Guo Fengyi

GUO FENGYI TURNED TO ART AS A FORM OF SELF-HEALING AFTER DEBILITATING ARTHRITIS FORCED HER TO RETIRE FROM WORK AT A FERTILISER FACTORY. HER INTRICATE SCROLLS OF TENDRIL LINES WERE INFORMED BY HER DAILY QI GONG PRACTISE AND A FASCINATION WITH CHINESE ICONOGRAPHY, ASTROLOGY AND ACUPUNCTURE. ALTHOUGH SHE REJECTED THE DESIGNATION OF ARTIST DURING HER LIFETIME, MADAME GUO SAW HER WORK EXHIBITED AT GALLERIES AND BIENNALES. POSTHUMOUSLY HER OEUVRE WAS INCLUDED IN THE GWANGJU BIENNALE (2010), THE 55TH VENICE BIENNALE (2013) AND HAYWARD GALLERY IN LONDON (2013). TODAY THE WORK CONTINUES TO RESONATE, WITH THE GLADSTONE GALLERY AND THE DRAWING CENTER IN NEW YORK HOSTING SOLO SHOWS FOR THE ARTIST WITH ACCOMPANYING SCHOLARSHIP IN 2020.