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)

Solotentoonstellingen (selectie)
2011 Within You, Without You, Dialogue Space, Beijing
2010 Lantern, Fine Arts Literature Art Center, Wuhan, Hubei, China
2010 Reflection, Canvas International Art, Amsterdam
2009 Li Jikai, Arario Gallery, Seoul,
2009 Leaving Some Room for Imagination - Dual Exhibition of Li Jikai and Wang Jinsong, Dialogue Space, Beijing
2008 Walking Alone, Canvas International Art, Amstelveen
2008 Clear, Today Art Museum, Beijing
2008 Unorderly Branches, Paintings of Li Jikai, Fine Arts Literature Arts Center, Wuhan, Hubei, China
2008 Small Worlds: Paintings of Li Jikai, Art Seasons, Zurich, Zwitserland
2008 Muddy, Tang Contemporary Art, Hong Kong
2007 Clear, Shanghai Museum of Fine Arts, Shanghai, China
2007 Boy and is Mirror Image, Christa Schuebbe Gallery, Duesseldorf, Duitsland

Groepstentoonstellingen (selectie)
2011 Paint, Gallery Beijing Space, Beijing
2010 Filter Window - Young Chinese Artists Group Exhibition, Beyond Art Space, Beijinng
2010 The Franks-Suss Collection, Saatchi Gallery, Londen, Verenigd Koninkrijk
2010 Reshaping History: Chinart from 2000 to 2009, Today Art Museum, Arario Gallery, China National Convention Center, Beijing
2009 Gemeinsam in Bewegung - Zeitgenoessische Kunst aus Deutschland und China, Wuhan Art Museum, Wuhan, Hubei, China
2009 New Wave - New Power - 15 Emerging Artists from China, Malinda Art Gallery, Jakarta
2009 China Mania, Arken Art Museum, Kopenhagen
2009 New Trends: Fifteen Contemporary Chinese Artists, The Pacific Heritage Museum, San Francisco
2009 Metropolis Now - A selection of Chinese Contemporary Art, Meridian Center, Washington DC
2009 100 Tales in Animamix, Indonesia National Art Museum, Jakarta
2008 Works on paper, The Center for Art Archives, Wuhan, Hubei, China
2008 The Soaring Field: New paintings from China, Nanjing Square Art Museum, Nanjing, jiangsu, China
2008 Interaction - New 2008 Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Oil Paintings, Wuhan Art Museum, Wuhan, Hubei
2008 Looking for Me, Minshen Art Museum Update, Shanghai, China
2008 Expand and Fusion - Chinese Oil Painting Study and Exhibition, National Art Museum China, Beijing
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