Li Gang

Gallery Biography Statement Essay


Profile  

 

1967   Born in Beijing
1994   Graduated from Claremont School of Art, Perth, Australia
1996   Graduated (Sculpture), Victoria College of Arts, Melbourne
Present   Lives and Works in Beijing as a professional artist
     
Solo Exhibitions    
2010   In the Grey Scale, Monash Gallery of Art
2008   Black Light, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing
    Work in Progress, Color Elefante Gallery, Valencia
    Painting Exhibition, Galeriazero Gallery, Barcelona
2006   Painting, Sculpture Installation, Print - Making, Two Lines Gallery, Beijng
2004   Rust, Sculpture Installation, Pickled Art Center, Beijing
2001   Li Gang, Bronze Sculpture Installation, Chinese European Art Center, Xiamen
1994   Li Gang at ArtsHouse, Perth, Western Australia
     
Group Exhibitions    
2012   Two Generations - 20 Years of Chinese Contemporary Art 2012 Australian Tour: City of Sydney Chinese New Year; Manning Regional Gallery; Damien Minton Gallery; University of Newcastle Gallery; Melbourne International Fine Arts (MiFA); Linton & Kay, Perth
2011   Two Generation - 20 Years of Chinese Contemporary Art, Chinese New Year, Sydney Town Hall, Australia
    20 Years - Two Generations of Artists at Red Gate, Island6 Art Center, Shanghai
    20 Years - Two Generations of Artists at Red Gate, Red Gate Gallery
    Luxembourg Ambassador’s Sculpture Garden, Beijing
    Ming to Nirvana, Red Gate Gallery
2009   ReGroup: New Opportunities in A New Climate, Red Gate Gallery
2008   Red Gate Stars, Red Gate Gallery
   

Process - Journey, Australia - China Touring, Sino Space Hong Kong; Eastlink Gallery,
 Shanghai

2007   Process - Journey, Australia - China Touring, Red Gate Gallery
    The Gang of Eight Painting, Two Lines Gallery
    Warm Up Photography, Hot Sun Space, Beijing
2006   Dialogue - 2007, Norwegian Embassy, Beijing
    Boundless - Pause, Must Be Contemporary Art Center, Beijing
    Constructed Winds, Red Gate Gallery
    To the Watchtower: Red Gate Gallery’s 15th Anniversary
    The Emptiness Oil Painting Group Show, Pickled Art Centre
    Paper View, Two Lines Gallery
2005   October - Oil Painting Group Show, Two Lines Gallery
    Ink, Wash and Emotion, BIAC Art Space, Beijing
    Go Fast - Think Twice, Pickled Art Centre
2004   September, Pickled Art Center
    Chinese Contemporary Art, ArtScene Gallery, Shanghai
2003   Changchun Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Far-East Art Gallery
 Changchun
2002   Dialogue: Norway, Iceland and China, China Art and Archive Warehouse,  Beijing
2001   Hot Pot - Chinese Contemporary Art, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
    Clues to the Future - Red Gate Gallery’s 10th Anniversary
    Elements: Five Artists Metal Sculpture, CAFA Museum; Red Gate Gallery
1999   Spread Out, The Central Academy of Fine Arts Museum
1998   Retake: A Selection Reviewing Red Gate Artists’ Signature Works, 
Red Gate Gallery
    Li Gang, Liu Baocheng, Sunlu - Metal Sculptures, CAFA Gallery
1997   Sui Jianguo & Li Gang Contemporary Chinese Sculpture, Red Gate Gallery
1996   Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show Outdoor Sculpture, Royal  Exhibition Buildings
    Victoria Campus Art Prize 1996, George Paton Gallery, Melbourne
    Sculpture Survey 2, University of Ballarat, Australia
    Graduation Exhibition, Victoria College of Arts
1995   Gasworks Outdoor Sculpture, Melbourne
1994   11th Sculpture Prize, Gomboc Gallery
    Jeff Chand, Phillip McNamara, Su Tchan, Trina O’Hara, Li Gang, ArtsHouse
    Express Yourself, Hartung Street Gallery, Perth
    Five by Five: 25 Years at the CSA, Claremont School of Arts
    Metal Works, The Meltings, Perth Artists Club In Collaboration
  with East and West, PICA Gallery
    Five Final Year Students From Claremont School of Arts, School Gallery
    Claremont School of Arts Graduation, Community Access Gallery, WA
    Chess Show, Bridge Gallery
    Intersection Transformation, ArtsHouse
    City of Footscray Art Acquisitions, Saltwater River Festival, Australia
1993   10th Sculpture, Gomboc Gallery
    Group Exhibition, ArtsHouse
1992   Portrait Show, Bridge Gallery
    9th Sculpture Prize, Gomboc Gallery, Perth
    Creative Disorder, ArtsHouse Gallery
1991   Please Be Seated, Artrage Festival, Bridge Gallery, Perth