Tianqi Chen 陈天琦 is a New York–based visual artist whose work captures the strange, fleeting theater of everyday life.
Email: tqdraws@gmail.com Instagram: @tianqi_chen_art 
His sketchbook functions like a second phone—always charged, always within reach, and occasionally responsible for missed subway stops.
He creates portraits and chaotic scenes where figures appear to carry secrets, rush between moments, or hover on the edge of becoming the main character for five seconds.
Selected Clients
The New Yorker Magazine / The Nation Magazine / The American Bystander Magazine / City & State Magazine / White Star / Vivida Books / We Are Hook ShopAwards
Hiii Illustration Annual Award 2021American Illustration 41 Annual Award 20223x3 International Illustration Awards No.19 Self-promotion category 2022Society of Illustrators 65 Annual 2022Illustration West 2023 Silver Award in Unpublished Category 2023Illustration West 2023 Bronze Award in Comic & Graphic Novels Category 2023Communication Arts 2023 Winner 2023American Illustration 42 Annual Award 2023Society of Illustrators Student Scholarship Competition 2020Society of Illustrators Student Scholarship Competition 20213x3 Illustration Awards No.18 Student Category Distinguished Merit 2021Illustration West 60 Student GOLD AWARD 2022Society of Illustrators Nancy Lee Rhodes Roberts Scholarship Award 2022Exhibition
Art Ark International Art Exhibition Quan Gallery, Beijing 2018The Realm of Wabi-Sabi Solo Exhibition Er Yi Gallery, Beijing 2019Resonant Voice of the Soul group show Caelum Gallery, New York 2022Other World Group show Xiansheng Gallery, Beijing 2022The Light in the Cracks Solo show Miaowu Gallery, Beijing 2022You Can’t Take It With You Solo show Chuzou Art Space, Beijing 2023