Dr. He Qi was a professor at the Nanjing Union Theological Seminary and
a tutor for master candidate students in the Philosophy Department of
Nanjing University. He is also a member of the China Art Association
and a council member of the Asian Christian Art Association He has been
committed to the artistic creation of modern Chinese Christian Art
since 1983. He hopes to help change the "foreign image" of Christianity
in China by using artistic language, and at the same time, to
supplement Chinese Art the way Buddhist art did in ancient times.
In
his works, He Qi has blended together Chinese folk customs and
traditional Chinese painting techniques with the western art of the
Middle and Modern Ages, and has created an artistic style of
color-on-paper painting. Dr. He Qi was the first among Mainland Chinese
to earn Ph.D. in the Religious art after Cultural Revolution. He wrote
his dissertation while studying at Hamburg Art Institute in Germany,
where he was also able to pursue research in medieval art. His work has
been well received overseas: He has exhibited in Kyoto, Hong Kong,
Geneve, Hamburg, London, St.Paul, San Francisco, Berkeley and
Madison.,NewHaven,Minneapolis,St.Paul,Madison, Washington,Princeton,Detroit,Tornoto,
as well as in mainland China. He won the 20th Century Award for
Achievement in the field of Religious Art Theory and Christian Art
Creation by the International Biographical Centre Cambridge, England.
His art works have been introduced through some main medias such as:
Washington Post, BBC, HK Cable TV, Asian Week, Far Eastern Economic
Review, Christianity Today, Upper Room, Augsburg Fortress, Sing Tao
Daily News and The World Daily.
Dr. He Qi was a professor at the Nanjing Union Theological Seminary and
a tutor for master candidate students in the Philosophy Department of
Nanjing University. He is also a member of the China Art Association
and a council member of the Asian Christian Art Association He has been
committed to the artistic creation of modern Chinese Christian Art
since 1983. He hopes to help change the "foreign image" of Christianity
in China by using artistic language, and at the same time, to
supplement Chinese Art the way Buddhist art did in ancient times.
In
his works, He Qi has blended together Chinese folk customs and
traditional Chinese painting techniques with the western art of the
Middle and Modern Ages, and has created an artistic style of
color-on-paper painting. Dr. He Qi was the first among Mainland Chinese
to earn Ph.D. in the Religious art after Cultural Revolution. He wrote
his dissertation while studying at Hamburg Art Institute in Germany,
where he was also able to pursue research in medieval art. His work has
been well received overseas: He has exhibited in Kyoto, Hong Kong,
Geneve, Hamburg, London, St.Paul, San Francisco, Berkeley and
Madison.,NewHaven,Minneapolis,St.Paul,Madison, Washington,Princeton,Detroit,Tornoto,
as well as in mainland China. He won the 20th Century Award for
Achievement in the field of Religious Art Theory and Christian Art
Creation by the International Biographical Centre Cambridge, England.
His art works have been introduced through some main medias such as:
Washington Post, BBC, HK Cable TV, Asian Week, Far Eastern Economic
Review, Christianity Today, Upper Room, Augsburg Fortress, Sing Tao
Daily News and The World Daily.