Qu Leilei (曲磊磊, born 1951) is a contemporary Chinese artist currently based in the UK. Qu grew up in China during the Cultural Revolution and spent some time forced in to hard labour as his parents were branded capitalists . Later, he served as an art director at China Central Television. In 1979, as one of the founding members of the avant-garde "Stars Group", together with, , Ma De Sheng, Mao Lizi, Huang Rui, Li Shuang, Ah Cheng and Ai Weiwei, Qu took part in the first exhibitions of contemporary art in China.