Yafei Qi – ⻬齐亚菲, born 1987 in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, China, lives and works in Berlin.
She majored in Film and Video Art with a BA in China Central Academy of Fine Art and graduated with an MA in Fine Art from Bergen Academy of Art and Design in 2016.
Her art video works explore themes of family and generational gap, industrialization and environment changes, isolation, and social expectations.
Her 2016 video “Wearing the Fog” won the award for “Best Experimental Film” at the Broadway International Film Festival in Brooklyn and Honourable Mention at The First International Film Festival.
In 2017, her videos performances “Life Tells Lies” and “I Wonder Why” received international acclaim.
The artist recently has her first solo exhibition in Germany. Yafei Qi is now painting editing and working on her new December exhibition.
by Dominique Musorrafiti
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(2019-06-12)
china-underground.com

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