• Li Di 李迪

    b.1963 ,Yakeshi, Neimenggu

    Li Di graduated from the Oil Painting Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts in 1986 and obtained a Master's degree from the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig in 1996. He currently serves as a mentor for the Performance and Abstract Art Research Program at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, a mentor for graduate students at the School of Experimental Art of Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, and a distinguished professor at the School of Design and Art at College of Science & Technology Ningbo University.

    Li Di developed a neo-expressionist style in his early years, and later inspired by the serendipity of Chinese Zen painting, transitioning to his current pure painting that seeks single elements. Li Di's creation pursues inner sensation and intuition, focusing on the most genuine thing of painting, so that he obtains a kind of transcendental liberation from the process of painting. Li Di's painting language is of openness, and his works unite the momentary experience of individuality and the flow of true feelings. His works, which are not restrained by concepts, make the audience re-think the origin and essence of art.

    Li Di has recently held solo exhibitions at the Nuremberg Drawing Biennale (Nuremberg, Germany), Tokyo Gallery + BTAP (Beijing), Whitebox Art Center (Beijing), Yuan Art Museum (Beijing), Today Art Museum (Beijing), etc. His works are collected by private collections and important institutions both domestically and internationally, including the National Art Museum of China, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Long Museum, Art Museum of Ningbo, and Yuan Art Museum.

  • 1963

    Born in Yakeshi, Neimenggu

    1986

    Graduated from the Oil Painting Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts

    1996

    Graduated from Free Art of the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig,

    Germany, with a Master's Degree

    He currently serves as a mentor for the Performance and Abstract Art

    Research Program at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, a mentor for graduate

    students at the School of Experimental Art of Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, and

    a distinguished professor at the School of Design and Art at College of Science

    & Technology Ningbo University.

    AWARDS

    2002

    Bonus of the Bundesbank and open foundation, Germany

    2001

    Prize for art work in Einburg, Germany

    1991

    Scholarship of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Germany

    1985

    First Prize of Painting Creation, Central Academy of Fine Arts

    1985

    Silver Prize, Art Exhibition of China's Youth on the Move

    COLLECTIONS

    National Art Museum of China

    Ningbo Art Museum

    CAFA Art Museum

    Yuan Art Museum, Beijing

    National Center for the Performing Arts

    Long Museum, Shanghai

    SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

    2025

    Li Di: From Zero to Infinity,CHUN ART MUSEUM,ShangHai,China

    LI DI: INFINITE MOTION,LAN gallery,ShenZhen,China

    2024

    “UNRESTRAINT” Works by Li Di and Zhang Fangbai,Leo Gallery ,Art Basel Hong Kong ,China

    INTERCULTURAL SYSTEMS: KARL-HEINZ ADLER AND LI DI IN DIALOGUE, Leo Gallery Shanghai,China

    2023

    Li Di “Black on White”, Nuremberg Sketch Biennale, Nuremberg-Erlangen Confucius Institute Art Space, Nuremberg, Germany

    2022

    "Meet-Li Di", In&Out, Ningbo, China

    2016

    Lidi Criss-Cross, Tokyo Gallery, Beijing, China

    2015

    The second stage of Chung Hua HB-Opposition and Resistance:The Reconstruction of Space, Yuan Art Museum, Beijing, China

    Crusader Lidi Solo, WhiteBox Art Center, Beijing, China

    2013

    Li Di's Works Exhibition, Year of European Capitals of Culture, Marseille, France

    2012

    Scenery-Borrowing:Li Di 2012 Solo Exhibition, Being 3 Gallery, Beijing, China

    Heart Rising-Li Di Painting Exhibition, Ningbo Art Museum, Ningbo, China

    2011

    Running in Spiritual Fields-Li Di's Twenty Years Retrospective, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China

    SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

    2024-2025

    Reconstructing Visions,SHIJIAZHUANG ART MUSEUM&ACADEMY,Shijiazhuang,China,

    2024

    Season1 A Survey of Non Concrete Art in China-BUILD MOMENTUM

    IN NATURE,CHUN ART MUSEUM,ShangHai,China

    2023

    Returning to the Ruin and Dimension-The 6th Documentary Exhibition of Fine Art, Hubei Art Museum, Wuhan, China

    2x2-Group Exhibition of Chinese and German Artists, Haishang Art, Nanjing, China

    Li Di “Black on White”, Nuremberg International Drawing Biennale, Nuremberg, Germany

    Beijing Abstract 2023, Ying Space, Shenzhen, China

    Metaphysics:Non-Figurative, Taoxicuan Museum of Art, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Jingdezhen, China

    Jinan International Biennale, Shandong Art Museum, Jinan, China

    2022

    AUSBLICK-DIE LANDSCHAFTAUF DER BRUCKE: Exhibition of Chinese Artists in

    Germany, National Grand Theater Art Museum, Beijing, China

    Superposition-The Invitational Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Art, Shanglin Museum of Art, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China

    Crossover-Expressive and Abstract Art Research Exhibition, KWM Art Center,

    Beijing, China

    2021

    Contemporary and Future-The Invitational Exhibition of Haihe Art Museum, Tianjin Haihe Art Museum, Tianjin, China

    Rhyme of Light and Colors-Works of Eight Contemporary Abstract Artists, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing, China

    Marginalism, Yuan Art Museum-Wuqing , Tianjin, China

    Carry-On: Cocoon-Breaking, Yuan Art Museum, Beijing, China

    Invisible Reality-Chinese Abstract Art Exhibition, Hongmei Park, Shenyang, China

    Sampling Snippet-Opening Exhibition of Huimei Art Gallery, Zhengzhou, China

    2020

    Chinese Expressionist Art, Huatai Art Museum, Shanghai, China

    The Invitational of Exhibition Contemporary Art, Jun Space, Shenzhen, China

    “Yi Dong”, Yuan Art Museum-Wuqing Branch, Tianjin, ChinaBeijing Abstract, Guangzhou Xueyou Zhuxi/Beijing Caochangdi Ying Space,

    Guangzhou/Beijing, China

    Beijing Abstract-Steles project 2020, Ying Space, Beijing, China

    2019

    Azure-China:Invitational Exhibition of Non-Objective Art, Weihai International Art Fair, Weihai, China

    2018

    Spirit of China-The Fourth Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition in Beijing, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China

    Abstraction-Contemporary Chinese Non-Figurative Oil Painting Art Exhibition,

    Wuhan Art Museum, Wuhan, China

    Beijing Abstract, Fangcaodi Contemporary Art, Hong Kong, China

    2017

    Chinese Spirit-Exhibition of Non-Figurative Oil Painting, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China

    Biennale de Curitiba:China-Paris Homenageado, Curitiba, Brazil

    Mutual Supplementary and Wedge-Collection of Chinese Artists Who Studied in

    Germany, Liu Haisu Art Museum, Shanghai / Ludwig Museum of Art, Goblenz,

    Shanghai / Koblenz, China / Germany

    2016

    EARLY WORKS, Yuan Art Museum, Beijing, China

    2015

    Matrix-Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition, Hong Kong Arts Center, Hong Kong, China

    2014

    Draw:Mapping Madness, Inside-Out Art Museum, Beijing, China

    2013

    Reactivation-9th Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai, China

    Chinese Contemporary Art Touring Exhibition in Eastern Europe, Croatian National Sculpture Museum / National Museum of Fine Arts Sarajevo, Croatia / Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    2012

    The 1st China Xinjiang International Art Biennale, Xinjiang Urumqi Exhibition Center, Urumqi, China

    2011

    Chinese Writing, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China

    1995

    Images of People, Kunsthalle Hannover, Hannover, Germany

    1989

    Exhibition of Chinese Expressionism, Historical Museum of China, Beijing, China

    1986

    The 2nd Asian Art Exhibition, Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan

    1985

    Art Exhibition of China's Youth on the Move, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China

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