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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.

ARTWORKS

Rain Accompanied by Flowers, LI WEI and LIU ZHIYIN, 2020Copper casting heat colouring65.0 × 37.0 × 103.0 cmEdition of 8
Rain Accompanied by Flowers
LI WEI and LIU ZHIYIN
Price: Private
Illuminate the Sky in the Dark Night, LI WEI and LIU ZHIYIN, 2022Copper casting heat colouring117.0 × 56.0 × 86.0 cmEdition of 8
Illuminate the Sky in the Dark Night
LI WEI and LIU ZHIYIN
Price: Private
Hearing the Clouds, LI WEI and LIU ZHIYIN, 2023Copper casting heat colouring127.0 × 44.0 × 50.0 cmEdition of 8
Hearing the Clouds
LI WEI and LIU ZHIYIN
Price: Private
The Butterfly Lingers Over the Flower, LI WEI and LIU ZHIYIN, 2019Copper casting heat colouring116.0 × 52.0 × 65.0 cmEdition of 8
The Butterfly Lingers Over the Flower
LI WEI and LIU ZHIYIN
Price: Private
The Rim of the Sky, LI WEI and LIU ZHIYIN, 2019Copper casting heat colouring130.0 × 23.0 × 94.0 cmEdition of 8
The Rim of the Sky
LI WEI and LIU ZHIYIN
Price: Private
Mountain Deity, LI WEI and LIU ZHIYIN, 2020Copper casting heat colouring313.0 × 100.0 × 100.0 cmEdition of 8
Mountain Deity
LI WEI and LIU ZHIYIN
Price: Private
Where Could the Dust Alight, LI WEI and LIU ZHIYIN, 2020Copper casting heat colouring105.0 × 23.0 × 123.0 cmEdition of 8
Where Could the Dust Alight
LI WEI and LIU ZHIYIN
Price: Private
The Intoxicating Spring Breeze, LI WEI and LIU ZHIYIN, 2020Copper casting heat colouring73.0 × 17.0 × 80.0 cmEdition of 8
The Intoxicating Spring Breeze
LI WEI and LIU ZHIYIN
Price: Private
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ARTICLES

Interwoven Souls: The Sculptural Art of Li Wei & Liu Zhiyin
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
LI WEI and LIU ZHIYIN: Whispers of the wind

Singapore
2024.06.22 - 08.18

MAJOR EXHIBITIONS, COLLECTIONS

EXHIBITION

2016
Spring Breeze Waits for No Man – The Works of Li Wei & Liu Zhiyin, Hi Art Center, Beijing
2015
New Sculpture - Young Generation Sculptor, Hi Art Center, Beijing
New Sculpture - China Open, National Tennis 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
The Portrait in the Space – The 1st Parkview Green Festival, Parkview Green, Beijing
The 1st Xiamen Fashion Festiva,l Panji International Fashion Center, Xiamen
Fashion Top - 2nd Contemporary Female Art Invitation Exhibition Enjoy Museum of Art, Beijing
China Sculpture Yearbook Exhibition, National Grand Theater, Beijing
Art Beijing, China Agriculture Exhibition Center
The 1st Art Macao Venition Macao Conference Center, Macao
Hers? - Zero 1st Contemporary Female Sculpture Exhibition, Zero Art Center, Beijing
Innocent Time – Young Artist Group Exhibition, Raphael Gallery, Beijing
Return in A Visionary Way – Northeast Youth Artists Group Exhibition
2012
Empty eyes - Chiese Sculputure Strengh Exhibition of 22 people, MR Gallery, Beijing
Future Passport - From Asia To The Whole World” Global Exhibition Tour Today Art Museum, Beijing
2011
The Art Cares Life, Enjoy Museum of Art, Beijing
2010
Personal Thinkers - Younger Artists’ Invitational Exhibition, Zero Art Center, Beijing
The 10th Oita Asian Sculputure Exhibition, Asakura Fumio Memorial Museum, Oita, Japan
Sculpture Activates Space and Art into Life -First National Public Good Vision Exhibition of Colloge Graduate, Changfeng Vision Art Gallery, Shanghai
Shanghai Art Expo and Younger Artists Promote Fair, Shanghai Mart, Shanghai
The 3rd Zeng Zhushao Sculputure Art Schoolarship Exhibition of Excellent works, The Art Museum of China Central Academy of Fine Art, Beijing
Space & Figure Power- Sculputure works Exhibitions, Zero Art Center, Beijing
2009
Not In Reality - Younger Artists’ Invitational Exhibition 09’ Zero Art Center, Beijing
11th National Artwork Exhibitions, Changchun World Sculpture Park, Changchun
Non-moral / Reality - Shanghai Biennale of Animation Aesthetics, Shanghai Contemporary Art Museum, Shanghai

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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