Quentin Shih  / 

Quentin Shih (a.k.a. SHI XIAOFAN), born in Tianjin, China in 1975, lives and works as a photographer/artist between New York and Beijing.

 

A self-taught photographer, he began to shoot photos in college for local underground musicians and artists . After graduation, he came to Beijing to develop his career as a professional photographer/artist. From 2000 to 2002, he participated in exhibitions in China and America with his fine art photographic works and his works have been collected by American museums, such as the Danforth Museum of Art and the Worcester Art Museum.

 

During the last few years, his interests have moved into commercial and fashion photography, producing work for top commercial clients and international publications such as Adidas, Microsoft, Sony, Siemens, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar and Esquire. His advertising campaigns work have won numerous prestigious international advertising and photography awards. In 2007, Quentin was named 'Photographer of the Year' by Esquire Magazine (China). In the following year, he was selected by Christian Dior as one of the twenty Chinese contemporary artists to participate in their exhibition "Dior with Chinese Contemporary Artists."

 

As one of the leading young Chinese photographers, Quentin Shih is well recognized for his individual artistic style which utilizes vast sets and dramatic lighting to engage in emotional narratives. Now, he is returning to his roots in fine art photography and challenging its techniques and concepts into his commercial and fashion photography in order to achieve a unique symbiosis.

 

 

EDUCATIONS

 

1994-1998

Southeast University, Nanjing, China

 

2009-2010

PhotoGlobal, artist residency program, School of Visual Arts, New York, US

 

 

RECENT HONORS

 

- Merit Award in the personal work category for the PDN magazine’s ‘The Look: Where               Fashion Meets Art’ contest (2010)

 

- President Scholarship Award for the Photo Global program from the School of Visual Arts,

  New York (2009)

 

- Finalist of the ITS EIGHT contest, Italy (2009)

 

- Winner in the Fine Art Category at the 2009 Hasselblad Masters Award (2009)

 

- Nominated for the New York Photo Awards 2008 in the category of advertising photography

  /series (2008)

 

- Second place in the Advertising Photography Category at the International Photography           Award (IPA) (2008)

 

- MSN/Microsoft print advertising campaign wins the Gold Award at the 15th China Advertising   Festival (2008)

 

- Merit Award in the Advertising category for PDN magazine's 'PIX Digital 2008' contest (2008)

 

- Awarded 'Photographer Of the Year' by Esquire Magazine (China) (2007)

 

 

 

 

2014

 

 

 

2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2012

 

 

 

 

 

2011

 

 

 

 

 

“La Habana in Waiting” solo exhibition with Christian Louboutin, Hong Kong

“Shanghai Dreamers” solo exhibition  Maison Photo Lille, Lille France

Art Paris, Grand Palais Paris, France. Zona Maco, Mexico city, Mexico

 

“Quentin Shih’s Moving Theater”, ART LEXING, Miami, USA

“Quentin Shih”,  Inception Gallery, Paris, France

“Uncanny,” Contemporary Art Gallery at University of Connecticut, CT, USA

Artist of Honor, OFF Art Fair, Brussels, Belgium

“IMPACT – 50 Years of CFDA,” Boca Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL, USA

10 ans de l’Images!,  Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, France

La photographe cinématique, Maison de la China, Paris, France

 

100 Photographs se mobilisent contre le SIDA, Grand Palais, Paris, France

Foto Fever, Brussels, Belgium

Young Art Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan

Art Palm Beach, Palm Beach, FL, USA

Photo l.a., Los Angeles, LA, USA

 

Solo exhibition “Christian Dior and Quentin Shih” at SHOW OFF Paris fair, Paris

SH Contemporary, Shanghai, China

Lady Dior exhibition at Plaza 66, Shanghai, China

 

2010

 

 

Christian Dior – Hong Kong Moment, Hong Kong (solo)

Ritual Of Remembrance, Yang Gallery, Beijing, China (solo)

PhotoGlobal – New Release, Brooklyn, New York (group)

Christian Dior - Shanghai Dreamers, Shanghai, China (solo)

 

2009

 

 

 

Christian Dior presents photographs by Quentin Shih, Costa Mesa,

California, US

The Stranger in the Glass Box, ION Art Gallery, Singapore (solo)

Women of Many Faces - Portraits of Isabelle Huppert,  Ullens Center for

Contemporary  Art (UCCA), Beijing, China (group)

Christian Dior, 60 years in photography, Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Russia (group)

 

2008

 

Dior with Chinese Artists, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA), Beijing, China (group)

 

2005

 

Captive Light, Tepper Takayama Fine Arts, Boston, MA

 

 

 

 

 

EXHBITIONS