LI Shurui was born in Chongqing, China in 1981. She is now living in Beijing. Always observant to her physical surroundings for what catches her eye, and fascinated by light and the colour spectrum it produces, Li began her lights series in 2005 using airbrushing. Now recognised as one of the most well- versed in this technique in China, Li continues to develop her concept of lights and space, and has gained important collectorship from around the world for her work.
Often in large formats, her paintings are powerful not just because of their impressive scale, but the immersive atmosphere they create around their audience and their ability to capture people’s imagination, in a way that leaves them with a strong emotive impression. She tries to reproduce the sensation that the eye gets when looking directly at light; giving her audience a new sensory experience that creates optical illusions and changes perceptions.
Education
- 2004 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, China
Solo Exhibitions
- 2005 “Independent Project Space Project 5”, Long March Foundation,
Beijing, China - 2008 “Li Shurui”, Seoul, Korea
“Lights”, Connoisseur Contemporary and Connoisseur Art Gallery,
Hong Kong - 2010 "LSR - Solo Exhibition of Li Shurui", Connoisseur Contemporary and
Connoisseur Art Gallery, Hong Kong
Participated Exibition
- 2001 “Present or Without a Seat”, Group Exhibition, Chongqing, China
- 2002 “What If Women Ruled the Earth”, Dialogue with Judy Chicago
“A Walking Visual Display”, Lugu Lake, Sichuan Province, China - 2003 “Suspension”, Group Exhibition, Chongqing, China
The 2nd Guiyang Oil Painting Exhibition of Guizhou,
Guiyang, China
“Media Centre Project”, Long March Foundation, Beijing, China - 2004 “Chengdu 2004”, Group Exhibition, Chengdu, China
“No Space – Chinese Building Construction Site New
Art Exhibition”, Chongqing, China
“Bilateral City Plan”, Chongqing M Commune and Hong Kong Art
Commune Exchange Exhibition, Chongqing, China - 2006 “The Young Mandarins 2006 – An Exhibition of Chinese
Contemporary Art”, Mandarin Oriental, Miami, USA
”Tuttuguale?”, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo,
Turin, Italy
Long March Capital Exhibited, Beijing, China - 2007 “Made in China”, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art,
Humlebæk, Denmark
The 3rd China National Exhibition of Oil Painting, Beijing, China
“On the Yellow Sea”, Seoul, Korea
Group Exhibition of Young Contemporary Chinese Artists by
82 Republic, Art Singapore 2007, Singapore - 2008 “Delirious Beijing”, Beijing, China
“82 Republic – The Birth of a New Generation”, Parallel Event of
Singapore Biennale, Connoisseur Art Gallery, Singapore
“Surfacing”, Shanghai, China - 2009 “Santa’s Workshop”, James Cohan Gallery, Shanghai, China
“VIVA! New Art. New Visions”, Connoisseur Contemporary and
Connoisseur Art Gallery, Hong Kong
“It Ain’t Fair”, Deitch Project, Art Basel Miami, Miami, USA
"The Obsession", Special Art Project of CIGE 2009, Beijing,
China
Scope Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Scope Miami, Miami, USA - 2010 "82 Republic New Year Show", Connoisseur Contemporary and
Connoisseur Art Gallery, Hong Kong
Scope Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Press
2008
- New York Times, July 30, 2008, China’s Female Artists Quietly Emerge
- http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/30/arts/design/30arti.html?_r=1
- International Herald Tribune, July 31, 2009, China's Female Artists Find a Niche
2010
- “After Glow”, Luxury Properties, April 2010 issue, Hong Kong
Public Collections
- The Estella Collection, New York, USA
- Long March Foundation, Beijing, China
- China World Trade Centre, Beijing, China
Private Collections
China, Denmark, Hong Kong, Italy, Korea, Mexico, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States
Publication
2009
- "Connoisseur Contemporary", Paperback catalogue, Produced by Connoisseur Contemporary
2010
- “LSR”, Paperback catalogue, Connoisseur Contemporary, Hong Kong
- “Connoisseur Contemporary Volume II”, Paperback catalogue, Connoisseur Contemporary, Hong Kong