New Art
Justin(JiaHua)Qian
满园春色
Justin(JiaHua)Qian was born in Nanjing, China and came to australia in 1991 as a visiting scholar. He now lives and works in Sydney and his sculptures have been displayed in many major exhibitions in Australia. He has won numerous sculpture awards including being a finalist in the Wynne Prize at Art Gallery of NSW in 2006, the Blake Prize in 2007 and the Blacktown Arts Exhibition in 2004 and 2006. Justin Qian had also exhibited in Sculpture by the sea in 2007 and 2008. He was also commissioned by the City of Sydney to design the Horse lantern that was exhibited as part of the Chinese New Year Festival at Martin Place in Lunar lanterns near Circular Quay in 2017, 2018, as well as the Pig Latern in 2019.