1960   
Born in Hangzhou, China
1986   
Graduated from China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China, majoring in etching
1986-96
Lecturer at China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China
1996   
Editor/Associate Professor at China Academy of Art Press, Hangzhou, China
1999-00
Lectured at Milan Academy of Fine Arts, Genova University, Asia-Pacific Archive, Italy; Seattle Communication College, WA; International Art　 Center, Washington DC, USA
2000-01
Visited Columbia University, Harvard University,  Washington University,USA; University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; Academy of Fine Arts, Lund University, Lund, Sweden; China-France  Cultural Art Association, Paris, France; National
Art Gallery, Ministry of Culture, Luxembourg
2001  
Invited by Genova University and Asia-Pacific
Contemporary Art Committee to organize the exhibitions "The Asian Art of Writing" &　"Photography in China"
2005   
Chief editor, Art Riches magazine,Hangzhou, China
Visited Academy of Art, Ewha Women's University,  Korea
2006 
Visited National Art Gallery, Ministry of Culture,  Luxenbourg; East-Asian Museum, Lund University, Sweden

Selected Solo Exhibitions   
1990   
"Works by Luo Qi",China Academy of Art, Hangzhou,  China
1993    
"Woodcarving by Luo Qi:  Landscapes", University of  Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
1997 
"Sound and Fragrance are Wafting over the Evening” concert performance by an American musician accompanying an exhibition of Luo Qi's abstract oil paintings, Zhejiang International Exhibition Center, China
2000   
Traveling exhibitions "American Diary", New York, Boston, Washington DC, Seattle, USA
"Canadian Diary", University of British  Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
"Poetry: Recent Work by Luo Qi", Shanghai  Art Exhibition Center, China 
2006   
“Art from China, Works by Luo Qi”, National Art  Gallery,Ministry of Culture, Luxembourg  
"Luo Qi, Calligraphy-Painting", Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong

Selected Group Exhibitions
1987   
"International Etching Exhibition", German Cultural Center, Berlin, Germany
"Chinese Etching”, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
"Six-Person Etching Exhibition", China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China
1988    
"Contemporary Chinese Art”, University of   
Minnesota, USA
"Modern Chinese Art ". National Art Museum of  China, Beijing, China
1989    
Special Exhibition: “In Memory of Hugo", French Culture & Art Center, Paris, France
1990    
"Modern Chinese Art". Gifu Art Museum, Japan
"Young Chinese Artists’ Etchings", Shanghai Art Museum, China
"Art & Culture Exchange", HHY Gallery, Paris, France
1991   
"Modern Art of China, Korea and Japan", Shizuoka Art Museum, Japan
1992    
"Two Coasts Modern Art Exchange", Tainan Art  Museum, Taiwan
"2nd Contemporary Chinese Art Documentary  Exhibition", Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, China
1993   
"1993 International Calligraphy Exhibition", Henan Art Museum, China
"Modern Asian Art Invitational Exhibition", Seoul Art Museum, Korea
1994   
"Seoul 600th Anniversary Modern Asian Art Invitational Exhibition", Seoul Art Museum, Korea
1996   
"A New Era", Vienna Modern Art Museum, Austria
"Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow: Chinese Art of the Future”, Berlin World Culture & Art Center, Germany
"International Peace Culture Festival", Seoul International Culture & Art Center, Korea
1997  
"Abstract and Neo-Abstract", Nice International  Exhibition Hall, France
"The Many Facets of Abstraction", Brussels Modern Art Museum, Belgium
"Southeast Modern Artists Invitational Exhibition", Bangkok International Art Center, Thailand
1998   
"Mondrian In China", Beijing International Art Museum; Shanghai Art Museum; Guangzhou Art  Museum, China
"Brushwork: Contemporary Chinese Art", Malmö Modern Art Museum, Sweden
"Brushed Voices: Calligraphy in Contemporary China", Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, New York, USA
1999  
"New Wave: Seoul International Exhibition", DOUL Art Center, Seoul, Korea
"An Approach, Contemporary Art: Six-Man Art Exhibition", Seattle Center for Culture & Art Exchange, USA
"Dialogues-1999”, Beijing International Art Museum; Tianjin Taida Modern Art Museum, China
"Asia-Pacific International Biennial Art Exhibition", Genova National Contemporary Art Museum,Italy
"An Art Exhibition Opening, Leguria", Genova Duke Museum, Italy
"1999 Asian Modern Art Invitational Exhibition",  Seoul Art Museum, Korea
"Into the New Century,1979-1999 Chinese Art Invitational Exhibition", Sichuan Modern Art Museum, China
2000   
"New Chinese Paintings", Shanghai Art Museum, China
"2000 International Contemporary Art Invitational Exhibition", Jiangsu Art Museum, China
"Contemporary Chinese Art", University of Kansas, USA
2001   
"3rd Florence Biennial", Florence Contemporary Art Museum, Italy
"Contemporary Chinese Art", Helsinore Munkeruptus Gallery, Copenhangen, Denmark; Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong
2002  
"Chinese Abstract Writings", Hong Kong
2003  
"3rd Asia-Pacific International Biennial", Genova National Contemporary Art Museum, Italy
2004   
"The First Ten Years: Chinese Contemporary Art Documentary Exhibition", China
2005  
"The Act of Writing and Non-writing: The Open Space for Chinese Calligraphy: International Exhibition of Modern Calligraphy, 2005”, Zhejiang  West Lake Art Museum, Hangzhou, China
"Contemporary Chinese Art", Ewha Women's University, Korea
2006   
"The Second Ten Years: Chinese Contemporary Art Documentary Exhibition", Hubei Art Museum, Wuhan, China

Awards
2001   
"3rd Florence International Contemporary Art Biennial", Italy.  Painting Award
2004   
"The First Ten Years: Chinese Contemporary Art Documentary Exhibition", China.  Nomination
“Fujisan International Ink Painting Exhibition”, Japan.  Contemporary International Art Award

Selected Public Collections
FBVA Foundation for the Humanities, France
Art Association of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France
Asia-Pacific International Biennial Art Exhibition, Italy
Contemporary Asia-Pacific Art Archives, Italy
Genova University, Italy
The Rubin-Frankel Gallery, Hillel House, Boston University, USA
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, USA
Asia-Pacific Art Center for Tapestry, USA
Malmö Modern Art Museum, Sweden
Lund University, Sweden
National Art Gallery, Ministry of Culture, Luxembourg
Netherlands Consul General in Shanghai, China
RTESN Gallery, Netherlands
Novonordisk Art Center, Denmark
Research Institute for East-Asian Culture, Germany
Chinese Contemporary Art Documentary Center, China
Chinese Art Triennial, China
Oriental Plaza, Beijing, China
Grand Hyatt, Beijing, China
Eastern Art Museum, Japan

Publications by and about Luo Qi
Luo Qi: Calligraphy-Painting，Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong, 2006
Consciousness - Luo Qi’s Works, Malaysia Modern Art Museum, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2006
Drawing Music, Guangxi Normal Press, Nanning, China, 2006
A Collection of Essays on Calligraphyism – A Conceptual Art (Chinese), China Academy of Art Press, Hangzhou, China, 2001
Calligraphy and Contemporary Art, China Academy of Art Press, Hangzhou, China, 2001
Luo Qi, Poetry, Shan Gallery Art Press, Shanghai, China, 2000
1994-1998 Chinese Artst• Luo Qi, Hangzhou, China, 1998

Bibliography
A Collection of Essays on Contemporary Chinese Art, Hunan Art Press, Changsha, China, 2005
The Act of Writing and Non-Writing，China Academy of Art Press, Hangzhou, China, 2005
Rhythm and Diffusion, Seoul Calligraphy Biennial,Seoul, Korea, 2005
Contemporary Chinese Oil Painting and Sculpture, Zhonghongxin International Auction Co. Ltd, Beijing, China, 2004
Chinese Art Today, Beijing Press, Beijing, China, 2003
20 Years of Modern Ink Painting, Hunan Art Press, Changsha, China, 2002
A History of Art in New China, 1949-2000, Hunan Art Press, Changsha, China, 2002
Calligraphyism, Hunan Art Press, Changsha, China, 2002
Stepping out of the Ice Palace of Refined Art, Jiangsu Art Press, Nanjing, China, 2001
Avant-Garde Today, Tianjin Social Studies Press, Tianjin, China, 2001  
A History of Modern Chinese Calligraphy, China Academy of Art Press, Hangzhou, China, 2001
A Trend in Modern Calligraphy in Asia, China Academy of Art Press, Hangzhou, China, 2001
New Ink Paintings, Guangxi Art Press, Nanning, China, 2000
Contemporary Chinese Ink Paintings, Hunan Art Press, Changsha, China, 1999
Mondrian in China, Embassy of the Netherlands, Beijing, China, 1998
Brushed Voices: Calligraphy in Contemporary China, Columbia University Press, New York, USA, 1998
Brushed Voices: Art in Contemporary China, Malmö Modern Calligraphy, Stockholm, Sweden, 1998