Li Tianbing Born: Guilin, China, 1974 Lives and works in: Paris

 Li Tianbing
Born: Guilin, China, 1974
Lives and works in: Paris, France and Beijing, China
Education
2002
Graduated from the Ecole Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris, France
Diploma from the ENSBA with unanimous congratulations of the jury
Solo Exhibitions (selected)
2012
Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, England
2011
A Game as a Pretense of Being, Hong Kong Art Center, Hong Kong, China; curated by
Demetrio Paparoni
2010
Childhood Fantasy, Contrasts Gallery, Shanghai, China
2008
Me and my Brother, L&M Arts, New York, USA
2007
Espace 1789, Saint Ouen, France
Galerie Loft, Paris, France
Galerie Albert Benamou, Paris, France
2006
Beizitou, Kashya Hildebrand Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
Galerie Deborah Zafman, Paris, France
Brand New Works, Kashya Hildebrand Gallery, New York, USA
2005
Musée de Gajac, Villeneuve, France
Galerie Loft, Barcelona, Spain
Galerie Loft, Paris, France
2004
Galerie Albert Benamou, Paris, France
Kashya Hildebrand Gallery, New York, USA
2002
Galerie Donzévansaanen, Lausanne, Switzerland
2000
Musée Marzelles, Marmande, France
Group Exhibitions (selected)
2011
Surreal versus Surrealism in Contemporary Art, Institute VAM, Valencia, Spain; curated
by Gianna Mercurio and Demetrio Paparoni
2010
Chinese Contemporary Art, Contrasts Gallery, Shanghai, China
2008
Du vent dans les branches, Art Senat 2008, Paris, France
Sport in art, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
2007
Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China
National Museum of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
2006
Mickey dans tous ses ètats, Artcurial, Hotel Dassault, Paris, France
2005
Nature Détournée, Institute of France, Munich, Germany
2004
Galerie Guislain Etat d'art, Paris, France
2002
Kashya Hildebrand Gallery, Geneva
Biennale de la jeune création de Houilles, Ville de Houille, France
Salon de la jeune création, Paris, France
1999
Académie des Beaux-arts, Institut de France, Paris, France
Museum of Modern Art, Dubrovnik, Croatia
1998
Galerie Progres, Belgrade, Serbia
Bibliography
2012
Li Tianbing, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, England (catalogue)
‘Lonely’ artist lands London exhibition, The Evening Standard, 9 March
Li Tianbing: Painting childhood in China, Mayfair Times, 13 March
Elmhurst, Sophie, Lonely as a Child, The New Statesman, 26 March
Henley, John, Li Tianbing: My imaginary siblings, The Guardian, 24 March
A Portrait of China’s one child policy, The Independent, 10 March
Kostas, Propoglou, Li Tianbing @ Stephen Friedman Gallery, REVma, 12 April
Miller, Ben, Acclaimed Chinese painter Li Tianbing in debut show at Stephen Friedman
Gallery, Culture 24, 28 March
Katy Cowan, Compelling Portrait of China’s one-child legacy opens at Stephen Friedman
Gallery, Creative Boom, 16 March
Go East Young Man, B Beyond, Issue 1
2011
A Game as a Pretense of Being: Pao Galleries, artasia.com, March
Li Tianbing, Hong Kong Magazine, 18 March
Engel, Bonnie, Pearl of Wisdom, Hong Kong Tatler, May, pp.219-223
2010
Li Tianbing: Le Fantôme de l’Enfance, Contrasts Gallery (catalogue)
Feng, Kiki, Childhood Fantasy, Madame Figaro, Reporter Culture, November, p. 143
Le Yanna, The Art World of Li Tianbing, Globe, 1 November
Delaury, Vincent, Li Tianbing, Frere d’ Art, L’ Oeil, 23 October, p. 23
Xiaoxiao, Yan, Pictures of Foreign Memories: Paris-Based artist Li Tianbing on living
between the East and West, Modern Painters, 28 October
Mai, Ong, Marilyn, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Child, Lifestyle, October, pp. 108-111
Kun, Zhang, International Dream Come True, China Daily, 14 September
Cashdan, Marina, Only- Child Syndrome- Li Tianbing at Contrasts Gallery, The
Huffington Post, 8 September
Von, Eva Hanel, Erinnerungen an eine fiktive Kindheit, Diewelt, 31 July, p. 4
Martinelli, Leonardo, Il Pittore che Dipinge le Emozioni dell Infanzia, Il Sole 24 Ore, 28
June
2009
Un Album Retrouve, CEMA (catalogue)
2008
Tianbing, Li, Me And My Brother, L&M Arts, New York, USA (catalogue)
2007
Tianbing, Li, The Children’s Project, Galerie Kashya Hildebrand, Zurich, Switzerland
(catalogue)
Rey, Martin, Tianbing Li: Jouets et regards d’enfants, Artension, No.36
2006
Bing Bang, Galerie Deborah Zafman, Paris, France (catalogue)
Brand New Works, Exhibition Catalogue Galerie Kashya Hildebrand, Zurich, Switzerland
(catalogue)
Zafman, Deborah, Tianbing Li: ‘Je regretted la notion’, Contemporain, October
2005
Tianbing, Li, Musée le Gajac, Villeneuve, France (catalogue)
2004
Tianbing, Li, Paintings 2000-2003, Galerie Kashya Hildebrand, New York/ Geneva
(catalogue)
2003
Tiambing, Li, Kashya Hildebrand Gallery (catalogue)
2001
Liberté et ordre, Maison d’Edition des Beaux-Arts du Peuple de la Chine, Paris
(catalogue)
Awards
2004
Premier Prix Antoine Marin, Galerie Julio Gonzalez, Paris, France
2003
Award of the Biennale d'Issey, Issey-les-Moulineaux, France
Pas n'importe ou, just à coté (painting award), Couvent des Cordeliers, Paris, France