Qi Fang
Ceramicist/Illustrator/Academic
Dr. Qi Fang Colbert is a North-East UK based artist, researcher, ceramicist and illustrator. In 2019 she completed a practice-led PhD research in Fine art at Newcastle University. Before moving to the UK, Qi received a BA Degree in Public Art and a MA Degree in Visual Communication Design from Jiangnan University, China. Her works encompass various mediums including drawing, pottery, illustration, animation, and installation. With a strong sense of social and cultural critic, her works explore the conflicts between individuals and society, in particular around the dramatic social changes and cultural dislocations in modern-day communities. Her rebellious metaphorical visual language bridges Qi’s surreal imaginations and the reality of the fast-moving world, which invites her audience to challenge the conventional definitions of self, memories, identity, and human nature. The artist has exhibited her work internationally and has gained multiple awards.
Major works are exhibited internationally and nationally in Edinburgh, Durham, Newcastle upon Tyne, Nottingham, Sheffield, Ashington, UK and Beijing, Shenzhen, Wuxi, Ningxia, China. Major installation exhibition includes By No Definition (2015), Northern Landscapes: Picture Poems (2016), The Outsiders (2017) at Newcastle University (Gosforth Civic Theatre, 2017) and The Reversible Future (2016) at Abject Gallery, Breeze Creatives, and The Temporary Entrance, DSFA (2021), accompanied by publishes in Art Review Magazine Issue 50, 2019, Speech The Meanings of Transformation, Beijing University of Agriculture, 2019, The Urgency of Art, Royal College of Art (2019), ‘The Power and Influence of Illustration’ (Alan Male, 2018), Evolving Fields - Sensorially, Imagination and Memory in the Humanities Experience, Queen’s University Belfast (2017) and etc.