Biography
Born in Shanghai China, at the age of 16, during the Chinese Cultural Revolution, Pei Pei was forced to leave her family in Shanghai, and was sent to work in an isolated rural village thousands of miles away in Jiangxi province; Pei Pei’s early art training started at the end of the Chinese Cultural Revolution in the late 1970s when she was able to take up an opportunity to study visual art in China. Arriving Australia in 1987, Pei Pei returned to her art education in 2005, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours) from Victorian College of the Arts, the University of Melbourne in 2010.
Pei Pei is fascinated by the rhythm and movement of city life and spirituality of human being in the crowded urban space. Her paintings and drawings form a meditation upon Melbourne’s urban landscape, reveal the city from a standpoint, allowing us to pause and reflect amidst the chaos of traffic pace of contemporary life into an intimate study of crowd dynamics, connection and flow. Pei Pei’s unique style is a blend of Eastern and Western elements, her calligraphic brushstrokes bring a sense of quietude to mind at the same time pulsing with energy and rhythm of life.
Pei Pei has been involved with an array of prestigious art prizes and exhibitions including: Paul Guest Prize 2016, 2014, 2012; Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize 2017, 2015, 2011; National Works on Paper 2014, 2012; Sulman Prize 2013; Dobell Prize 2011; Wynne Prize 2009, and received the People’s Choice Prize in the Sunshine Coast Art Prize 2011. Pei Pei’s works have been collected and displayed in private and public space, including City of Melbourne and Artbank.
Previous show at E+Hive Gallery:
‘Distance-Works On Paper’ 27 May 2017 to 17 Jun 2017
Artworks selling at E+Hive Gallery: (click images to view details)
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