Xia Qing was born in November 1959 in Hailar District, Hulunbuir City, Inner Mongolia. He graduated from Inner Mongolia Zhalantun Normal School with a major in fine arts, the Year Course Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts with a bachelor’s degree, and the Oil Painting Department of the School of Fine Arts at the Central University for Nationalities with a master’s degree. He has served as the head of the Fine Arts Department and associate professor at Beijing Zhongguancun College, and is currently a distinguished professor and master’s supervisor at the School of Arts at Chongqing University. He is a member of the China Literary and Art Volunteers Association, the China Artists Association, and the Beijing Artists Association.
His major exhibition projects include: