EDUCATION
2023-, Ph.D, Doctoral Studies in Philosophy, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
2022, Curating and Ethics, Zurich University of the Arts
2020-2023, MFA, Art in Context, Berlin University of the Arts
2015-2019, BFA, Experimental Art, Academy of Fine Arts,Shanxi University
CURATORIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE
2022-2023, Associate (Department of Culture, Galleries, and Museums), District Office Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf of Berlin, Department of Education, Sports, Culture, Real Estate, and IT, Division of Culture
2022, Co-founder, C/LENS, Chinese indie cinema in Berlin
2020, Curator, Art in Context-international Artist Invitation Exhibition
2020, Curator, ArtLaozi Chinese Young Artist Exchange Exhibition
2019, Curator, Ermu Museum Pingyao for the Exhibition Series ArtLaozi
2018, Curator, Pingyao International Photography Festival (Co-Curation: Irina Chmyreva)
2018, Curator, Exhibition 100 Talents at the Guardian Art Center, Beijing, for Beijing Mingtai Arts and Culture Ltd
2017, Bachmann Residency Fundraiser Speaking, Across Borders in cooperation with DDC Beijing, Red Gate Residencies, and Sound Sculpture
2017, Assistant Director and Props Designer for the German-Austrian-Chinese theater production “Howling Dogs”
2017, Associated Artist of the Red Gate Gallery (as part of the SURGE ART program)
2016, Critic at the China Pinghua Art Conference
MEMBERSHIPS AND INSTITUTIONAL AFFILIATIONS
2024, Member of the Society of Fine Artists of Austria
2023, Member of the Historians of German, Scandinavian, and Central European Art (HGSCEA)
2022, Member of the Association Managing the Biennale Européenne d'Art Contemporain 2022, Vabre, France
2021, Contracted Artist of A60 Contemporary Art Space, Milan and Florence, Italy
2021, Member of the Kunstverein in Hamburg
2021, Member of the Professional Association of Visual Artists Berlin (BBK Berlin)
2019, Contracted Artist of Art-in-Living-Spaces, Berlin
2019, Member of the China Institute of Stage Design
2018, Contracted Artist of Yi Gallery, Shanghai
2018, Ccartd.com Recommends: China’s Most Influential Artists
2018, People’s Daily Recommended Artists
2017, Recommended Person at the 2018 China Brand Conference
2017, Brand Art Figure - Annual Recommended Figure for Influence
2016, Haobrand Recommended Influential Calligraphy and Painting Artists
2016, Brand Inheritor of Chinese Cultural Symbols
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2024,10th Annual Widescreen Film Festival Quarter-Finalist and Honorable Mention
2024, Eb-Dietzsch-Kunstpreis 2024
2023, Premio Internazionale d’Arte “Michelangelo”
2023, ANföR e.V. Kunstpreis Artistic Youth Promotion by the GSE Gesellschaft für StadtEntwicklung gemeinnützige GmbH
2022, The Art Vue Foundation Yearly Prize 2022
2022, Kunst/Mitte YAS 2022 First Prize (Mitteldeutsche Messe für zeitgenössische Kunst)
2022, Awarded the Art Scholarship from ANföR e.V. (Activities Network for Public Space) and the District Office Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg Berlin
2022, The Fear Faire Film Festival Honorable Mention, Las Vegas
2022, The Art Vue Prize Summer 2022, Belgium
2021, One Earth Awards India
2019, First Prize for Outstanding Graduates of Shanxi University
2019, Youth Photography Competition, Excellence Award
2019, Harbin Emerging Artists Exhibition Award (Bronze)
2018, Scholarship for Academic Excellence at Shanxi University
2018, Crystal Kylin Award by Art Display China
2018, Award for Emerging Young Artists in Asia
2017, Excellence Award of the Chinese Art Yearbook
2017, Documentary Award for Chinese and Foreign Art
2016, Study Scholarship from Shanxi University
2016, Marie Award for Art Production
PUBLICATIONS AND BOOKS
2023, Published the single-authored book “Obdachlosigkeit und Betteln in der Ära der Post-Globalisierung, China und Deutschland im Vergleich.”
2023, Featured in Ephemereye
2022, Featured in SUMY NONA
2021, Featured in Albe Art Gallery Catalogue/Magazine 2021
2018, Featured in Almanac of Chinese Sculpture 2018
2017, Featured in China Contemporary Art Yearbook
2016, Featured in Chinese and Foreign Art Literature
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023, SHE7TER, Steinplatz, Platz der Vereinten Nationen, Berlin
2022, The Silent Majority, Mui gallery, Wasgington
2021, Manufactured Landscapes, Art-in-Living-Spaces, Berlin
2021, A Narrow Strip of Water, A60 Contemporary Art Space, Florenz
2020, Chao Li 李超，Republik der Künste Galerie, Berlin
2018, Wilderness and Dust, CHAO Art Gallery, Shanghai
2018, Sculpture, shaping, Li Chao’s personal art project, Husangyuan Contemporary Art Space, Pingyao
2017, Origins and Relics, DDC, Beijing
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024, Demokratie Und KI 2034, Rathausgalerie Steyr, Steyr
2024, 10th Annual Widescreen Film Festival, Toronto
2024, Sense Of Journey, Green Hill Gallery, Berlin
2024, In Seclusion II, meta space gallery, London
2024, 7 Seeds Communication Under Trees-, Zou-no-hana Terrace, Yokohama
2024, 6x6 - The International Small Art Phenomenon, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, New York
2024, Eb-Dietzsch-Kunstpreis 2024, Der Sparkasse Gera-Greiz, Gera
2024, Truc Troc, Künstlerforum Bonn, Bonn
2024, RISE, Luvi Gallery, Istanbul
2024, Gallery Informal Issue 2, Meta Space Gallery, Liverpool
2023, Mitteldeutsche Messe für zeitgenössische Kunst, Messezentrum Magdeburg, Magdeburg
2023, Premio Internazionale d’Arte “Michelangelo”, Palazzo Ximènes Panciatichi, Florence
2023, Mixtape No.3, CULTIVATE gallery, London
2023, Transformation Virtual Exhibition 2022, Ephemereye
2023, Empty Lawn, Banshan Gallery, Tokyo
2023, ANONYME ZEICHNER HAMBURG–VEDDEL, HYCP Veddel-Space, Hamburg
2022, Unofficial Wanted Notices, Rang Art Space, Xi'an
2022, VAO22 Finalists Exhibition & Networking Events, Unit 1 Gallery, London
2022, 1. Internationalen GCB-MiniPrint 2022, Graphik-Collegium Berlin e.V., Berlin
2022, Issue 30 – Boundaries, haus-a-rest, Northern England
2022, SKYLINE 2, Villa Venino Cultural Services of the Municipality of Milan, Milan
2022, Photo Competition: “Climate,” Confucius Institute Hamburg, Hamburg
2022, Supporting the Arts Annual Online Show, Bobby Forsythe
2022, Collab number ____, THE Artist Collaboration factory (TACF)
2022, Eighteenth Giornata del Contemporaneo-AMACI, Milan
2022, Ars Electronica 2022, kepler’s gardens, Linz
2022, SKYLINE 2, A60 Contemporary Art Space, Milan
2022, BLICK FANG, Kunsthaus Kaufbeuren, Kaufbeuren
2022, ADHESION, Experimenta. The Other Photography Exhibition, LoosenArt Gallery, Roma
2022, Portrait 2023, CICA Museum, Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi-do
2022, Co_vid: Wave_Group Edition, KUB-Galerie, Haus der Pöge, Haus des KOMM, Leipzig
2022, Mitteldeutsche Messe für zeitgenössische Kunst, Messezentrum Magdeburg, Magdeburg
2022, KunstKaufen 2022, Karl Hofer Gesellschaft e.V., UdK, Berlin
2022, Muse, Candid Arts Gallery, London
2022, La Vita dell’Arte III, A60 Contemporary Art Space, Milan
2022, One Earth Awards India, Bangalore
2022, Contemporary lll, Boomer Gallery, London
2021, Cinemotion, The Amerika-Gedenkbibliothek, Berlin
2021, The New Artist ll, Boomer Gallery, London
2021, The Fear Faire Film Festival, Las Vegas
2021, La Vita dell’Arte III, A60 Contemporary Art Space, Milan
2021,Traum-Trauma, Brücke-Museum, Berlin
2021, The Festival Renuac in Santaigo, Chile
2021, Bildungsschock-Student Day, Jena University, Jena
2021, Elected as New Speaker at “Ladenhüter”, The Amerika-Gedenkbibliothek, Berlin
2021, PRAXIS, A60 International Art und Civico 23 Gallery, Salerno
2021, The present is eternal - Il presente è l’eternità， A60 Contemporary Art Space, Florence
2021, “SKYLINE” Touring Exhibition，Villa Venino - Milan Municipal Office of Culture, Milan
2021, “SKYLINE” Touring Exhibition, A60 Contemporary Art Space, Milan
2021, Room Art Festival, Shanghai
2021, Architecture，A60 Contemporary Art SpaceMilan
2021, Ein Leuchtendes Kaninchen, The Rabbit House, Berlin
2021, 1984“mère et fils”, UAAF (Union des Artistes d’Asie en France), Paris
2021, Art Promotes a Sustainable Future”, GoldenBee Think Tank, Beijing
2021, Bildungsschock-Student Day, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
2021, SPEECHLESS, Albe art Gallery, St. Petersburg
2021, Lift-Off Sessions Film Festival, London2020, China·Shenyang （International）Mobile Image Art Competition and Exhibition, ArtCanglong Space, Shenyang
2020, Living In The Time, Youpin Space, Wuhan
2020, 2020 Under the current invitational exibition of contemporary art, Tianjin ASC art District, Tianjin
2020, Westred Are Museum•Qingxuan Salon, Westred Art Museum, Changchun
2020, Documenta 2020 Windows in pandemic, Tsinghua University Art Museum, Peking
2020, Hebei Youth Art Exhibition and National Excellent Artist Invitation Exhibition, Hebei Young Artists Association, Shijiazhuang
2020, Living in the time, YOUPIN Space, Wuhan
2020, Nearby Exhibition, THE END DESIGN, Guangzhou
2020, “Mass Meditation” online exhibition − open call for works, Shun Art Gallery, Shanghai
2020, 24 hours-Art records, Baizhuan Art, Xi’an
2019, 35x35 art project, Copelouzos Family Art Museum, Athen
2019, Side by Side, the First Exchange Exhibition Between Chinese and German Artists from Stuttgart in Xi’an, Jiapingwa Art Museum, Xi’an
2019, Insecure Future, China New Talent Exhibition, Wugan Museum, Shanghai
2019, Water in a Thousand Rivers, Harbin Emerging Artists Exhibition, Westred Art Museum, Changchun
2019, Gobi Desert Art Heaven 2019, International Exhibition in the Gobi Desert, Bayannaoer
2019, 24th Guangzhou International Spring Art Fair, Pazhou Convention and Exhibition Center, Guangzhou
2019, Impressions of the Northwest, Huayuhuashuo Online
2019, Nova forces, National New Youth Artist Works Exhibition, Guanshanyang Art Museum, Wuhan
2019, Yizhi Art, Yiping Art Museum, Hangzhou
2019, Yantai Florence Contemporary Art Exhibition, LaFonderia Art Gallery, Florence
2019, Sculpture Performance Art Project, White Mulberry Courtyard, Pingyao
2018, Mortgaged Time, Red Gate Gallery, 798, Peking
2018, Stacks of Paper, Riot of Color, Politics of Taste, Inside-Out Art Museum, Peking
2018, 24th Guangzhou International Autumn Art Fair, Pazhou Convention and Exhibition Center, Guangzhou
2018, Woodcut and Design, Xi’an Contemporary Art Museum, Xi’an
2018, 18th Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao Movie Palace, Pingyao
2018, Wuweibuzhi (Miniatures) 2018, Shangshang International Art Museum, Peking
2018, Colorful China Image World, Hanwei International Art Center, Peking
2018, 21st Art Expo Beijing, China International Exhibition Center, Beijing
2018, Sculpture Projects Pingyao 2018, Pingyao Jixiang Temple, Pingyao
2018, See you again Alice, Rong Space, Peking
2018, Jian Jing, Multimedia Exhibition, FZ Museum, Changchun2018, Alternative Minds, Artbank, Nanjing
2018, 2018 Counterfeit, Zhengzhou International Contemporary Art Biennale, Rainbow Box Art Park, Zhengzhou
2018, 2018 Counterfeit, Guangdong International Contemporary Art Biennale, Zhongshan Art Museum, Guyuan Art Museum, Zhuhai
2018, 2018 Counterfeit, Chongqing International Contemporary Art Biennale, Jiewai Art Museum, Chongqing
2018, Sweet Earth/Sweet Potatoes, 2. GAN AND GAN International Performance Art Festival, Jiangxi, Meibei
2018, Tender Birds and War Machine (Performance), Red Gate Gallery, Peking
2018, Feiliwushi (Look away), ArtBank, Nanjing
2018, Sex Therapy Global, ArtBank, Nanjing
2018, Red Gate Open Studios, Shangri-La Art Community, Peking
2018, Flames 2018, Thorn Bird Expressionist Artists Association Online Exhibition
2018, 4th Shanxi Young Artists’ Exhibition, Shanxi Art Museum, Taiyuan
2017, 5th Exhibition for Nominated Young Artists in Asia, Olympic Park, Peking
2017, West on the Left, East on Right, Grand Exhibition of Chinese and American Outstanding Art Works IV, Shanghai Tower, Shanghai
2017, China Future Art 2017 Academy Contemporary Exhibition, Beijing 11 Art Gallery, Peking
2017, Rainbow Countries Exhibition, (Brasilien-Schwerpunkt) Shuiding Art Museum, Xiamen
2017, Human Culture Lijiang, Emerging Talents Exhibition, Lijiang Old Town Culture Centre, Lijiang
2017, The other side of the shore, Contemporary Youth Art Exhibition, Tianjin TEDA Museum of Contemporary Art, Tianjin
2017, 1st Anhui Yuan International Contemporary Art Exhibition, Anhui Contemporary Sculpture Museum, Hefei
2017, Spiritual Feast, Prajna Flower Hall, Peking
2017, Mixed Media Exhibition, Shanxi University Art Museum, Taiyuan
2017, BJ Summer Exhibition 17, NL Art Museum, Peking
2017, Developing Countries Exhibition, Shuiding Art Museum, Xiamen
2017, Bajia Lake 100 Artists Exhibition, Kasi Art Centre, Nanjing
2017, A Dream Shines Home, Taiyuan Art Museum, Taiyuan
2016, The Shape of Dull Pain, Video Arbeit, Feidi Media, Guangzhou
2016, 4th Shanxi Watercolor Exhibition, Jinghao Gallery, Jincheng
2016, Independent Spirit, NL Art Museum, Peking