Academy of Fine Arts  Xi`an, China
             

                        2003-05             Representative Professor for Free Painting at Bergisch University in                                   Wuppertal, Germany
 

                        Since 2005        Advisor of Identity Foundation Germany
 

                        2006                 “Out of the Nothing”, Lecture for the Spirituelle Summer Academy at 

                                                 the Island Hombroich Neuss, Germany

                                                 Travel to the Yellow River and the North-West of China
 

                        2007                 The second travel to the Yellow River
 

                        2009                 Invited to the exchanging exhibition with Malkasten Düsseldorf and            Central  Academy Beijing,” New art from Düsseldorf – Three Germans        without  double bass”, Cube Gallery, China.

2004-10            UNESCO-Art Projects in Frankfurt, Wittenberg und Weimar

2011                  Metaphysical Form of Ink Performance, German Zen Festival                

  Summer academy with Lüpertz and other German

  artists, KSI Bad Honnef

2012                 “Long-life learning” - Project of European Union, Luxembourg

  Artist and Curator of 9. Shanghai Biennale – Düsseldorf Pavilion

​  „Top Five“of 9. Shanghai Biennale – City Pvillons

2014                  Artist und co-curator of "Neo-Expressionim and Abstract Figuration" at                                China Art Museum Shanghai

2015                  Juror in the commitee of International Award of Contemporary Art

                          ARTPROTAGOnist2015 Venice, Italy                                       

                          Appointed as special Professor for Art Lectures at the Art Academy of                                Fine Arts, East China Normal University Shanghai

   Nominated as artist of the year 2015 with the painting "The artist as             hermit" by KFK in Bremen, Germany 

   Artist Curator for European Art and Initiator of "Ceramic Symposium           International" in Dehua, China 

   Talk show "on National Art" by Shanghai TV and international Press             institutions with M. Luepertz, Qi Yang and Shi Dawei at China Art                 Museum Shanghai 

   Invitation to One-Person-Show "Identitty - From Me To Myself" at                 ARTtrium by Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations & The               Ministry of Security and Justice Netherlands in Den Haag

   Co-operative Initiator of the symposium "German -Chinese Urbane Art and 
   Art Euducation" at Institute of Art Research Shanghai 

2017                  Artist curator for the German-Chinese art project Kunstprojekt "Stones                                From Other Mountains", Akademy Franz-Hitze-Haus Münster

   Norminated as artist researcher and director of International Center of                     Art Education at Li Keran Painting Academy in Bejing

    Invited by Cambridge University for an artist lecture "Beyond Nothing -                   My Way to Utopia". England

    Nominated as Artist Researcher by the National Resaerch Center of                       New Creative Culture, Fudan University, Shanghai          

 2019                  International project: Artist Residence, Tongji University and                        Southern Califonia University in Shanghai   

                           Nominated as Researcher of Research Center for New Creative                  National Culture at Fudan University Shanghai 

2020                    Nominated for the`Wolfgang Hahn Award 2021´ by Ludwig Museum                  Cologne Germany

    Lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany