Biography

LI Shan (b. 1957), who now lives and works in Beijing, is a self-taught female artist whose diverse practice shaped the early avant-garde movement in China. Without official endorsement, LI practised art as a member of the Yuyuantan Lake School of Painting in the 1970s and later joined the No Name (Wuming) Group. During this period, the artist focused on subject matter that she would revisit throughout her practice: courtyards, pagodas, city streets, country roads, architecture, etc, which are also present in her recent works.

 

Her recent solo exhibitions include “Landscape Diaries: LI Shan × No Name Group” (Grisebach Switzerland, Zurich, 2025), “Outside the Window” (Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto, 2024), Solo project of LI Shan (Don Gallery Booth at Paris Internationale, Paris, 2023), “A Red, Red Blossom” (Don Gallery, Shanghai, 2023), "Drawing and Drawing: Heading Out and Bending Down" (Don Gallery, Shanghai, 2021), "LI Shan's List" (STAR Gallery, Beijing, 2021), Solo project of LI Shan (Don Gallery Booth at Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2019), "Fuxing Renaissance" (Don Gallery, Shanghai, 2017), "LI Shan: New and Selected Works" (James Cohan Gallery, Shanghai, 2015), "Works from the 1970s" (James Cohan Gallery, Shanghai, 2014), "Flow" (La Case, Beijing, 2007) and "LI Shan’s Solo Exhibition" (TRA Gallery, Beijing, 2006),etc. Her works are part of the permanent collections of Tate Museum in London, M+ Museum in Hong Kong, and have entered numerous distinguished private collections in China, Australia, Canada, Europe, and the United States.

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