Anqi Gu is an artist, community organizer, art educator, and spiritual practitioner.
Gu is from Suzhou, China and lives in Brooklyn, USA. She is pursuing a MFA degree at School of Visual Arts. Her latest work is linked to her spiritual cognition, specifically the activation of Qi-Xue (energy flow) throughout her body probed by the subtle needling during acupuncture sessions. Gu uses acupuncture as a guide to connect the body and the cosmo. Flesh and spirit, tangible and intangible, she presents her findings in the form of installation art.
Gu has been an active member in many communities, some of which she organized herself. In 2018, along with a few fellow sculpture students at RISD, Gu co-founded the art community "Trigger Art", and managed its official WeChat account. Trigger Art provided opportunities for students to connect with Chinese artists through video conferences. It quickly proved itself to be fertile ground for discourse surrounding contemporary Chinese art. Many working artists and curators collaborated with Trigger Art and had their lecture published through the official account. Besides the virtual events, Trigger Art also organized popular in-person critiques between Chinese-speaking students across several North American art schools, alongside guest critics and curators.
In 2021, haunted by the coldness and alienation coming out of the pandemic. Gu and collaborator Yuheng He sensed the need for community and began to hold healing tea parties in the living room of Gu's apartment. Together the group would read poetry, share works of art, meditate, and discuss life and philosophy. Out of those meetings "The Decameron" was born, a Chinese humanistic community based in Providence, Rhode Island. They later collaborated with other local communities, including the RISD Museum, "Plot" Regenerative Farm, Brown University, and the 706 Community etc.
Since 2022, Gu has been a participant in the project "AcrossRye Art Education", which brings artists to children living in the mountainous region of Baoshan, Yunnan for a summer arts program. Attracted by the aspects of heritage protection and children's art education, Gu promoted the project and carried out fundraisers in the US. In the summer of 2023, she flew to Baoshan where she taught children art through play, visited families, and engaged in social-ecological research. Currently, Gu is still actively involved in the project's fundraising, research, and development.
As the cornerstone of Gu's life and work, she firmly believes in the linkage between cosmic energy and human life. She studied humanistic astrology, participated in events organized by Buddhist centers, danced West African dances and other freeform, power-affirming dances. Gu has also taken an interest in the philosophy of traditional Chinese medicine, such as the "Five Circuits and Six Qi" and the "Five Elements Acupuncture".
Gu holds two degrees from the Rhode Island School of Design. She received her BFA in sculpture in 2021, and her MA in Master of Teaching Learning in Arts and Design the following year. She is expected to complete her MFA from the School of Visual Arts by 2025. While in school, Gu received a scholarship from RISD, as well as the graduate department of fine arts at SVA. During her time in Providence, Gu took courses from the Department of East Asian Studies, Theater Performance, Comparative Literature, and Contemplative Studies at Brown University.
顾安祺是一个艺术家，社群组织者，乡村美育实践人，和灵性工作者。
顾安祺来自中国苏州，现已移居至美国布鲁克林，在纽约视觉艺术学院的纯艺术研究生部门学习创作。她的新创作链接了她的灵性认知，具体的灵感来源于她在针灸治疗中感受到微小的针刺对全身气血运作的激活与转化。于是她借针灸为引，撬动身心灵与宇宙的洞通作用。肉与灵，有形与无形，她用装置艺术的形式呈现她的理解。
她曾参与或创办多个社区。自一八年，她合作创办了艺术社区及微信公众号，「触发艺术」。此公众号发源自罗德岛艺术设计学院的课外社群活动，由几个雕塑系的研究生与本科生聚集起学生与中国艺术家视频讨论当代艺术话题开启。后发展为线上线下同步发展模式：线上主要发布讨论会的精要文章，逐渐发展成当时中国当代艺术语境的活跃空间，许多现下流行的中国艺术家当时都在触发艺术有访谈文章或合作内容发表。线下联合多个北美艺术学校的中国学生组织中文的艺术评论交流会，邀请艺术策展人与艺评人，在当时颇具热度。
后疫情期间，二一年中，她与何昱恒共同创办了罗德岛普罗维登斯当地中文人文社群，「十日谈」。在冷淡疏离，颇有疫情恐惧笼罩的环境下，她与何昱恒嗅到了社群的需求，开始在顾安祺的公寓客厅举办具有疗愈性质的茶话会，读诗，分享艺术作品，一起冥想，进行哲学性对话。而后发展为与当地社群合办活动，合作机构包括罗德岛艺术学院美术馆，「Plot」可再生农场，布朗大学，以及706社群等等。
二二年起，顾安祺开始参与「穿越麦地乡村美育」的组织，研究，及教育工作。穿越麦地是一个将艺术家带到云南保山山区孩子身边进行暑期艺术教育的项目。顾安祺被其中的社会文化遗产保护以及孩童艺术教育层面吸引，起初在美国进行了项目宣讲以及集资等活动，二三年夏天她去到云南保山实地，与孩子们嬉戏中创造艺术，同时进行家访，以及当地社会人文的调查。目前她仍参与在募资，研究资料整理，及组织发展的工作中。
作为顾安祺当下生活创作的基石，她坚信宇宙能量与人类生命的互相印证与启发。她研究超个人心理学派的占星术，多次参与佛教中心组织的冥想，诵唱，野外生活活动，跳西非舞以及任何自由与力量导向的舞蹈，且对「五蕴六气」和「五行针灸」下的古老中医哲学有初步的理解。
她毕业于罗德岛艺术设计学院，并于二一年获得雕塑纯艺术学术学位，于二二年获得艺术设计教学硕士学位，且预计在二五年获得纽约视觉艺术学院的纯艺术研究生学位。她在校期间获得了罗德岛艺术学院奖学金，以及纽约视觉艺术学院的纯艺术研究生系内奖学金。在一七至二二年间，她也同时在布朗大学多个部门下研修课程，包括东亚研究系，戏剧表演系，比较文学系和沉思研究系。