1969
Born in Zhangzhou, Fujian Province, China
1992
BFA, China National Academy of Fine Arts, Printmaking Department. Lives and works in Beijing
 
Selected Curatorial Projects
2002
Long March, A Walking Visual Display, Beijing, China
2001
Post-sense Sensibility:Spree, Beijing Film Academy 
1999
Post-sense Sensibility: Alien Bodies and Delusion, China
 
Recent Solo Exhibitions
2008
Qiu Zhijie: Ataraxic of Zhuang Zi – A Suicidology of The Nanjing Yangzi River Bridge, Shanghai Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai , China
2007
The Shape of Time, Chambers Fine Art, New York, US
2006
Let there be Light, Grace Li Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
2005
Light and Words, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong
Melancholy Man, Gallery Loft, Paris, France
Black and White Zoo, Gallery of Dartington Art Academy, UK
2004
Social Portrait, Courtyard Gallery, Beijing, China 
2003
UFO: Qiu Zhijie Photography/Calligraphy, Gallery Loft, Paris, France
 
Selected Group Exhibitions
2006
The Maze of Conundrum: A mix-media live performance, Mingyuan Art Center, Shanghai, China
2005 Living in Interesting Times: A Decade of New Chinese Photography, Open Museum of Photography, Tel Hai, Israel
On the Edge: Contemporary Chinese Artists Encounter the West, Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, USA YOKOHAMA 2005: International Triennial of Contemporary Art, Yokohama, Japan
2004
Space Anew: Qiu Zhijie, Wang Jianwei, & Yang Fudong, Shanghai Gallery of Art, Shanghai, China
Between The Past and the Future, International Center of Photography, New York; The David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, the University of Chicago, Chicago, USA