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Li Liao

b. 1982, China

Li Liao Biography

In Li Liao’s view, he was forced to create so-called art, seeing as he does not have any special talents. He is interested in the ordinary absurdities of reality; his understanding is that every now and then, they will poke you in your life — most usually springing forth without thinking before being refined further.

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Graduated from Hubei Institute of Fine Arts in 2005, Li Liao currently lives and worksin Shenzhen. Li Liao has been nominated in HUGO BOSS Asia Art Award and will be soon shown in Rockbund Art Museum.

Li Liao's selected exhibitions include Things are Beginning to Change in Wuhan (2011), Spring at PARA/SITE Art Space in Hongkong (2012) and ON/OFF: China's Young Artists in Concept & Practice at Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing (2012).

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featured artworks

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Fragility by Li Liao contemporary artwork installation
Li Liao Fragility, 2019 Soap, sponge, aluminum plate, single channel digital video (color, silent)
 He Art Museum
Eight Things Everyday by Li Liao contemporary artwork mixed media
Li Liao Eight Things Everyday, 2018–2019 Tape, highlighters. Overall dimensions variable
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New Concept Six Pack by Li Liao contemporary artwork mixed media
Li Liao New Concept Six Pack, 2018–2019 Plaster, silica gel, silk
34 x 40 x 12 cm White Space Request Price & Availability
Six Pack by Li Liao contemporary artwork sculpture
Li Liao Six Pack, 2019 White marble
33 x 16.5 x 36.5 cm White Space Request Price & Availability
They Don't Hang Clothes on the Balcony by Li Liao contemporary artwork mixed media
Li Liao They Don't Hang Clothes on the Balcony, 2018–2019 Performance, single channel video (colour, sound), 189'45"
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Surplus Value by Li Liao contemporary artwork mixed media
Li Liao Surplus Value, 2018–2019 Fabric, staple, office chair. Overall dimensions variable
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Fragility by Li Liao contemporary artwork mixed media
Li Liao Fragility, 2019 Soap, sponge, aluminium plate, single channel digital video (colour, silent), 35". Overall dimensions variable
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A Single Bed (Optics Valley) by Li Liao contemporary artwork
Li Liao A Single Bed (Optics Valley), 2011 Performance
 Eli Klein Gallery Request Price & Availability
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Li Liao
recent exhibitions

Contemporary art exhibition, Group exhibition, ON | OFF 2021: Carousel of Progress at He Art Museum , Guangdong, China Closed 4 February–15 May 2022 Group exhibition ON | OFF 2021: Carousel of Progress He Art Museum , Guangdong
Contemporary art exhibition, Li Liao, Fortune Exhibition of Li's Family House at White Space, Caochangdi, China Closed 15 May–3 July 2021 Li Liao Fortune Exhibition of Li's Family House White Space, Caochangdi

Li Liao
represented by

Eli Klein Gallery contemporary art gallery in New York, USA
White Space contemporary art gallery in Caochangdi, Beijing, China
White Space Beijing

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