Huang Qingjun, freelancer photographer. He was born on September 30, 1971 in Daqing, Heilongjiang, China. He has been engaged in photographic art creation for 26 years. In 1998 December, he joined the China Photographers Association, currently lives and works in Beijing.
Huang Qingjun's representative works are Steam Locomotive from 1992 to 2002 and Family Stuff from 2003 to present. Online Shopping Family Stuff and Homeless People’s Family Stuff are two special series. Huang has won awards such as 2020 London International Creation Competition(shortlist),2020 10th Annual International Photography Competition, Florida Museum of Photography Arts (Second place), 2020 Tokyo International Foto Award (TIFA),(Gold), 2015 China International Press Photo Contest, (Bronze), 2015 London International Creation Competition(Finallist), 2016 MIFA Moscow International Foto Awards and many more. Various international media, such as the New York Times, Bloomberg, and Wired, have also covered these works. BBC interviewed Huang and his works three times. His works have also appeared in magazines and albums such as Architecture Boston, Business Insider, GEO, Chinese National Geography, Discovery Cultural Geographic Monthly, Guardian Weekend, China Daily, Chinese Photography Magazine, Grazia France, Dutch Weekly Magazine, Vrij Nederland, Dutch Financial Daily, Family Photography etc. Some of his works appeared in textbooks published by Oxford University Press.
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2021.03.06-05.02 Resonance, A Tribute to Robert Frank, Three Shadows Photography Art Center, Beijing, China
2021.03.20 Aggregation, National Large Format Photography Exhibition, Ying Photo Gallery, Beijing, China
2020.12 Resonance, A Tribute to Robert Frank, Three Shadows Photography Art Center, Xiamen, China
2020.09 Helsinki Photo Festival, Finland
2019.12.01-2020.01.03 All We Love, Yachang Art Center, Shenzhen, China
2019.10.20-11.20 All We Love, 798 Art Factory, Beijing,China
2019.09.10- Autumn Vibe in the Mountains, Sichuan, China
2017.11.03 3rd Western China International Art Biennale, Neimenggu Art Museum, Huhehaote, China
2017.04.27 2nd Chongqing Changjiang International Image Biennial, Changjiang Museum of Contemporary Art, Chongqing, China
2016.11 Chinese Contemporary Photography Group show in Milan, Italy
2016.09.19 Benchmark Large Format Photography in China, Pingyao, Shanxi province, China
2016.06.02 Constellation.s Habiter le Monde, Centre d’architecture Bordeaux, France
2015.06.03 798 Photo Gallery at 13
2015.06.03 Athens Photo Festival 2015, Benaki Museum, Athens
2015.04.26, 1st Chongqing Changjiang International Image Biennial
2014.10.03 4th edition SIPF Singapore International Photography Festival. Singapore.
2013.11.22 China KEEP BACK image Exhibition, Fujian, China
2013.09 Photoquai Photography Biennial, Paris
2012.11 Lianzhou FOTO
2012.03 AIPAD New York, USA
2010.11 PHOTO Exhibition, Paris
2009.11 PHOTO Exhibition, Paris
2007.08 Floating-The New Generation of Art in China organized by China Art Gallery
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2017.11.25-2018.02 Huang Qingjun Pleasure Ground, 798 Photo Gallery, Beijing
2015.05 Huang Qingjun From Faraway Steam Locomotive Solo Show, Terminal 2 Pudong International Airport.
2015.03.05 Huang Qingjun Family Stuff New Works Show. Meimen Gallery, Beijing
2015.02 Huang Qingjun Online Shopping Family Stuff, Alibaba Group Headquater, Hangzhou, China
2014.09 “Family Stuff” solo show in WM Gallery, Amsterdam
2013.09 “Family Stuff” works 10 years anniversary exhibition in 798 Photo Gallery, Beijing China
2007.12 798 Photo Gallery, Beijing, China.
2007.10 Dresden Transport Museum, Dresden, Germany
2006.12 DB Museum, Nuremberg Germany