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1948 |
Born in Shanghai, China |
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1954 |
Began studying under Wang Chimei, son of Yang Yiting |
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1964 |
Began studying Western painting and drawing from Zhang Zhongren, a graduate of the Belgium Royal Academy of Art |
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1969-1976 |
During Cultural Revolution, was a worker artist making propaganda art for the Communist Party |
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1982 |
Moved to San Francisco, the United States |
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1984 |
Received his Master of Fine Arts Degree from Academy of Art, San Francisco |
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2005 |
Became a disciple of Chen Pei Qiu, master of Chinese painting from Shanghai |
Awards
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2015 |
Leadership & Excellence Awards, Asia Society’s Northern California Center Outstanding Creative Artists, 2015 Bazaar Art Awards |
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2013 |
National Spirit Achievement, Life Magazine |
Important Solo Exhibitions
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2019-2020 |
Contemporary Landscapes: Li Huayi, Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, USA |
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2018 |
Solo Exhibition of Li Huayi, Art021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair, Shanghai, China |
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2017 |
Fantasies on Paper and Enchantments in Gold, Suzhou Museum, Suzhou, China Solo Exhibition of Li Huayi, Kwai Fung Hin Art Gallery, Art Basel, Hong Kong, China Landscapes in New Dimensions, Kwai Fung Hin Art Gallery, Hong Kong, China |
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2016 |
Exotica, Recent Works of Li Huayi, Kwai Fung Hin Art Gallery, Hong Kong |
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2014 |
Waterfalls, Rocks and Bamboo by Li Huayi, Eskenazi Gallery, London, UK |
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2011 |
Images of the Mind: The Ink Painting of Li Huayi, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China Beyond Representation: Li Huayi's New Art, Beijing Center for the Arts, Beijing, China The Twelve Animals of the Zodiac by Li Huayi, Eskenazi Gallery, London, UK |
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2010 |
Trees, Rocks, Mist and Mountains by Li Huayi, Eskenazi Gallery, New York, USA |
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2008 |
Li Huayi at 60, presented by the Ink Society, Hong Kong International Art and Antiques Fair, Hong Kong |
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2007 |
Mountain Landscapes by Li Huayi, Eskenazi Gallery, London, UK |
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2004 |
The Monumental Landscapes of Li Huayi, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, USA |
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1997 |
The Landscapes of Li Huayi, Kaikodo Art Gallery, New York, USA |
Selected Group Exhibitions
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2017 |
The Weight of Lightness: Ink Art at M+, M+ Pavilion, Hong Kong, China Boundless: Ongoing - Chinese Ink Art 2017, Art Museum of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Chongqing, China Different Paths: Explorations in Ink, S | 2 Sotheby’s, New York, the United States
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2015 |
Shanghai Ever, Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China China's Changing Landscape, the Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland The Wondrous All: Leading Edge of Eastern Thought, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan Shuimo: Ten Thousand Blossoms Spring, S/2, Sotheby’s, New York, USA |
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2014 |
China's Changing Landscape, Nordic Watercolour Museum, Skarhamn, Sweden Contemporary Ink, NanHai Art, San Francisco, USA Meditations in Nature, Ben Brown Fine Arts, Hong Kong Shuimo / Water Ink: Enchanted Landscapes, S/2, Sotheby’s, New York, USA
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2013 |
The Moment for Ink, Fine Arts Gallery, San Francisco State University; Asian Art Museum of San Francisco; Silicon Valley Asian Art Center, California, USA Illusion /Image: Contemporary Chinese Ink Art Series 1, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China Water Ink, S/2 Sotheby’s, New York, USA Chinese Contemporary Ink, Christie’s, New York and Hong Kong |
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2012 |
Subtle Ink, Gallery 100, Taipei, Taiwan The Scholar's Studio, Asia Week, New York, USA |
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2010 |
Fresh Ink, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA |
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2008 |
Beyond Reminiscence, Beijing Center for the Arts, Beijing, China |
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2007 |
The Third Chengdu Biennale: Reboot, New International Convention Center of Chengdu, Chengdu, China The Infinite Shades, Art Institute of Chicago, USA
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2006 |
20th Century Chinese Landscape, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China The New Chinese Landscape, Harvard Art Museums, Boston, USA |
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2004 |
Land / Scape, Shanghai Gallery of Art, Shanghai, China |
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1999 |
China 5000 Years, Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA |
Notable Collections
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, USA
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, USA
Harvard University Art Museum, Cambridge, USA
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA
Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Kansas, USA
College of Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, USA
Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, USA
The British Museum, London, UK
M+ Museum, Hong Kong