ARTIST

He Meiqi

Chinese artist based in Venice, Italy.

He Meiqi’s practice explores the relationship between the body, perception, memory and identity. She focuses on the everyday body and the connection between its visible appearance and a person’s inner life. Working primarily in oil painting and mixed media, she translates personal experiences, memories and sensations into images through colour, mark-making and observation.

Artist statement

For He Meiqi, the body is more than a subject to represent: it is a space where personal experience, memory, vulnerability and everyday emotions meet. Observing its small details, she investigates the distance between what is visible externally and what remains invisible within. Painting becomes a space of observation and transformation, exploring how experiences and memories remain in the body and change over time.

Education

2025–present · Two-year Painting programme, Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, Italy.

2017–2021 · Degree in Art Education, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China.

2011–2015 · Art and painting training, high school affiliated with the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA), Beijing, China.

Artistic and professional experience

2017–2020 · Art and painting teacher in Beijing, including drawing, painting, modelling and preparation for art academy entrance examinations.

2024 · Volunteer at the Central Academy of Fine Arts Museum, Beijing.

2026 · Collaboration with artists and artistic projects in Venice, supporting visiting Chinese artists through assistance and translation.

Techniques and materials

Oil painting · Mixed media · Procreate