Ziqi Chen (b.2001)
Born in Shenzhen, China
Lives & works in London




Atists Bio

Ziqi Chen (b. 2001, Shenzhen, China) is a London-based artist. They studied at the Royal Drawing School (2019–2020) before earning both a BA and MA in Fine Art: Painting from the University of the Arts London (2020–2024).
Chen has exhibited in the UK, with recent shows including Season at Woolwich Works (2025), Research Festival at South London Gallery (2024), The Seahorse versus the Axe at Liliya Art Gallery (2024), and Wind, Sand and Stars at Feelium Gallery (2024). Their work has also been presented in exhibitions at Dulwich Picture Gallery, Gerald Moore Gallery, Brixton Tate Library, and Ogilvy, among others.


Education


2020 - 2024 University of the Arts London (MA and BA in Fine Art: Painting)
2019 - 2020 Royal Drawing School (The Foundation Year)


Exhibitions & Festivals

2025
        Season, Woolwich Work


2024
          Research Festival, South London Gallery
          The Seahorse versus the Axe, Liliya Art Gallery
          Wind, Sand and Stars, Feelium Gallery
          Where We’re Calling From, Copeland Gallery
          Studio 18 Project, Millbank Tower

2023
Freckle Collective, Pickle Factory
Shape and Things, AMP Studio
A Sense of Place, Ogilvy
Verge, AMP Gallery
Degree Show, Camberwell College of Arts
First Strike, PSK Gallery 
A Slash of Blue, Gerald Moore Gallery
Altar Alter, Southwark Park Galleries

2022
Painting, Community, History, Brixton Tate Library
Floating Bodies, Safe House 1&2
Shadow, Fronteer Independent Art Fair CASC Gallery

Metamorphosis, A.P.T Gallery
Helen Frankenthaler: Radical Beauty Late, Dulwich Picture Gallery

2021
Dreamscape, Tebbs Contemporary Art Gallery
One Year On, 32-34 New Cavendish St London 

2020
End of Year Show, Royal Drawing School



Press




Liliya Art Gallery’s October exhibition, The Seahorse versus the Axe 2024

‘Human’ Nature 2023
Timed Auction with The Auction Collective curated by Sofia Ilie.