Du Jie was born in 1968 in Xiangyang, Hubei Province. She first studied physics and then devoted her interest and energy to the practice of painting.
Du Jie's artistic creation process and inspiration origins are extensive and diverse, and she expresses her inner demands in a unique way. Before the work begins, she does not envision any picture in advance in her mind, but lets the brush pull her hand and move freely on the canvas. Her works, whether on canvas or on paper, walk on the picture from a single point, and take the length of time to make each work as the title of the work, Her life is "wasted" in this simple and complicated work, every simple stroke, line, and turning point in the work is like every moment of life, day after day, year after year, more and more complicated. But full of unknown possibilities. Du Jie's works are not only idea, but also an experience of life. In the natural transformation of simplicity and complexity, the dialectical relationship between nothing and existence, emptiness and color are revealed.
Major solo exhibitions include: “No Place for Subjectivity to Stand ”,Ginkgo Space, Beijing (2021); “Sixteen Cycles”, Ginkgo Space, Beijing (2018); “There Will Be a Time Afterward”, Mailer Gallery, Beijing (2008), etc. Her works have been shown in many important group exhibitions in China and abroad, including “I Favor Life - The Layton Weiss Collection”, Museum of Modern Art Wieselberg, Berlin, Germany (2016); “Out of the Peony Pavilion:Contemporary Chinese Women's Art Exhibition”, Russian National Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia (2016); ‘Slow Art:Chinese Abstraction’, Kunsthalle Reichlinghausen, Recklinghausen, Germany (2012); “Slow Art:Chinese Abstraction”, Singer Museum, Laren, The Netherlands (2011); ‘Ten Years of the White Rabbit’, White Rabbit Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia (2011); ”Mahjong --Sigg Chinese Contemporary Art Collection”, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland (2005); ‘Rosary and Brushstrokes’, Beijing-Tokyo Art Project, Beijing (2003), etc. Du Jie's works have been included in many exhibitions. Du Jie's works are included in a number of heavyweight private and public collections, including: Olberlech Foundation, Germany; Leiden-Weiss Collection, Germany; UBS Collection; White Rabbit Gallery, Australia; Goetz Collection, Munich, Germany; Ullrichk Collection, Switzerland; Vorried Collection, Holland; and M+ Art Museum, Hong Kong.
EDUCATION
1968 Born in Xiangfan city, Hubei province
1988 Graguate from Physics department, Xiangyang Normal Training College
1996 Graguate from Industrial Art Department, Huazhong Normal University
1997 Study in Education Department Sichuan Fine Arts Institute
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 No Place for My Subjectivity to Stand，GINKGO SPACE, Beijing, China
2018 Du Jie: Sixteen Cycles, GINKGO SPACE, Beijing, China
2008 Until We Meet Again, Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing, China
2004 Thanksgiving Journey, Galerie Urs Meile, Luzern, Switzerland
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 All This - NanHai Art Gallery, San Francisco，America
2018 Chinese Abstract Painting Today - Part II, Galerie Frank Schlag, Essen，Germany
2016 I Prefer Life - Reydan Weiss Collection, Weserburg Museum für Moderne Kunst, Bremen, Germany
2016 Out of the Peony Pavilion, Chinese contemporary women art exhibition, The Russia Museum of Ethnology, St Petersburg, Russia
2015 Chinese Contemporary Abstract Art Exhibition, Gallerie frank schlag&Cie, Essen, Germany
2014 France-China, 1964-2014, A time of Recognition and Friendsship Art Exhibition Featuring 50 Chinese Artists, Paris, France
2012 Chinese Abstract Slow Art, Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Recklinghausen, Germany
2011 Chinese Abstract Slow Art, Singer Laren Museum, Laren,Netherlands
2011 Ten Years of The White Rabbit, The White Rabbit Museum, Sydney, Australia
2010 Purity - Contemporary Art Invitation Exhibiton, Beijing Comtemporary Art Museum, Beijing，China
2008 Life in Song Zhuang, Song Zhuang Art Museum, Beijing, China
2007 They live in Song Zhuang,Song Zhuang Art Museum,Beijing,China
2007 Mahjong: Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection, Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, Austria
2006 Mahjong: Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection, Hamburger Art Museum, Hamburger, Germany
2005 Mahjong: Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection, Kunstmuseum, Bern, Switzerland
2004 Silk Net-Emerging Chinese Arts, Galerie Urs Meile, Luzern, Switzerland
2004 Asia Female Artists Exhibition, Japan Tokyo Women Art College, Tokyo, Japan
2003 Prayer Beads and Brush Strokes, Beijing Dongjing Yushu Project, Beijing, China
WORKS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Foundation Olbricht Berlin, Germany
Collection Reydan Weiss, Germany
UBS Collection, Switzerland
White Rabbit Collection, Sydney, Australia
Sammlung Goetz, Munich, Germany
HongKong M+ Collection, China
Fu Ruide Collection, Netherland
