Li Donglu

born 1982 Guangdong China
lives in Paris France
Li Donglu was born in Guangdong, China in 1982. He graduated from the Oil Painting Department of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts and from the Painting Department of École des Beaux-Arts de Versailles in France. Since 2004, he has lived and worked in Paris, France.

From 2009 to 2010, he was an artist-in-residence at the Château de Padiés, Lempaut, France. Over the years, he has exhibited more than 30 solo and group exhibitions, including two major group exhibitions in 2024: The Writings of Today are a Promise for Tomorrow, Saudi Arabia Museum of Contemporary Art, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Guang Mei: L’église des Cordeliers en échos, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, China / École Supérieure d’Art d’Avignon, France.

The French May Arts Festival Associated Project New Voices in Paris Now: Between Memory and Matter at Alisan Atelier, Hong Kong in 2026 is the gallery's first time to work with the artist.

BIOGRAPHY
1982   Born in Guangdong, China
2002-2004   Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Guangzhou, China
2006-2008   École des Beaux-Arts de Versailles, Versailles,France
Present  Lives and works in Paris, France

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 
2021
  • Take Root, A2Z Art Gallery, Paris, France
2018
  • Zao Wu, à l’aube du chaos, A2Z Art Gallery, Paris, France
2017
  • The Nature of the Nature, A2Z Art Gallery, Hong Kong
2015
  • Surimpression, A2Z Art Gallery, Paris, France
2011
  • Pandora, Galerie Mendes, Paris, France

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026
2024
  • 1964: A Long-Standing Friendship, with the support of the Mayor of the 6th Arrondissement of Paris, Canalis and Phoenix Art, A2Z Art Gallery, Paris, France
  • The Writings of Today Are a Promise for Tomorrow, Saudi Arabia Museum of Contemporary Art, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • 8820 km: 60th Anniversary of Sino-French Exchanges, K11 Guangzhou Art Mall, Guangzhou, China
  • Art Central, Hong Kong
  • Guang Mei: L’église des Cordeliers en échos, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Guangzhou, China; École Supérieure d’Art d’Avignon, Avignon, France
        2023
        • BAD Art Fair, Bordeaux, France
        2022, 2023
        • Art Paris, Paris, France
        2021
        • Art 021, Shanghai, China
        • Jing Art, Beijing, China
        • Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong
        2018
        • Asia Now – Paris Asian Art Fair, Paris, France
        2016, 2017
        • Art Central, Hong Kong
        2016
        • Art Paris, Paris, France
        • Art Stage Singapore, Singapore
        2015
        • China International Gallery Exposition, Art project: 7+1 Luckily You Are Here, curated by Martina Koeppel-Yang, Beijing, China
        • Nécessité Intérieure, Yohann Gallery, Paris, France
        2011
        • China International Gallery Exposition, Beijing, China
        2010
        • Artistes et leurs outils, Château de Padiés, Lempaut, France

        SELECTED RESIDENCIES
        2009-2010  Château de Padiés, Lempaut, France

        SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & PRESS
        2025   Kunstforum International, No. 306, November
        2023   ACUMEN Magazine, No. 34, France
        2018   Interview by RFI (Radio France Internationale), France
        Beaux-Arts Magazine, September issue, France
        Miroir de l’Art, No. 95, France
        Moriarty Art Magazine, No. 02, Switzerland
        Art China Magazine, No. 02, China
        2017   Art World, No. 321, China
        2016   Precious, December issue, Hong Kong
        2015   Reform – 7+1 Luckily You Are Here, Germany
        Area, No. 30, France
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