Asia Art Center
Westbund Art & Design
Booth: 1A09
Artists:
Chen Qi
Date:
VIP Preview
2025.11.13（Thurs）13:00-19:00
Public Access
2025.11.14（Fri）12:00-18:00
2025.11.15（Sat）12:00-18:00
2025.11.16（Sun）12:00-18:00
Venue:
Shanghai West Bund Convention Center, No.7 Longyao Rd, Shanghai
Asia Art Center is honored to announce its participation in the 2025 Westbund Art & Design fair. At Booth 1A09, we will present significant works by seven artists: Chen Qi (b. 1963), Ju Ming (1938-2023), Li Chen (b. 1963), Shen Qin (b. 1958), Wang Shaoqiang (b. 1969), Wu Didi (b. 1976), and Yang Liming (b. 1975).
CHEN Qi (b. 1963, Nanjing, China) is a professor at the China Central Academy of Fine Arts. As a key figure in the development of Contemporary Chinese Water-based Woodblock printmaker Chen Qi combines meticulous study of traditional Jiangnan prints—capturing material textures, ink layers, and subtle tonal gradations—with an innovative, international approach that translates traditional print language into contemporary expressions.
He represented China at the Venice Biennale in 2019. His solo exhibitions have been held at Hubei Museum of Art (China), Shanghai Peninsula Art Museum (China), National Museum of China (China), and the Oriental Museum, Durham University (UK). His works are held in public collections including the British Museum (UK), Victoria and Albert Museum (UK), Ashmolean Museum (UK), Cleveland Museum of Art (USA), and Fukuoka Art Museum (Japan).
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Ju Ming (1938-2023, Taiwan, China) held his first solo exhibition at the National Museum of History in Taipei. His profound humanistic concern, combined with the rugged and sharply defined characteristics of his works, immediately garnered widespread attention, establishing him as an important figure in the cultural movement of the 1970s that sought to rediscover and revitalize local Taiwanese traditions.
In 1997, he achieved a significant milestone by becoming the first artist from the Chinese-speaking world to exhibit at the Place Vendôme in France. Two years later, in 1999, Juming realized a long-cherished dream with the opening of the Juming Museum—a project he personally conceived and executed, fulfilling his vision of "planting the seeds of art." His works are included in public collections such as the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology in the UK, St. Catharine's College at the University of Cambridge, the National Museum of Singapore, the Hakone Open-Air Museum in Japan, and the He Art Museum.
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Li Chen (b. 1963, Taiwan, China) creates ink-black sculptures of monumental levity that blend Eastern sensibilities with Western aesthetics. His work reflects a harmonious integration of Zen philosophy and contemporary artistic expression. Li has held solo exhibitions at the Venice Biennale, National Art Museum of China, National Gallery Singapore, Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Frye Art Museum (USA), Place Vendôme (France), Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, and Aurora Museum Shanghai (China).
He is the first Asian sculptor to receive the Outstanding Achievements in the Sculptural Arts award from the Friends of the Israel Museum. His works are held in the collections of Musée Cernuschi (France), National Art Museum of China, Guangdong Museum of Art (China), among others.
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Shen Qin (b. 1958, Nanjing, China) continues the Jiangnan tradition in his distinctive "Shen-style" manner, where brush and ink evoke the patina of time and quietly suggest antiquity. Mountains rise and fall in his compositions, layered and intersecting like flowing rivers, with textures reminiscent of rust that create a subtle tension between northern grandeur and southern refinement.
His works are held in public collections including the Brooklyn Museum (USA), Hamburger Kunsthalle (Germany), National Art Museum of China (Beijing), Suzhou Museum (China), Guangdong Museum of Art (China), and Hubei Museum of Art (China).
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Wang Shaoqiang (b. 1969, Guangdong, China) is an artist and the Director of the Guangdong Museum of Art. His recent solo exhibition "If Two, Then One" (Asia Art Center, Beijing, 2021) reflects his ongoing exploration of form and perception.
His works are included in major public collections such as the National Art Museum of China, Guangdong Museum of Art, and Suzhou Museum. In addition to his artistic practice, Wang has also contributed to the field as a curator of significant exhibitions including the Guangdong Centennial Art Exhibition.
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Wu Didi (b. 1976, Chongqing, China) graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Arts. As a leading figure among emerging contemporary artists, she explores the complex relationships between individuals and the world. Through natural elements such as rocks, moss, bamboo, vines, and birds, she recontextualizes traditional aesthetics with modern resonance and reflects on human existence via installations and spatial constructions.
Her works are held in public collections including the China Art Museum, Sichuan Fine Arts Institute Museum, and Times Museum.
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Yang Liming (b. 1975, Sichuan, China) is a leading figure in Chinese monochromatic painting, recognized for using traditional Chinese brushes to create oil paintings that integrate "calligraphic curves" distilled from the DNA of Chinese art. Merging Western abstraction with Eastern imagery and the concept of void, he transforms the rhythm of calligraphy into musical cadences on canvas.
His works have been exhibited and collected by major institutions including Fukuoka Art Museum (Japan), Sammlung Essl Museum (Austria), White Rabbit Gallery (Australia), Kunstraum Villa Friede (Germany), Changjiang Museum of Contemporary Art (China), Taylor Artist Association (France), Luzern Contemporary Art Museum (Switzerland), Zhangjiang Contemporary Museum (China), Yuan Art Museum (China), and Edinburgh Art Festival Summerhall (UK).
For more information about the artworks, we look forward to welcoming you at the exhibition.
