Chinese artists by Michel Nau - Li Huayi  李華弌

 
 

 

 
 

 

 
 

Li Huayi

 
 

李華弌

 
 

 

 
     
 
 
 


1948

Li Huayi  李華弌 was born in Shanghai  China.

   

1954

He learned the traditional ink painting, under the guidance of Wang Jimei.

   

1964

He studied western painting and drawing  with Zhang Chongren.

   
 

DurIng the Cultural Revolution, he worked as a propaganda artist  then he traveled

 

through the Anhui Province,  to the famous Huangshan Mountains, then to the Buddhist

 

caves of Dunhuang, in the Gansu ProvInce.

   

1982

He moved to the United States, settled in San Francisco, and contiued his studies 

 

at the Academy of Art University.

   

1984

He graduated with a Master's degree ( Fine-Arts )
  First Solo exhibition at the Pacfic Asia Museum Pasadena.
   

1999

He participated in China 5000 Years at the Guggenheim Museum of New York.
   
 

He found his style by reinterpreting traditional landscape paintings :

 

  -  Monumental Landscape with close-up details

 

  -  Ink painting on gold leaf

 

  -  Multiple screens Installation for a greater visual impact

   

2018

Publication of  Li Huayi : Landscapes from a Master’s Heart by Rizzoli International

 

Publications Inc. and Kwai Fung Art Publishing House.

 

A Monography with +160 works ( 1933-2017 )

 

 

  He lives and works in Beijing  China.
   
  Daniele Sicard
   

   

 

Collections  selection

China

M+ Hong Kong

Hong Kong Art Museum

Hong Kong
Suzhou Museum Suzhou

United States

Harvard Art Museums

Cambridge
Art Institute of Chicago Chicago

Cleveland Art Museum

Cleveland

Honolulu Art Museum

Honolulu Hawaï

Brooklyn Art Museum

New York
Asian Art Museum San Francisco
   
   

   
  Solo exhibitions  selection
   

2007

Mountains Landscape Eskenazi Galerie London  United Kingdom

2008

Li Huayi at 60 : Paintings in the YIqingzhai Collections The Ink Society Hong Kong  China

2010

Trees, Rocks, Mist and Moutains Eskenazi Gallery New York  United States

2011

The Twelve Animals of the Zodiac Eskenazi Gallery London  United Kingdom

2011

Beyond Representation : Li Huayi's New Art Centre for the Arts Beijing  China

2011

Images of the Mind : The Ik Painting of Li Huayi National Art Museum of China Beijing  China

2014

Waterfalls, Rocks And Bamboo Eskenazi Gallery London  United Kingdom

2016

Exotica - Recent works Kwai Fung Hin Art Gallery Hong Kong  China

2017

Landscapes in New Dimensions Kwai Fung Hin Art Gallery Hong Kong  China

2017

Fantasies on Paper and Enchantments in Gold Suzhou Museum Suzhou  China

2019

Law of Nature - Tao of Man  Kwai Fung Hin Art Gallery Hong Kong  China

2020

Contemporary Landscape Honolulu Art Museum Honolulu   HawaÏ

2021

Infinities Between Ink and Gold Kwai Fung Hin Art Gallery Hong Kong  China

   
  Collective exhibitions  selection
   

2007

3ème Biennale de Chengdu  Chengdu  China

2010

Fresh Ink - Ten Takes on Chinese tradition Museum of Fine Arts Boston  United States

2012

Ink - The Art of China Saatchi Gallery London  United Kingdom

2013

The Chinese Scholar - Ink painting and Works of Art - New York Asia Week  United States

2013

Illusion / Image : Contemporary Chinese Ink Art Series1 Hive Contemporary Art Centre

   Beijing  China

2014

Shuimo - Ten Thousand Blossoms Spring S I 2 Sotheby's New York  United States

2014

Meditations in Nature - New Ink Ben Brown Fine Arts Hong Kong  China

2014

Contemporary Ink NanHai Art San Francisco  United States

2015

Shanghai Ever Contemporary Art Museum Shanghai  China

2017

Different Paths - Explorations In Ink S I 2 Sotheby's New York  United States

2017

Boundless : Ongoing - Chinese Inlk Art 2017 Art Museum of Sichuan Fine-Arts Institute
 

China

2017

The Weight of Lightness : Ink Art M+ - M- Pavilion Hong Kong  China
   

   
 

Li Huayi  李華弌                                                                 https://lihuayiarts.com/

   

 

 


Li Huayi  李華弌  -  Landscape  -  Ink and colour on paper  -  2009  

 

Li Huayi 李華弌 with Dagmar Carnevale Lavezzoli  -  2015


Li Huayi  李華弌 with Dagmar Carnevale Lavezzoli  -  2015

 

 
 

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