LI WEI and LIU ZHIYIN LI WEI and LIU ZHIYIN

LI WEI and LIU ZHIYIN

LI WEI and LIU ZHIYIN
LI WEI and LIU ZHIYIN

Li Wei and Liu Zhiyin, both born in 1980, are a sculpting art partner. In 2010, they both graduated from Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts and studied sculpture and fashion design respectively. After that, Li Wei studied sculpture at the Central Academy of Fine Arts as a visiting scholar in 2016. Currently, they live and work in Beijing.

Their works are full of strong oriental charm and integrate the artistic essence from Western sculpture to create unique artistic language endowed with great tension. Their collaboration is a perfect match, Li Wei is the ‘body’, Liu Zhiyin is the ’form’, the form gives the body essence, energy (qi), and spirit, and the body is attached to the form. The two must mutually intergrow, and they vividly express this interrelated fate in their artworks. They absorb a wide range of experiences from contemporary sculpture to achieve visualized transcendental spiritual contemplation. The impressions that can be traced to our senses, are intuitively expressed through the fashionable color schemes. The visual language of their artworks are embedded with the spirit of oriental traditional art, as well as the living experience of our times. This poetic nature of works reflects the pursuit of ideals of our generation, which resonates a lot with the audience.

Their works have been collected by many art institutions such as Shanghai Long Museum, Yinchuan Museum of Contemporary Art and Nanjing Museum, and numerous private collectors.

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ARTWORKS

ARTICLES

Interwoven Souls: The Sculptural Art of Li Wei & Liu Zhiyin

2024.07.26
INTERVIEW

GALLERY EXHIBITIONS

LI WEI and LIU ZHIYIN: Whispers of the wind

Singapore
2024.06.22 - 08.18

MAJOR EXHIBITIONS, COLLECTIONS

EXHIBITION

2024
Whispers of the Wind - Li Wei & Liu Zhiyin Solo Exhibition, Whitestone
2020
All over the mountains - Li Wei & Liu Zhiyin Solo Exhibition, Line Gallery, Beijing
All over the mountains - Li Wei & Liu Zhiyin Solo Exhibition, Line Gallery, Shen Zhen
2016
Spring Breeze Waits for No Man – The Works of Li Wei & Liu Zhiyin, Hi Art Center, Beijing
2014
Meeting You – Li Wei & Liu Zhiyin Solo Exhibition, Hi Art Center, Beijing
New Sculpture – Hi Art Center Opening Exhibition, Hi Art Center, Beijing
Singapore Art Expo, Singapore
2013
Waiting Alone - Li Wei & Liu zhiyin’s Sculpture Solo Exihibition, Le Lutin, Shanghai

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025
Serenity: SOONIK KWON, MASAYUKI TSUBOTA, LI WEI & LIU ZHIYIN, Whitestone Gallery, Hong Kong
2024
Boundless Forms and Colors: Group Exhibition of Asian Artists, Whitestone Gallery, Beijing
Chinese Scenery·Echoes of Ancient and Modern Times, Line Gallery, Beijing
New Sculptures - Sculptors from A Younger Generation, Line Gallery, Shanghai
Timeless Masterpieces: Contemporary Chinese Art Through the Ages, New Art Museum, Singapore
2023
The first Beijing Chaoyang International sculpture invitational exhibition, Sports complex Park, Beijing
Pre-opening Exhibition: “WE LOVE SINGAPORE” group exhibition, Whitestone Gallery, Singapore
Chinese Scenery, Line Gallery, Beijing
Cultural City of East Asia: Sculpture Invitational Exhibition of China, Japan and Korea, Qing Dao Sculpture Art Museum, Qingdao
I Am in A Fantasy World·Artist Group exhibition, Museum Of Contemporary Art of Yinchuan
The Grand Opening Exhibition: WE LOVE KOREA, Whitestone Gallery, Seoul
2022
Elint of Xiawutun village, Line Gallery, Beijing
2020
The 5th Suzhou·Jinji Lake Biennale, Jinji Lake Art Museum, Suzhou
New Sculptures - Sculptors from A Younger Generation, Line Gallery, Beijing
Spring Collection Exhibition·April of This world, Line Gallery, Beijing
2019
The 13th National Art Exhibition, Chongqing Contemporary Art Museum, Chongqing
Annual Exhibition of Chinese Sculpture, Swan Lake Center, Weihai
2018
Difference·China Datong Sculpture Biennial, China Sculpture Museum, Datong
2017
National Invitational Exhibition of Young Sculptors from Colleges and Universities, Nanjing University of the Arts Art Museum, Nanjing
New Sculptures - Sculptors from A Younger Generation, Line Gallery, Beijing

 

COLLECTIONS

The long Museum Shanghai, Nanjing Museum, Yinchuan Contemporary Art Museum, Artron Art Center, Nanjing Sixi Art Museum, Luxun Academy of Fine Arts Museum, Beijing Haha Contemporary Art Museum, Sujia Art Museum and private collections.

BIOGRAPHY

1980
Li Wei Born in Shanxi
Liu Zhiyin Born in Liaoning
2004
Liu Zhiyin Graduated from LuXun Academy of Fine Textile and Fashion Department, and have obtained a bachelor’s degree in literature.
2006
Li Wei Graduated from LuXun Academy of Fine Arts Department of Sculpture in 2006, and have obtained a bachelor’s degree in literature.
2008
Liu Zhiyin Graduated from LuXun Academy of Fine Textile and Fashion Department in 2008, and have obtained a master’s degree in literature.
2010
Li Wei Graduated from LuXun Academy of Fine Arts Department of Sculpture in 2010, and have obtained a master’s degree in literature.
Now live in Dalian, Liaoning

 

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