Qiu Jie (Chinese: 邱节; born 1961) is a Chinese artist working in Switzerland, France and China. He was born in Shanghai, China.
Qiu Jie weaves together Western pop culture and advertising with Chinese iconography to create intricate, internationally acclaimed pencil drawings.
The solo exhibitions of Qiu Jie include:
1985 Palace of Culture, Xu Hui, Shanghai
1992 Museum of Fine Arts, Shanghai (with Shen Fan)
1992 OP.ERA Gallery, Geneva
1994 Andata/Ritorno Gallery, Geneva
1998 Crosnier Hall, Palais de l'Athénée, Geneva
1998 Martin Krebs Gallery, Bern
1999 "UQS 1" arcade space, Zurich
1999 "UQS 2" Artamis Stargazer Gallery, Zurich (with Tomas Schunke)
2000 Museum of Contemporary Art, Basel (with Ai Wei Wei)
2000 The BF15 space for contemporary art, Lyon
2004 Martin Krebs Gallery, Bern (with J. F. Luthy and P. Stoffel)
2004 Centre d'art en l'île, Geneva
2006 Leda Fletcher Gallery, Geneva
2013 Art Plural Gallery, Singapore
He has also participated in group shows including:
1999 Change Directory: Kunsthalle, Bern
1999 Somewhere one: Attitudes - contemporary arts space, Geneva
2001 Mai 1968: Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Geneva
2003 Colours make the wall: Factory Secheron, Geneva
2004 Art of Shanghai: Gallery Leda Fletcher
2005 Discover-Rediscover: Rath Museum, Geneva
2006 Shanghai Biennale: Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai
