CV
Liqing Tan 譚李青 (b. 1994, Qingdao, China)
Visual artist working primarily with painting, constructing narrative structures through embodied experience, memory, and biological existence.
Lives and works between Shenzhen China and London UK
Education
2016-2018
M.F.A. Fine Art Painting, Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London, UK
2011-2015
B.A. Fine Art, Indiana University Bloomington, IN Bloomington, US
Solo Shows
2025
「澄梦」Lucid Dream, Qingzhou Art Museum, Qingzhou, CN
Solo, Yi Er Tang, Qingzhou, CN
2024
「謎之鏡」Conundrum in Mirror, Qingzhou Art Museum, Qingzhou, CN
2023
Innermost Things, Taymour Grahne Projects, London, UK
2021
Liqing Tan, Andelli Art Gallery, Wells, Somerset, UK
2019
0w0 -_- |ω・), Studio Kura Gallery, Fukuoka, JP
Hazy Fuzzy Muzzy, ARTS ITOYA, Fukuoka, JP
As I Recall, Studio d'arte Cannaviello Gallery, Milan, IT
Selected Group Shows
2025
Global Chinese Painting & Calligraphy Exhibition, Hong Kong Artists Association, Hong Kong
「巨微」 All Creatures Great and Small…? , Petitree, Shenzhen, CN
35th Anniversary of Futian District Art Exhibition, Guan Shanyue Art Museum, Shenzhen, CN
Cultural Industry Expo - Touring, Shenzhen Fine Art Institute Exhibition Hall, CN
2024
Discovering · Happening, Guanlan Art Museum, Shenzhen, CN
Theme project, Futian Art Museum, Shenzhen, CN
Invitational Exhibition, Guangming Culture & Art Center, Shenzhen, CN
The Bloom, Mountains, and Sea, Dafen Art Museum, Shenzhen, CN
2023
AOAP Winter Auction, Gathering London, UK
Self-Portrait Prize, Ruth Borchard Collection, UK
Painting from life, Futian Art Museum, Shenzhen, CN
The 19h China International Cultural Industries Fair, International Convention & Exhibition Center, Shenzhen, CN
2022
The 18th Landscape and Figurative Painting Prize, Shenzhen Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Shenzhen, CN
Shape of Poetry - Contemporary Art Exhibition, Aohu Art Museum, Shenzhen, CN
A Tale of Two Cities, Lingnan Art Museum, Shenzhen, CN
Into the elegant colour - Public Welfare, curated by Care Action Public Welfare Foundation, Shenzhen, CN
2021
The 17th China International Cultural Industries Fair, International Convention & Exhibition Center, Shenzhen, CN
∞：无尽幻想「Gensokyo」, Xiangshan Art Commune, Hangzhou, CN
Iridescent Flowers in Full Bloom - Invitational Exhibition of Female Artists, Dafen Art Museum, Shenzhen, CN
Present Progressive 现在进行时, Museum 54, Shanghai, CN
2020
Royal Society of British Artists 303rd Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, The Mall, London, UK
Wells Art Contemporary Awards, Wells Cathedral, Wells, Somerset, UK
Contemporary Young Artist Award, The Biscuit Factory, Newcastle, UK
30th Anniversary of Futian District - Achievement in Art, Futian Art Museum, Shenzhen, CN
Hi 21 Young Artists Exhibition, HiArt Culture Centre, Beijing, CN
2019
VARIETIES OF DISTURBANCE, SHELF London, Spanish City Plaza, Whitley Bay, UK (Duo)
Prologue, Offshoot Gallery, London, UK
ASYAAF, Gallery LVS, Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP), Seoul, KR
2018
The 7th Dentons Art Prize, Dentons, London, UK
Graduate Art Prize, Exchange House, London, UK
Slade MA/MFA/PhD Graduate Degree Show, Slade School of Fine Art UCL, London, UK
SWAP 3: ARTIST AS MACHINE, The New Shoreditch Theatre, London, UK
New Horizons Young Talents Exhibition, Coast Gallery, Zhuhai, CN
2017
Interim Show, Slade School of Fine Art UCL, London, UK
Faith, Austin Forum, London, UK
Progress:/,regress, Crypt Gallery, London, UK
The Future of British Art, Cote Brasserie Hays Galleria, London, UK
Future Echoes, Museum of Refugees, Thessaloniki, GR
Salón de Gráfica Contemporánea, Nahim Isaias Museum, Guayaquil, EC
2016
Print Fair, Slade School of Fine Art UCL, London, UK
2015
Oversea Program in Florence, Grunwald Gallery, IN Bloomington, US
3D Spring Exhibition, Innovation Center, IN Bloomington, US
2014
3D Spring Exhibition, Innovation Center, IN Bloomington, US
Prizes, Honours and Awards
2024
Shortlist, VAA International Exhibition & Scholarship Prize, Visual Artists Association, UK
Youth Talent Cultivation Project, Qingzhou Art Museum, CN
2023
Shortlist, Self-Portrait Prize, Ruth Borchard Collection, UK
2022
Finalist, Landscape and Figurative Painting Prize, Shenzhen Federation of Literary and Art Circles, CN
2020
Winner, Wells Art Contemporary Awards - Next Generation Art Prize, UK
Finalist, Contemporary Young Artist Award, UK
2019
Winner, Dentons Art Prize, UK
Finalist, Bridgeman Studio Award, UK
Shortlist, Signature Art Prize, UK
2018
Finalist, Graduate Art Prize, UK
2014
Arts and Sciences Executive Dean’s List, Indiana University Bloomington, US
Residency
2020
Futian Art Museum, Shenzhen, CN
2019
Studio Kura, Fukuoka, JP
ARTS ITOYA/AiR Program, Takeo, Saga Prefecture, JP
2015
IUB Overseas Study Program, Florence, Venice and Rome, IT
Selected Press, Interview and Publication
2026
2025
Oil Painting Talk - Liqing Tan, Qingzhou Art Museum
Highly Commended Artist, Homiens
2024
VAA International Exhibition & Scholarship Prize, Visual Artists Association
Qingzhou Art Museum Artist Interview , Qingzhou Art Museum
Cover 3, Qingzhou Literature
2023
Artists on Our Radar, by Olivia Horn, Artsy
Innermost Things, Taymour Grahne Projects
2022
Artist Feature Special Edition, Southern Art
2021
Liqing Tan, Andelli Art Gallery
2020
THE WAC (Wells Art Contemporary) AWARDS
The 303rd RBA (Royal Society of British Artists ) Annual Exhibition
Achievement in Art, Futian Art Museum
2019
Dentons Art Prize Brochure
As I Recall, Studio d'arte Cannaviello Gallery
0w0 -_- |ω・), Studio Kura Gallery
VARIETIES OF DISTURBANCE, SHELF London
ASYAAF, Gallery LVS, Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP)
2018
Rising Stars, Invest in Art, by Rebecca Wilson, Saatchi Art
New Horizons Young Talents Exhibition, China Design Centre
Graduate Research Weeks e-book 2017-2018, Slade School of Fine Art UCL
2017
The Future of British Art, Cote Brasserie Hays Galleria, London, UK
Graduate Research Weeks e-book 2016-2017, Slade School of Fine Art UCL
Commissions
2019
Chérize Artist collaboration project,「大切な人と会う5分前に」, JP
2017
Liquitex White Walls - A Collaboration with the Slade, 1220 x 250 cm (40ft x 8ft) mural, at ColArt Headquarters, The Grinffin Gallery, 21 Evesham Street, London, UK
Permanent Museum Collections
Qingzhou Museum, Shandong, CN
Qingzhou Art Museum, Shandong, CN