CURRICULUM VITAE
Yafei Qi
(b.1987) Lives and works in Oslo, Norway.
Educations
2014 - 2016 MFA in Fine Arts, Bergen Academy of Art and Design, Bergen, Norway
2015 (Exchange) MFA in Emily Carr University, Vancouver, Canada
2007-2011 BA in Film and Video Art, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
Artist Residencies
2019 AArtist in Residence, Berlin, Germany.
2017 IASPIS Residency Program, Umeå, Sweden
Solo Exhibitions
2022 ‘Hours and Hours’, Atelier Nord, Oslo, Norway
2021 ‘Fall right back to sleep after a terror’, Migrant Bird Space, Berlin, Germany
2019 ‘Wearing the Fog’, Migrant Bird Space, Berlin, Germany
K4 gallery, Oslo, Norway
2018 Entrée gallery, Bergen, Norway
2017 ‘Life Tells Lies’, Noplace gallery, Oslo, Norway
Group Exhibitions
2022 Open Video XIV, Pomor Museum in Barentsburg, Svalbard (Upcoming)
2021 Open Video XIII, Svalbard Gallery, Longyearbyen (Upcoming)
‘Fresh Perspectives’, Kunstraum des Konfuzius-Instituts, Nuremberg, Germany
2020 ‘In weiter Ferne so nah’, Haus am Luetzowplatz, Berlin, Germany
‘Plenty of nothing’, Migrant Bird Space, Berlin, Germany (Duo)
2019 ‘Long journey into night’, Kaktus gallery, Akureyri, Iceland
Bærum Kunsthall, Oslo, Norway
New Cinema & Contemporary art Paris / Berlin, Paris，France
Open Video X, Tenthaus Oslo, Norway
2018 Open Video IX, Gallery Dikemark, Asker, Norway
‘Here / Elsewhere’, He Xingning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
‘Insolence: The Prerogative of Youth’, Dada Post, Berlin, Germany
Transti, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Open Video VIII, Atelier Nord ANX, Oslo，Norway
2017 ‘The Staged Club’, Hong Kun Museum, Beijing, China
‘Accessing the Memory’, I: project space, Beijing, China
2016 ‘Guestbook’, 49 gallery, Murmansk, Russia
CAFA Agnès Varda Visual Festival, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, China
‘The metro is a stranger’, Island, Oslo, Norway
‘Hex’, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway
2015 ‘Material Light’, Bergen Kjøtt, Bergen, Norway
‘Passenger’, Bergen Academy of Art and Design, Bergen, Norway
2011 BA Exhibition, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, China
Independent Images Forum Exhibition. Beijing, China
‘Final end, Initial start’ , Beijing, CAFA, China
Grants
2021 2 years, The state artist scholarship (Arbeidsstipend for yngre / nyetablerte kunstnarar), Arts Council Norway
2021 Fond for lyd og bilde - prosjektstøtte, Arts Council Norway
2020 SKS Midlertidig stipend - COVID 19, 2020, Arts Council Norway
2020 Project support, Norsk Fotografisk Fond
2019 1 year, The state artist scholarship (Arbeidsstipend for yngre / nyetablerte kunstnarar), Arts Council Norway
2017 Diversestipend for nyutdannede kunstnere, Arts Council Norway
2016 Bildende Kunstneres Hjelpefond Art Student Scholarship, Norway
Selected Festival Awards / Screening
2019 Arctic Moving Image&Film Festival (AMIFF), Harstad, Norway
2017 Umeå Europe film festival, Umeå, Sweden
The Best Experimental Film ,The Broadway Film Festival, New York, USA
The Best Fine Art Film, Open Art Short Film Festival, Germany
2016 Official Selection, Short Film Festival Diessen am Ammersee, Germany
Official Selection, Split Film Festival, Croatia
Honorable Mention, South Taiwan Film Festival
Official Selection, Venice Film Week, Italy
Semi-Finalist, Los Angeles CineFest, America.
Honorable Mention, The First International Film Festival, China
The 3rd prize, CAFA Agnès Varda Visual Festival, China
Official Selection, Lisbon International Film Festival 2016, Portugal
Official Selection, The Moonrise Film Festival 2016 wells, Canada
Honorary Mentions, The Largo Film Awards 2016 Award, June edition