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qi peng (as he prefers to write his name; born
October 7, 1976 in Queens, New York) is an Asian American
contemporary artist who focuses on conceptual art and performance art
in addition to paintings, works on paper, and conceptual
photography. He received his bachelors degree at Vanderbilt University in 1997 and
his masters degree at Yale University in 2001. His varied
artwork, ranging from installation art to works on paper,
deals with Institutional Critique and the
contemporary art world
in his pieces. He lives in Salt Lake City and works currently in
both Salt Lake
City and New
York City.
Within his pieces, he interviews various art professionals (such
as artists and gallery owners) as a form of collaborative portraits
in order to study the relationships among people in the
contemporary art world. peng also uses primary/secondary documents
such as rejection/acceptance letters or faux art magazine
advertisements and postcards to examine the workings of the
contemporary art market in relation to graphic design as well as
marketing practices as an art form. His work is influenced by
artists such as Richard Prince, Sherrie Levine,
Merlin
Carpenter, Maurizio Cattelan, Dan Colen, Christopher
Wool, Anselm
Reyle, Hans
Haacke, Jenny
Holzer, John
Baldessari, Wade Guyton, Tom Sachs (artist), On Kawara, Mark Lombardi, Mel Bochner, Art &
Language, and Sophie Calle in that he blurs the lines
between fiction and reality within his personal and professional
life as well as the deconstruction of traditional relationships
among people within a subculture.
Some of his new projects involve the creation of "art world"
baseball cards, a few of which were presented through the Wikipedia
Art Remix project curated by Scott Kildall and Nathaniel
Stern, for Internet Pavilion at the 2009 Venice
Biennale.
He has exhibited in various places including Central Booking in
Brooklyn NY, Dam, Stuhltrager Gallery in Brooklyn NY, the
Padiglione Internet at the 2009 Venice Biennale in Venice Italy, Envoy gallery in New York City NY, 3rd Ward
in Brooklyn NY, Projects Gallery in Philadelphia PA, The Laboratory of
Art and Ideas at Belmar in Denver CO, modern8 Gallery in Salt
Lake City UT, Claire Oliver Gallery/NURTUREart in New York City NY,
James Cohan Gallery/NURTUREart in New York City NY, Metro
Pictures Gallery/Visual AIDS in New York City NY, Art Raw
Gallery, founded by Lemya el Sophia, in New York City NY,
and Anna Kustera Gallery in New York City NY among other
venues.
Artist's
books
- "industrial landscapes" 2007 by peng is a 52 pgs. exhibition
catalog measuring 8.5" x 8.5" for modern8 gallery, a former
downtown Salt Lake City gallery.
- "the ART ASSASSIN volume 1" 2009 by peng is a 713 pgs. artist's book
measuring 6" x 9".
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