Qu Guangci
1969  Born in Shanghai, Currently living and working in Beijing

Education
1989   Graduated from the senior high school of the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts
1994   Graduated from the Sculpture Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, B. A
1997   Graduated from the Sculpture Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, M.A

Professional Accomplishments
1997-1999   Researcher of sculptural art, Central Academy of Fine Arts
1999-2007   Working as a Teacher, Director of sculpture workshop and Dean Assistant at Fine Art College of Shanghai Normal University, Director of “the             Invisible Gallery” at Shanghai Normal University
2007-present  Artist of X+Q Sculpture Studio

Solo Exhibitions
2010
Twittering——Guangci’Works, PIFO New Art Gallery, Beijing, China 
Angel with A Mission —Guangci, Pao Galleries, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong, China

2008
Rumination, Tang Contemporary Art, Bangkok, Thailand
 The Power, Aura Gallery, Hong Kong, China

2007
Collectivism — Guangci’s Work 2005-2007, Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
Last Supper — Solo Exhibition by Qu Guangci, Aura Gallery, Hong Kong, China

1998
Sculptures by Guangci, Hallway Gallery, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China

Group Exhibitions
2010
What is Art, Times Art Museum, Beijing, China
Mind > Touch, Times Art Museum, Beijing, China
Reshaping History--Chinart from 2000 to 2009, China National Convention Center, Beijing, China
The Ten Faces of Modernity, D-PARK, Beijing, China

2009
Animamix Biennial, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
Report to Motherland — 60 Years of Chinese Fine Arts, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
TimeLag, Linda Gallery, Beijing, China
First Chongqing Biennale for The Youth Artists , Chongqing, China

2008
Art and China's Revolution, Asia Society, New York, USA
Art Beijing, Agriculture Exhibition Center, Beijing, China
Couples in Contemporary Art, Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Hypallage — The Post-Modern Mode of Chinese Contemporary Art, The OCT Art & Design Gallery, Shenzhen, China
The World of Others, Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai, Shanghai, China
The First Annual Moon River Sculpture Festival — The Origin, Moon River Museum of Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
“BANG!”, Aura Gallery, Beijing, China
Happy Together, Aura Gallery, Beijing, China

2007
She & I Guangci and Xiangjing’Exhibition, China Square, New York, USA
Calling a Stag a Horse, San Shang Art, Beijing, China
Escape by Crafty Scheme: Salvation from Traditional and Revolutional Language, Nanjing Square Gallery of Contemporary Art, Nanjing, China
Tanah Air: Seni Patung dan Lingkungan, Pakuwon City Complex – Surabaya, Indonesia

2006
Soliloquy: China-Indonesia Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition, National Art Museum, Jakarta, Indonesia
Fiction @ Love, Museum of Contemporary Art/Bund 18 Creative Center, Shanghai, China

2005
Sculpture a Century, Shanghai Sculpture Space, Shanghai, China

2004
China · Imagination: Chinese Contemporary Sculptural Art, Jardin de Tuileries, Paris, France
Witness — Sculpture of Xiang Jing And Guangci, He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
MMAC Art College / Performance Festival 2004, Aizu-Mishima / Tokyo, Japan

2003
“XII Inner Spaces” Multimedia Festival, CCA Inner Spaces, Poznan, Poland
The 1st Beijing Art Biennale, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
Sculpture by Xiang Jing And Guangci, Casas-Museu da Taipa, Macau, China

2002
Rotate 180?, Oriental Arts Gallery, Shanghai, China
Guangci Xiang Jing 2002 — Box of Democracy, Invisible Gallery, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China

2001
2001 Salon d'Automne, Espace Auteuil, Paris, France
The 32nd Grosse Kunst Ausstellung Dusseldorf, Eingang Nord, Dusseldorf, Germany
People’s Gala – Venice Biennial Exhibition, Invisible Gallery, Shanghai, China

2000
The 50th Anniversary of Shanghai Arts, Shanghai, China (Work Sound Amidst Thunder and Clouds won the 3rd prize)
The 2nd Youth Sculptor Invitation Exhibition, West Lake Art Museum, Hangzhou, China
Sea Level - Paintings & Sculptures Invitation Exhibition 2000, Liu-Haisu Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Conversations with Henry Moore — Sculptures Invitation Exhibition, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China

1999
The 9th Exhibition of National Fine Arts, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China (Work “Road to Heaven”  won 3rd prize and became the collection of Chinese National Art Gallery)
The 2nd Chinese Sculptures Annual Exhibition, He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China

1998
October Exhibition for Beijing Youth Sculptors, Gallery of Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China

1997
Graduate Show of Central Academy of Fine Arts 1997, of Central Academy of Fine Arts work, Beijing, China( “Sculpture Set of Tibet” won the 2nd prize and was rewarded 2nd prize of “Okamatsu Family Fund, Japan”. later be collected by Central Academy of Fine Arts)

1995
Exhibition for Young Artists across the World 1995, Contemporary Art Museum, Beijing, China

1994
Graduate Show of Central Academy of Fine Arts 1994, Central Academy of Fine Arts , Beijing, China (work “Streets” won the 2nd prize, it later be collected by Central Academy of Fine Arts)
The 8th Exhibition of National Fine Arts and “The Elite Show, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China

1993
“65th Anniversary of Comrade Mao Zedong’s Speech at Yan’an Art And Literature Seminar” Art Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China (work “Mother”received the honor of distinction)

Other Accomplishments
Organized “The Standards of Chinese Contemporary Sculptures”, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Organized with Liu-Haisu Art Museum, the Sculpture Section of “The Patter of Pearls on Jade Plate”, Shanghai Youth Exhibition Serials, Invisible Gallery, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China
Host of “Sino-German New Media Arts Week” in Shanghai, organized by Peking University and the Goethe Institute Peking