Tianbing Li
Tianbing Li was born in 1974 in Guilin, China. There he discovered
painting at the early age of 6, learning traditioinal Chinese
technique (ink on paper). A few years later, he started his
training in modern western techniques. His artistic mastery
was soon recognized and he received many awards during his
adolescence. In 1997, Tianbing Li left China for Paris to
attend the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts.
Today, he still resides in Paris but makes frequent trips
to China. His dream is to have a studio in in Peking and be
able to paint all over the world.
The state of contemporary Chinese culture is a constant preoccupation
for Tianbing Li. His position between eastern and western
culture as well as his broad knowledge of traditional and
modern painting provide most of the material for his art.
The destruction of Chinese artistic traditions, first by the
Cultural Revolution and then by the invasion of western culture,
especially American, is a major theme in his paintings.
The artist is well aware of the danger of a frozen culture.
For him, the artist must move incessantly in order to stay
alive. Yet, at the same time, Li is also nostalgic for China’s
great cultural past that is in danger of being totally forgotten.
Between the old and the new, the east and the west Tianbing
Li plays with humor and skilfully handles the role of mediator.
Biographie
Born September 19, 1974 in GUILIN (China)
EDUCATION
1997-2002 Ecole supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris.
2002 Diploma from the ENSBA with the unanimous congratulations
of the jury.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
March 2004 Kashya Hildebrand Gallery, New York
December 2003 Galerie french-made, Munich
October 2003 Galerie Crous des Beaux-Arts, Paris
February 2002 Galirie Grande Masse des Beaux-Arts, Paris
March 2001 Galerie Les Créations du possible, Paris
June 2000 Musée Marzelles, Marmande
November 1999 Société Générale,
Villeneuve sur Lot
July 1999 Laroque — Timbaut
April-Aug 1999 Eglise Sainte Foy, Pujols
July 1998 Eglise St. Pierre d'Orival et Donjon
May 1998 Ecole Polytechnique, Paris
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
January 2004 Palm Beach Contemporary, Kashya Hildebrand Gallery
Art Miami, Kashya Hildebrand Gallery
September 2003 Biennale d'Issey (award of the Biennale), Issey-les-Moulineaux
April 2003 Pas n'importe ou, just à coté (painting
award), Couvent des Cordeliers, Paris
June 2002 Collective Exhibition — Galerie Kashya Hildebrand
Geneva, Switzerland.
April 2002 Biennale de la jeune création de Houilles.
February 2002 Salon de la jeune création
February 2002 Personal Exhibition — Galerie Grande Masse
des Beaux-arts, Paris
November 1999 Novembre à Vitry, Paris
June 1999 Académie des Beaux-arts, Institut de France,
Paris
March 1999 Museum of Modern Art, Dubrovnik
February 1999 Pavillon Mestrovic, Zagreb
December 1998 Salon Grands et Jeunes d'aujourd'hui, Paris.
May 1998 Galerie Progres, Belgarde
PRESS AND OTHER MEDIA
Several articles in the following daily newspapers:
Sud-Ouest, La Dépêche du Midi, La Gazette de
la Vallée du Lot, Le Petit Bleu de l'Agan, In Munchen,
Zurban,Le Monde, Beaux-Arts, Art Press, 92 EXPRESS
A television interview on TV Belgrade.
A report on ARTE (25/09/1999,7 minutes)
PUBLICATIONS
Liberté et ordre - Maison d'édition des Beaux-Arts
du peuple de la chine, 2001,165 pages
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