Guest Speaker: Dr. James He Qi
⸺ 2026-09-26 | 10 am | Paradox ChurchWe are so excited to be welcoming artist, Dr. James He Qi, to speak at our church on Saturday, August 26! He will be speaking about his journey in creating Christian Art.
James’ artistic style develops by incorporating elements of Chinese folk art, European medieval art, and contemporary modern art styles.
SERMON TITLE & SUMMARY
Jesus the Light of the World-My Journey in Creating Christian Art
Amid the turbulence of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, James found a message of peace in Christian art from Renaissance art, which conveys the gospel's message of peace through his years of creating Christian art.
ABOUT JAMES
Dr.James He Qi was a former Teacher & Professor at Nanjing Theological Seminary (1983-2005), Visiting professor of Nanjing University and Nanjing Art Institute (1998-2002, Distinguished Professor of Renmin University of China in Beijing (2016-2019).
Now He is a traveling artist and visiting scholar in USA.
He was a former board member of Asian Christian Artists Association (1998-2006).
He also was an artist-in-residence of Claremont School of Theology (2015-2016) and Fuller Seminary (2018-2020), Studied at Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing Art Institute and Hamburg Art Institute in Germany (from 1970s-1990s).
He got a Doctorate in art history and religious art in 1992 and was also awarded an Honorary Doctor Degree from Australian Catholic University in May 2011.
He also received the 20th Century Award for Achievement in recognition of outstanding achievements in the field of Religious Art Theory and Christian Art Creation of IBC in Cambridge, UK.
His art works has been displayed at New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Los Angels, Minneapolis, St.Paul, Birmingham (AL), Pittsburgh, St.Louis, Hartford (CT), Nashville (TN), Richmond (VA), Atlanta, Tokyo, Kyoto, Hong Kong, Nanjing, London, Oxford, Geneva, Aachen, etc.
He has also been invited to lecture at Princeton, Yale, Oxford, Chicago Wheaton College, Australian Catholic University in Melbourne, Nanjing University, Toronto University, Augsburg College, St.Olaf College, Alliance Bible Seminary, HK Lutheran Theological Seminary, Doshisha University, St.Paul Luther Seminary, Belmont & Milligan University (TN), Drew University (NJ), Samford University, Calvin College(MI), The United Theological Seminary, etc.
His art works has been introduced on numerous newspaper and magazines, such as: New York Times, Washington Post, National Geographic Channel, Christianity Today, Far Eastern Economic Review, Hong Kong Cable TV, BBC-UK, ABC-Australia in Sydney, the National Geographic Channel，Copenhagen Daily (Denmark), Bet Binnenhof Daily in the Netherlands, China “Fine Art”, Xinhua News Paper, Princeton Post, Minnesota Monthly, Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Star Tribune, WCCO TV, etc.
