Li Jikai
Chengdu, China, 1975

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'As a matter of fact, Li Jikai's art is not a sheer expression of the thus missing ego, but rather trying to find the meaning of this ego. He depicts not anxiety and uneasiness of his contemporaries; instead, he lucidly expresses his own meditation. His art inosculates with the major trend of the 21st century in the contemporary Chinese art, that is during the breakthrough from the mainstream ideology, collective awareness vanishes, and artists come back to individuals, and to introspect personal experiences and value system form micro-perspective, which is, describe personal memory and circumstances with highly individualized artistic language.' Huang Du, kunstcriticus, 2006

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CV
Opleiding
Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts, Chongqing
(MFA, 2004)

Tentoonstellingen (selectie)
2008 Walking Alone, Canvas International Art, Amstelveen (solo)
2007 China Now Now, Canvas International Art, Amstelveen
2007 Chen Ke, Li Jikai, Wei Jia, Thomas Erben Gallery, Chelsea, New York
2007 The Generation without Centrum: The Art of post-’70s, 706 Factory, 798 Art District, Beijing
2007 Without You, Without Me, Sonzhuang Art Museum, Beijing
2007 From Rural Modernity to Urban Utopia: A Retrospective of Sichuan School of Painting, 1976-2006, National Art Museum of China, Beijing
2006 The Self-Made Situation: A Retrospective of New Chinese Painting 200, Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai
2006 Happy New Year: Oil Painting by Young Artists, Art Archive Art Center, Wuhan, China
2006 Unusual Impression: Oil Painting by post-Cenozoic, Today Art Museum, Beijing
2006 Beyond Experience: New China, Arario Gallery, Beijing
2005 Cartoon, Next Station? Star Gallery, Beijing; He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen; Chongqing Art Museum, Chongqing, China
2005 The Game of Low and Shallow - The Cartoon Generation Grows Up, 3818 Cool Gallery, 798 Art District, Beijing
2005 Post 70s: The Generation Changed By the Market, Mingyuan Art Center, Shanghai & Today Art Gallery, Beijing
2004 Hit the Road Lightly, Hong Kong Art Commune, Chongqing, China
2004 The Ambition of the Youth: New Chinese Painting, He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen; Central Academy of Fine Art, Beijing
2004 A Dandy World: The Emerging Force of New Chinese Painting, 2004, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Beijing
2003 Direction: Chinese Element, Sichuan Art Academy’s Theme Exhibition Series, Sichuan Academy of Art, Chongqing, China
2002 Fun Visual Art, Home-M Commune, Chongqing, China
2002 Art in Reality, Inaugural Exhibition of Chongqing Art Museum, Chongqing, China