Li Shurui was born in Chongqing, China in 1981. She is now living in Beijing. Her paintings are strong and powerful, not just because of the large format and striking compositions, but the luminescence she creates with her palette. The idea of painting colourful lighting effects is actually a reflection of LI’s obsession towards fluorescent lights found in music club interiors. Using real photographs for reference, LI’s minimalist canvases are exuberant and uplifting and bring audiences to a new level of appreciation of light and colour.Education
2004     Bachelor of Fine Arts, Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, China
Solo Exhibitions
2005     “Independent Project Space Project 5”, Long March Foundation,
             Beijing, China
2008     “Li Shurui”, Seoul, Korea
             “Lights”, Connoisseur Contemporary and Connoisseur Art Gallery,
             Hong Kong
2010    "LSR - Solo Exhibition of Li Shurui", Connoisseur Contemporary and Connoisseur Art Gallery, Hong Kong
 

 Participated Exibition
2001     “Present or Without a Seat”, Group Exhibition, Chongqing, China
2002     “What If Women Ruled the Earth”, Dialogue with Judy Chicago
             “A Walking Visual Display”, Lugu Lake, Sichuan Province, China
2003     “Suspension”, Group Exhibition, Chongqing, China
             The 2nd Guiyang Oil Painting Exhibition of Guizhou,
             Guiyang, China
             “Media Centre Project”, Long March Foundation, Beijing, China
2004     “Chengdu 2004”, Group Exhibition, Chengdu, China
             “No Space – Chinese Building Construction Site New
             Art Exhibition”, Chongqing, China
             “Bilateral City Plan”, Chongqing M Commune and Hong Kong Art
             Commune Exchange Exhibition, Chongqing, China
2006     “The Young Mandarins 2006 – An Exhibition of Chinese
             Contemporary Art”, Mandarin Oriental, Miami, USA
             ”Tuttuguale?”, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo,
             Turin, Italy
             Long March Capital Exhibited, Beijing, China
2007     “Made in China”, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art,
             Humlebæk, Denmark
             The 3rd China National Exhibition of Oil Painting, Beijing, China
             “On the Yellow Sea”, Seoul, Korea
             Group Exhibition of Young Contemporary Chinese Artists by
             82 Republic, Art Singapore 2007, Singapore
2008     “Delirious Beijing”, Beijing, China
             “82 Republic – The Birth of a New Generation”, Parallel Event of
             Singapore Biennale, Connoisseur Art Gallery, Singapore
             “Surfacing”, Shanghai, China
2009    “VIVA! New Art. New Visions”, Connoisseur Contemporary and
             Connoisseur Art Gallery, Hong Kong
             "The Obsession", Special Art Project of CIGE 2009, Beijing,  
             China
             Scope Basel, Basel, Switzerland
             Scope Miami, Miami, USA
2010    "82 Republic New Year Show", Connoisseur Contemporary and
             Connoisseur Art Gallery, Hong Kong
Press2008    

New York Times, July 30, 2008, China’s Female Artists Quietly Emerge
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/30/arts/design/30arti.html?_r=1
International Herald Tribune, July 31, 2009, China's Female Artists Find a Niche
Public Collections
The Estella Collection, New York, USA
Long March Foundation, Beijing, China
Private CollectionsChina, Hong Kong, Italy, Korea, Singapore, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, U.A.E.Publication2009    

"Connoisseur Contemporary", Paperback catalogue, Produced by Connoisseur Contemporary