Born in Xuzhou, Jiangsu province in 1994, Li Hanwei graduated from Shanghai Institute of Visual Arts in 2018, and now lives and works in Shanghai. Li's creation is based on adapting metaphors in the format of commercial advertisements and films by using computer technology to create a parallel universe closely related to reality. Taking this as the starting point, he has gradually founded different (fictional) brands to present today's cultural forms and social landscapes in the practical and effective manner of publicity in the current society. He participated in exhibitions such as: Extreme Mix, Guangzhou Airport Biennale, Guangzhou, China, 2019; The Variable and The Generating, MadeIn Gallery, Shanghai, 2019; Liquid Health, Goethe Open Space, Shanghai, 2019; Hunting Cycle, MadeIn Park, Shanghai, 2018; Shanghai Hot the Beheaded Six, Yell Space, Shanghai, 2018; BABEL7, Babelsberger Strasse 52, Berlin, 2018; Diversity, École nationale supérieure d'art de Nice - Villa Arson, Nice, 2016.
Read MoreIn 2017, Li Hanwei established the online contemporary art space Slime Engine and co-operates the space with Liu Shuzhen and Fang Yang. Slime Engine is dedicated to the development of unprecedented forms of art creation, exhibition, curating, and viewing. Through the communication and cooperation with other artists, the virtual world, which is not limited by time and space, but rather utilized to present more diversified forms of contemporary art. Li Hanwei has been involved in the conception and production of several exhibitions in Slime Engine such as: Ocean, 2018; Bysanz x 33EMYBW x Fang Yang Three-Person Project, 2018; Li Jingxiong & ChillChill double solo show, 2018; Remote Sensing, 2018; Jurassic, 2018; Hole, 2018; Your World, 2018; James Turrell's Meditation Space, 2018; Nostromo Landing, 2017; Space Station, 2017; Baychimo, 2017; Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, 2017. Slime Engine has also participated several exhibitions as an art group, which include: Extreme Mix Guangzhou Airport Biennale, Guangzhou, 2019; Infinite Game, How Art Museum, Wenzhou, 2019
Text courtesy MadeIn Gallery.
