Qiu Deshu
b. 1948, ChinaQiu Deshu was born in 1948 in Shanghai, China. He founded Grass Grass Group, a group of twelve artists dedicated to promote artistic originality in 1979. In 1982, he discovered the cracks in adversity and henceforth affirmed fissuring as his artistic language and philosophic basis. A few years later, he became an artist in residence at Tufts University. He created a monumental mural in the new building of its campus centre. In 1986, he established himself as a profesional painter. Two years later, he was invited to lecture at the John King Fairbank Centre of Harvard University. Additionally, in 1996, he was invited to lecture at the Art Department of the University of Arizona, USA. He currently lives and works in Shanghai, China.
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