Yang Qi

Yang Qi

Yang Qi, female, is the first female sand painter in China, and also the only one who has been included in the works of Chinese sand painters abroad. He was born in Kaifeng, Henan Province in 1977. At the age of 5, he was worshipped by famous teacher tie Jun for his folk painting. He graduated from the Art Department of Henan University in 1999 and won the first Shenzhen Designer Award. In 2004, he cooperated with director Li Lin to try sand painting performance, integrating creativity, painting and performance. His works are original, rigid atmosphere, rich in Chinese characteristics, ancient charm, while taking into account women's delicate. She is constantly innovating in her performance, boldly pursuing the overall effect of music, performance and stage lighting. She is highly ornamental and is imitated and learned by sand painting lovers all over the world.

Creative features

Different from other sand painters in China, their works must be original and creative. continuous innovation in painting techniques has strengthened the appreciation of sand painting. the performance is appealing and infectious. with the rhythm of original music, he is the only sand painter in China who can truly integrate creativity, painting and performance. based on the customer's own characteristics, the performance should be original. painting style: rigid atmosphere, rich in ancient charm with Chinese characteristics, while giving consideration to women's delicacy. participated in CCTV's major performances for many times.

Art experience

Born in Kaifeng, Henan Province in 1977, he was infatuated with painting since childhood. At the age of 5, he studied painting under the local famous teacher tie Junmin. In 1999, he graduated from the Art Department of Henan University and transferred to computer graphics design. In 1999, he worked as a designer in the printing industry in Shenzhen and won the first Shenzhen Designer Award. His works are included in the book "Shenzhen designer". in 2001, he left Shenzhen to work as a designer in the advertising industry in Shanghai. In 2004, Yang Qi saw the video performance of the Hungarian artist Ferenc cako on the Internet for the first time. Inspired by this, Yang Qi and her partner Li Lin began to try sand painting performance. They abandoned their original high paid work and relaxed life, and devoted themselves to the study of sand painting. a perfect sand painting performance is not only a matter of painting, but also needs the cooperation of data collection, music production, performance training and other aspects. The two work together. Yang Qi performs in front of the screen, and Li Lin works behind the scenes, so as to create a comprehensive art integrating creativity, painting and performance. Since 2006, Yang Qi has stepped onto the stage to perform sand painting for the audience. She has continuously developed the content of the performance, added new factors, integrated modern technology such as architecture and automobile into the art performance of sand painting, and boldly pursued the overall effect of music, performance and stage lighting, so as to expand the tension of her performance. Based on the two photos of the old man from Bosch, she created sand paintings which show the life experience of the old man and caused a great sensation. This sand painting documentary has been playing everywhere Bosch can reach, and it is also popular on the Internet. this kind of sand painting performance greatly expanded the performance perspective of sand painting, and found a new breakthrough in art and reality. Then the world's top 500 enterprises vied to invite Yang Qi to paint their brand image, a kind of enterprise propaganda film "Bosch China 100 years", "Ford Auto Engine", "Coca Cola tea", "Chery Auto" in the form of sand painting And so on. In order to further develop, Yang Qi and Li Lin came to Beijing from Shanghai in 2008 and founded "juinfinite light and shadow art group", laying a solid foundation for the diversified development of sand painting art. After years of artistic trekking, Yang Qi's works are more skillful. In recent years, she has been trying to show some major events through sand paintings. She has created a series of major theme works, such as the Wenchuan earthquake, the 60th anniversary of the national day, and the World Expo, which have been reprinted and linked on the Internet. Many of her works have also been forwarded to foreign websites. The founding ceremony has become the only one of the domestic sand paintings that has been included abroad. Yang Qi is making a new breakthrough, combining sand painting performance with live performance, and drawing a new visual effect with the cooperation of the performance team. in this way, a delicate woman, with a handful of sand, a transparent bottom plate and a pair of magic hands, makes the small sand painting art produce extraordinary flowers. Yang Qi, the sand painter who keeps walking in the forefront of art, constantly creates artistic miracles for us and brings us surprises.

Sand painting girl

A piece of glass and a handful of sand is a world. Yang Qi first saw sand painting in 2004 when she saw a video performance by Hungarian artist Ferenc cako on the Internet. A piece of glass with a handful of sand was magically changing under the master's hands, telling stories one by one. Although there was no explanation, everyone could see what he was telling. Yang Qi was shocked. She didn't expect that painting could have such a form of expression. Static things flow and the process of painting is shown to the audience one by one. It's so vivid and wonderful, but all the materials are just a handful of sand. Yang Qi decided to try it on her own. Yang Qi was born in an ordinary family in Kaifeng. Maybe she was inherited by her father who loves painting. Since she was a child, Yang Qi likes to paint everywhere with a pen, especially beauties. For the side and front, Yang Qi has given her name to every beauty. Her parents saw that she liked painting. When she was five years old, they took her to a local teacher, tie Junmin, who was an old teacher of painting. The old man had two characteristics: one was that he never charged money to teach his children painting, and his students were all over the world, so he never got any profit; the other was that he accepted his apprentices to see fate. No matter how talented he was, he would not accept it. Yang Qi can't remember what the old man talked with her at that time. She only remembers that she went to the old man's home to have a class the next day. Later, the old man talked about it and said that he thought the girl had aura and should have eaten this bowl of rice. For more than ten years, the friendship between teachers and students has continued. After graduating from the Art Department of Henan University in 1999, Yang Qi came to Shenzhen to do design in a graphic company. Although she won the prize in the first packaging design exhibition in Shenzhen, she still felt that she could not make any breakthrough in art. A year later, Yang Qi resigned and came to Shanghai. While continuing to study art at China Normal University, she found a job The job of an advertising agency. It was at this time that Yang Qi learned about sand painting. with more than 20 years of art skills, entering this field should have certain advantages. She and a boy she just met, Li Lin, who is also an art student, began to explore the art of sand painting together. First, make your own sand painting device. According to what they saw in the online video, they drew a sketch for the carpenter to follow. This is similar to a table. It is about 50 cm long and 40 cm wide. There is glass on it and a lamp under it. Where is the sand? So they designed a groove beside the glass to put sand, which was sent by friends from the seaside. After the installation is completed, friends who have been working with them for several days are very excited and don't know what effect will appear. Yang Qi grabs a handful of sand and sprinkles it. She draws a horse of Xu Beihong. Unexpectedly, it is not only lifelike, but also has the effect of landscape painting. Now they are relieved. It seems that they can draw sand paintings themselves. but soon Yang Qi found the problem: first, the sand is not easy to use, it is too wet to open, and it can't have an elegant effect, it is too dry and static, and it always sticks to her hands. The light source under the glass is uneven, causing some places to be dark and some places to be bright. It's very inconvenient to take sand from the groove, and the glass is too small to show enough content. Fortunately, Li Lin is a fan of equipment. He likes to design and change the device most. After listening to Yang Qi's complaint, he quickly produced a second set of drawings. This time, the glass area increased, the groove was canceled, and the sand was directly placed on the side of the glass. Outside the scope of the camera, he consulted the lighting master of the TV station to solve the problem of uneven light source. The most troublesome is the sand, how to maintain the most appropriate humidity once let them spend a lot of thinking. the equipment problem was solved, and Yang Qi began to practice her basic skills. Sand painting is different from traditional painting. In the studio, you can make a draft on the drawing paper and constantly revise it. When painting, you can draw more and draw less according to your feeling. But sand painting can't work. Its form of expression determines that it must be completed at one go, and it can't be modified, and its position can't be wrong. Especially when drawing face, a little wrong will become a failed work. During that time, Yang Qi was painting sand paintings except for eating and sleeping. A few months later, she could skillfully and accurately outline the pictures she wanted, but she still needed to draw the draft on the paper first. At the same time, Yang Qi began to face the problem of creation. What to draw? She found that sand painting is very suitable to express the artistic conception of Chinese painting, especially after the sand is dyed with a light color, it is more suitable to express ancient Chinese elements. She continued to draw all kinds of Chinese paintings, gradually no longer need to draft, can be the picture in mind. Since 2006, she has been invited to perform live. She recites poems for Chinese primary school students with sand paintings, and performs sand paintings for the performances of four ancient Chinese beauty dramas in China Opera and dance theater. The poetic and weeping scenes are very consistent with the theme of the scene, making the audience cry. Her classmates and teachers also like her works very much and feel that this way has opened up a new field for art. In particular, her mentor, the old man, will watch her every performance carefully in front of the TV

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