Li Huayi – Curriculum Vitae
Timeline
1948
Born in Shanghai, China
1954
Began studying under Wang Chimei, son of Yang Yiting
1964
Began studying Western painting and drawing from Zhang Zhongren, a
graduate of the Belgium Royal Academy of Art
1969-76 During Cultural Revolution, was a worker artist doing propaganda art for the
Communist Party
1982
Moved to San Francisco, the United States
1984
Received his Master of Fine Arts Degree from Academy of Art, San
Francisco
2005
Became a disciple of Chen Pei Qiu, master of Chinese painting from
Shanghai
Awards and Honours
2015 Leadership & Excellence Awards, Asia Society’s Northern California Center
Outstanding Creative Artists, 2015 Bazaar Art Awards
2013 National Spirit Achievement, Life Magazine
Solo Exhibitions
2016 Exotica, Recent Works of Li Huayi, Kwai Fung Hin Art Gallery, Hong Kong
2014 Waterfalls, Rocks and Bamboo by Li Huayi, Eskenazi Gallery, London, UK
2011 Images of the Mind: The Ink Painting of Li Huayi, National Art Museum of China,
Beijing, China
Beyond Representation: Li Huayi's New Art, Beijing Center for the Arts, Beijing,
China
2010 Trees, Rocks, Mist and Mountains by Li Huayi, Eskenazi Gallery, New York, USA
2008 Li Huayi at 60, presented by the Ink Society Exhibition, Hong Kong
International Art and Antiques Fair, Hong Kong
2007 Mountain Landscapes by Li Huayi, Eskenazi Gallery, London, UK
2004 The Monumental Landscapes of Li Huayi, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco,
USA
1997 The Landscapes of Li Huayi, Kaikodo Art Gallery, New York, USA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2015 Shanghai Ever, Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China
China's Changing Landscape, the Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki,
Finland
The Wondrous All-Leading Edge of Eastern Thought, Taipei Fine Arts Museum,
Taiwan
SHUIMO·The Thousand Blossoms Spring, S/2, Sotheby’s, New York, USA
2014 SHUIMO·Enchanted Landscapes, S/2, Sotheby’s, New York, USA
China's Changing Landscape, Nordic Watercolour Museum, Skarhamn,
Sweden
Contemporary Ink, NanHai Art, San Francisco, USA
Meditations in Nature, Ben Brown Fine Arts, Hong Kong
2013 The Moment for Ink, Fine Arts Gallery, San Francisco State University, Asian Art
Museum of San Francisco, and Silicon Valley Asian Art Center, California, USA
Water Ink, New York S/2 Sotheby’s, New York, USA
ILLUSION/IMAGE: Contemporary Chinese Ink Art Series 1, Hive Center for
Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
2012 Subtle Ink, Gallery 100, Taipei, Taiwan
The Scholar's Studio, Asia Week, New York, USA
2010 Fresh Ink Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA
2008 Beyond Reminiscence, Beijing Center for the Arts, China
2007 The Third Chengdu Biennale, Chengdu, China
The Infinite Shades, Art Institute of Chicago, USA
2006 20th Century Chinese Landscape, Shanghai Art Museum, China
The New Chinese Landscape, Harvard University Art Museum, Boston, USA
2004 Land / Scape, Shanghai Gallery of Art, Shanghai, China
1999 China 5000 Years, Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
Notable Collections
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, USA
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, USA
Harvard University Art Museum, Cambridge, USA
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA
Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA
College of Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, USA
Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, USA
The British Museum, London, UK
The Ink Society, Hong Kong