L A R S B O H M A N G A L L E R Y

Li Jin

Li Jin specializes in - and gong-bi figure . His signature expressionist facial features demonstrate his unparalleled brushwork skills. More recent works focus on food and animal themes.

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Born 1958 in Tianjin, . Lives and works in Tianjin.

EDUCATION

1977 Graduated from the Painting Department at Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts.

Currently Associate Professor at the Art Education Department at Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2007 Consumption Junction, Haines Gallery San Francisco, USA

2006 Li Jin’s Recent Works Exhibition, Galerie 99-Aschaffenburg, Germany Li Jin - Solo Exhibition, Art Scene China, , China

2005 Eat Drink Man Woman, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, USA Li Jin - Freuden des Lebens, Galerie 99, Aschaffenburg, Germany Eat Drink Man Woman, Tang Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand The Difference Between You and Me, Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne, Australia

2004 Li Jin: New Works, Courtyard Gallery, Beijing, China New Freehand Ink-Wash Painting Exhibition, National Museum of Art, Beijing, China Carnal Appetite - Primal Instinct: Li Jin and Feng Feng, Art Scene China, Shanghai, China

2003 Li Jin: A Feast, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, USA International Paper, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, USA China Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Rome, Italy Today, Millennium Monument Museum, Beijing, China The Open Era, National Museum of Art, Beijing, China Freehand Ink Painting Invitational, Yan Art Center, Beijing, China

2002 Eat Drink Man Woman: Li Jin Ink-Wash , Yan Gallery, Hong Kong Food, Sex and Human Nature: Li Jin’s Works, Li Dong Zai Gallery, , China Art, Museum Kuppersmuhle, Duisburg, Germany Chinese-Korean Contemporary Art, Contemporary Art Museum, Seoul, Korea

2001 Li Jin New Works Exhibition, Courtyard Gallery, Beijing, China Exhibition of Li Jin’s Paintings, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney, Australia First Chengdu Biennale, Chengdu Contemporary Art Museum, Sichuan, China All About Dreams - Exhibition of Chinese Art of the 21st Century, ICA, London, England 20 Years of Chinese Ink Experiments, Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China

2000 Contemporary Chinese Ink Painting Exhibition, Shanghai and , China Li Ink Painting Exhibition, at an English Gallery, Hongkong Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden

1999 Survival and Expression Art Exhibition Art Exhibition of Dialogue 1999, Teda Contemporary Art Museum, Tianjin, China 1998 Invitational Academic Art Exhibition, China Art Gallery L A R S B O H M A N G A L L E R Y

The Star of the Century – Biennual Exhibition of Chinese Arts, Ontorio Art Gallery, Canada Miaoyue Chenyuan Painting Exhibition of Li Jin and Lei Ziren

1997 China Grand Exhibition of China

1996 Li Jin Works Exhibition, Atriumed Arte Gallery, Vienna, Austria Joint Exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Experimental Ink and Wash works by three artists, TTT Art Center, Berlin Art Museum and Leipzig University Museum

1995 China Modern Paintings Exhibition, USA Solo Exhibion at the Beijing HanMo Gallery

1994 Li Jin Painting Exhibition, Beijing Modern Gallery

1990 The Modern Ink and Wash Exhibition, Exhibition Hall, Tokyo, Li Jin Painting Exhibition, Painting Corridor of Villanova University, Philadelphia, U.S.A The Ten Artistic Works Exhibition, Painting Center of the Beijing Music Hall

1988 The Modern Art Symposium, Mountain Huang

1985 The Chinese Youth Painting Exhibition: Making Forwars, China Gallery The New Works Exhibition of Traditional , Province"