ABOUT
Coin Qian is a painter based between Whanganui, New Zealand and Shanghai, China. Her practice centres on oil painting, moving between close observation and a looser handling of light, reflection and layered space.
Trained in art and design in Shanghai, Qian worked across illustration and design, and later established her own creative brand, before returning her focus to painting.
Her recent paintings often begin with ordinary or overlooked objects, using reflection, light and layered space to explore changing ideas of value, memory and time.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2026 — Under the Influence, Fine Arts Whanganui, Whanganui, New Zealand
2025 — Pattillo Whanganui Arts Review, Whanganui, New Zealand
2025 — Whanganui Artists Open Studios, Whanganui, New Zealand
2021 — Whanganui Artists Open Studios, Whanganui, New Zealand
2008 — Shanghai Eves, Shanghai, China — Solo Exhibition
2007 — Butterflies’ Wishes, Shanghai, China — Solo Exhibition
2007 — 新仕女图, Shanghai, China — Solo Exhibition
SELECTED PROJECTS & CREATIVE EXPERIENCE
2025–2026 — Sound Canvas, Whanganui Brass, Whanganui, New Zealand
2015 — The Ritz-Carlton, Shanghai — City Artist Programme
2012–2020 — Founder & Creative Director, COIN QIAN, Shanghai
2004–2012 — Illustrator / Visual Artist, Shanghai
EDUCATION
1999–2003 — Donghua University, College of Art and Design, Shanghai
Graphic Design
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
Fine Arts Whanganui — Member
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