CV
Zhou Li
Zhou Li’s works primarily consist of mixed-media paintings and installations. While pushing the boundaries of materials and forms, she remains committed to an aesthetic framework rooted in natural philosophy and the extension of her artistic vision. Her work combines the free imagination of Romanticism with the elegance and vigor of classical Chinese landscape painting; as she explores the frontiers of contemporary aesthetics, she demonstrates a profound humanistic concern. The lively, subtle details that appear effortlessly in her work stem from this very approach.
She graduated from the Oil Painting Department of the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts (GAFA) in China in 1991. From 1995 to 2003, she lived and worked in France. Since 2012, she has served as a visiting professor at the GAFA. Since 2019, she has served as a member of the Academic Committee at the Pingshan Art Museum.
Latest solo exhibitions:
2025: Closets Yet Farthest, ShanghART Beijing, Beijing;
Seeing the World in One flower, a Universe Unfolds, White Cube Seoul, Seoul, Korea.
2024: Four Seasons, Jebum-Gang Art Center, Lhasa;
Rose of Light, Shenzhen Museum of Contemporary Art and Urban Planning, Shenzhen.
2022: L’eau et le Rêve, Château La Coste, Provence, France;
Water and Dreams, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland;
Tracing Peach Blossom Spring, Pingshan Art Museum, Shenzhen.
2020: Lost in Green, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou.
2019: Original State of Mind, White Cube Bermondsey, London, England.
2017: The Ring of Life, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing;
Shadow of the Wind, Yuz Museum, Shanghai.
Zhou Li’s Resume
Zhou Li’s works include paintings in mixed medias and installations. Freed from the limitations of materials, she persists in the development of personal aesthetics and thinking on arts. Reasonable romance based on European cultures and bold elegance rooted in Chinese traditions can both be seen in her works. Her explorations in contemporary boundaries show loving care for cultures and humanities. In each and every one of her works, the warmly touching details have been pushed towards the visions by this kind of powers.
1987-1991: Graduated from Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Department of oil painting, Guangzhou, China
1995-2003: Lived and worked in France
2001-2002: Guest artist of Shenzhen Art Academies
2010-2012: Lecturer at The Central Academy of Fine Arts Oil Painting Materials Studio
2013 - today: Guest professor in Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Department of oil painting
2014： Guest professor in Art Design College of Shenzhen University
2014 - 2018: Artistic consultant of Shenzhen Airport
2015 : Director of the Institute of Abstraction and Contemporary Arts, in the Centre of Research on Artistic and Cultural Innovation and Development, Sun Yat-sen University
2015 - today: Art Director of Boxes Art Space of OCT Harbour, Shenzhen
2017 - today: Art Director of OCT Boxes Art Museum, Shunde District, Foshan City, Guangdong Province
2019： Artistic consultant of Yinno Land, Shenzhen
2003 - today: Lives and works in Shenzhen, Guangdong
Solo Exhibitions
1997：World Inside Windows, La cour des Arts Gallery (France)
1998：World Inside Windows, HeXiangNing Art Museum (Beijing, China)
1999：World Inside Windows, La cour des Arts Gallery (France)
2001：World Inside Windows, “Virginia Tech University” gallery of University of Virginia (Virginia, USA)
2001：World Inside Windows, National Art Museum of China (Beijing, China)
2001：World Inside Windows，Shenzhen Fine Art Institute(Shenzhen, China)
2001：World Inside Windows—Remembrances, Hexiangning Art Museum (Shenzhen, China)
2002：World Inside Windows, Galerievereir Leonberg (Germany)
2017： Zhou Li：Shadow of the Wind，Yuz Museum（Shanghai, China）
2017：The Ring of Life： Zhou Li Solo Exhibition， Hive Center for Contemporary Art (Beijing, China)
2019： Original State of Mind，White Cube Bermondsey（London, UK）
Selected Group Exhibitions
2000：XXXIV International D’art Contemporain de Monte-Carlo, (Monaco, France)
2007：Qi Yun, OCAT Shenzhen （Shenzhen, China）
2013： Catch, Shenzhen OCAT Center for Contemporary Art （Shenzhen, China）
2013：Collection of contemporary Art，He Xiangning Art Museum （Shenzhen, China）
2013：One Meter Square-Situation, Linda gallery （Beijing, China）
2015：From East to West—Parallel Event of the 56th Biennial of Venice （Venice, Italy）
2015：The Boundaries of Order, Hive Center for Contemporary Art （Beijing, China）
2015：2015 International Urban Images Festival （Shenzhen， China）
2016：Too Loud a Solitude: Stalkers of Chinese Contemporary Art, Hive Center for Contemporary Art （Beijing, China）
2016：2016 Public Art Fair of Qianhai （Shenzhen, China）
2016： The world is yours, as well as ours， White Cube Gallery （London, China）
2016：Divided Unity – Shenzhen International Contemporary Artists Invitation Exhibition，Shenzhen Artron Art Centre （Shenzhen, China）
2016： 3rd West Bund Art & Design, Shanghai West Bund Art Center （Shanghai, China）
2016：ART021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair，Shanghai Exhibition Center （Shanghai, China）
2016： The World Is Yours, As Well As Ours, White Cube Mason’s Yard（London, UK）
2017： PARK, Holly‘s Gallery （Guangzhou, China）
2017： 4th West Bund Art & Design --ArtReview Asia Xiàn Chǎng，Shanghai West Bund Art Center （Shanghai, China）
2017： 7th BI-City Biennale Of Urbanism/Architecture （Shenzhen, China）
2018： The Butterfly Lion， Shanghai K11 Shopping Art Center （Shanghai, China）
2018：Beijing Contemporary, National Agricultural Exhibition Center （Beijng, China）
2018：City Unbounded, Shanghai Jing’an International Sculpture Project，Jing’an Sculpture Park（Shanghai, China）
2018： 5th West Bund Art & Design， Shanghai West Bund Art Center （Shanghai, China）
2019： Extreme Mix-Guanghzou Airport Biennale (Guangzhou, China)
2019： Beijing Contemporary, National Agricultural Exhibition Center （Beijng, China）
2019：The Gaze History-Contemporary Chinese Art Revisited, Jupiter Museum of Art (Shenzhen, China)
2019： Freeland Around the Second Line ,Hive Center for Contemporary Art (Shenzhen, China)
