JD Malat Gallery

30 Davies St, Mayfair,  London W1K 4NB +44 20 3746 6830  

   

Li Tianbing Born in 1974 in Guilin, China, Li Tianbing studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he formed a unique visual language to express his own cultural origins. Fusing traditional Chinese techniques with Contemporary Western references, Li does not limit himself to a single style in order to explore the boundaries of the medium. This approach also reflects the artist’s cultural background, rooted in the Eastern philosophy that all things are in a constant state of flux. The ongoing advancement of the “self” thus finds its reflection in Tianbing Li’s ever-changing artistic expression. On a personal level, the paintings offer an intimate portrait of a fantasized childhood, where fiction and fantasy seamlessly merge. Being an only child in China was a condition shared by many children of his generation, a deeply lonely experience with profound psychological effects. Consequently, the artist often sought refuge in his own imagination, inventing games inhabited by fictitious characters. Li‘s poetic childhood portraits reached its most vivid expression in 2006 with the introduction of an imagined brother to his painterly repertoire. Later works depict the artist accompanied by a host of brothers and playmates, which have come to form a complete yet entirely ‘imagined’ family album. On a general outlook, Li’s work articulates the shared loss of a generation who grew up under an authoritative government exercised at its most personal level. Moreover, his compositions interweave the dualities present in China today: East and West, communism and capitalism, ancient culture and modern consumerism. The artist quickly gained international attention exhibiting worldwide, i.e. at Stephen Friedman Gallery in London, L&M Arts Gallery, New York and Galerie Albert Benamou, Paris.

         

JD Malat Gallery

30 Davies St, Mayfair,  London W1K 4NB +44 20 3746 6830  

   

Selected Artworks Li Tianbing Jouer avec les branches, 2017 Oil on canvas 173 x 229 cm Li Tianbing Lift Up the Tree Bar, 2017 Oil on canvas 244 x 183cm

         

JD Malat Gallery

30 Davies St, Mayfair,  London W1K 4NB +44 20 3746 6830  

   

Li Tianbing CV B. 1974 - Guilin, China. Lives and works in Los Angeles, USA Selected Solo Exhibitions2015 Journey of the Lone Monkey,

Pearl Lam Galleries, Singapore 2012 Stephen Friedman Gallery,

London, UK Layers of Time, Galerie Kashya Hildebrand, Zürich, Switzerland 2011 A Game as a Pretense of Being,

Curated by Demetrio Paparoni, Hong Kong Arts Center, Hong Kong, China

2010 Childhood Fantasy, Contrasts Gallery, Shanghai, China

2009 ADAA Armory Art Fair – L&M Arts Gallery, New York, USA

2008 Me and My Brother, L&M Arts Gallery, New York, USA

2007 Galerie Albert Benamou, France Galerie Loft, France Espace 1789, Saint-Ouen, France

2006 Beitou, Kashya Hildebrand Gallery, Zurich Galerie Deborah Zafman, Paris, France Brand New Works, Kashya

Hildebrand Gallery, New York, USA 2005 Musee de Gajac, Villeneuve,

France Galerie Loft, Barcelona, Spain Galerie Loft, Paris, France

2004 Galerie Albert Benamou, Paris, France Kashya Hildebrand Gallery, New York, USA

2002 Galerie Donzevansaanen, Lausanne, France

2000 Musée Marzelles, Marmande, France

Selected Group Exhibitions

2018 ‘Absorption as a Way of Seeing’, Pearl Lam gallery , Hong Kong

2014 Art International, Istanbul, Turkey Flux: Collective Exhibition, Art Plural Gallery, Singapore 20th Anniversary Show, Opera Gallery Singapore, Singapore Kashya Hildebrand Gallery at Art14 London, London, UK

2013 Art Plural Gallery at Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Sydney, Australia Art Plural Gallery at Art Stage Singapore, Singapore The 55th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy

2012 Pearl Lam Galleries at SH Contemporary 2012 Shanghai Art Fair International Contemporary Art Exhibition, Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai, China

Pearl Lam Galleries at Art HK 2012, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong, China Art Stage Singapore 2012 at Pearl Lam Fine Art, Marina Bay Sands Convention and Exhibition Center, Singapore

2011 SH Contemporary 2011 at Pearl Lam Fine Art, Shanghai, China

Surreal versus Surrealism in Contemporary Art, Valencia, Spain

Art Stage Singapore 2011 at Pearl Lam Fine Art, Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Center, SRiengarpdosr Ce roises, Art Plural Gallery, Singapore

2010 Chinese Contemporary Art, Contrasts Gallery, Shanghai, China Art Dubai, Dubai, UAE

2008 Art Basel Miami – L&M Arts

         

JD Malat Gallery

30 Davies St, Mayfair,  London W1K 4NB +44 20 3746 6830  

   

Galleries, Miami, USA Art Basel - L&M Arts, Basel, Switzerland Du vent dans les branches, ArtSenat 2008, Paris, FranceSport in Art, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China

2007 Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China National Museum of Fine Arts, Beijing, China

2006 Mickey dans tous ses e tats, Artcurial, Hotel Dassault, Paris, France

2005 Nature De tournee – Institute of France, Munich, Germany

2004 Galerie Guislain Etat d'Art, Paris, France

2002 Kashya Hildebrand Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland, France Biennale de la Jeune Creation de Houilles, Ville de Houilles, France Salon de la Jeune Creation, Paris, France

1999 Academie des Beaux-Arts, Institut de France, Paris, France Museum of Modern Art, Dubrovnik, Croatia Paviljon Meštrović, Zagreb, Croatia

1998 Galerie Progres, Belgrade, Serbia Collections Uli Sigg Collection

M+ Museum, Hong Kong

Foundation Carmignac, Paris, France

Guy Ullens Collection, Beijing, China

Asian Society Museum, New York, US

The Ekard Collection

Tiroche Deleon Collection

Pizzuti Collection, Columbus Museum, Ohio, US

Red Mansion Collection, Mitcham, UK

Saeb Eigner Collection, London, UK, Private Collection

Denver Art Museum, Denver, USA

DSL Collection - Contemporary Chinese Collection, France