LI Shurui was born in Chongqing, China in 1981. She is now living in Beijing. Always observant to her physical surroundings for what catches her eye, and fascinated by light and the colour spectrum it produces, Li began her lights series in 2005 using airbrushing. Now recognised as one of the most well- versed in this technique in China, Li continues to develop her concept of lights and space, and has gained important collectorship from around the world for her work.

Often in large formats, her paintings are powerful not just because of their impressive scale, but the immersive atmosphere they create around their audience and their ability to capture people’s imagination, in a way that leaves them with a strong emotive impression. She tries to reproduce the sensation that the eye gets when looking directly at light; giving her audience a new sensory experience that creates optical illusions and changes perceptions.
 
Education

2004     Bachelor of Fine Arts, Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, China

Solo Exhibitions

2005     “Independent Project Space Project 5”, Long March Foundation,
                   Beijing, China
2008     “Li Shurui”, Seoul, Korea
                   “Lights”, Connoisseur Contemporary and Connoisseur Art Gallery,
                   Hong Kong
2010    "LSR - Solo Exhibition of Li Shurui", Connoisseur Contemporary and
                  Connoisseur Art Gallery, Hong Kong
2012     "Li Shurui", Galeria SCQ, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
                    "The Shelter: All Fears Come from the Unknown Shimmering at
                    the Edge of the World", Installation, White Space Gallery, Beijing,
                    China

Participated Exibition

2001     “Present or Without a Seat”, Group Exhibition, Chongqing, China
2002     “What If Women Ruled the Earth”, Dialogue with Judy Chicago
                   “A Walking Visual Display”, Lugu Lake, Sichuan Province, China
2003     “Suspension”, Group Exhibition, Chongqing, China
                   The 2nd Guiyang Oil Painting Exhibition of Guizhou,
                   Guiyang, China
                   “Media Centre Project”, Long March Foundation, Beijing, China
2004     “Chengdu 2004”, Group Exhibition, Chengdu, China
                   “No Space – Chinese Building Construction Site New
                   Art Exhibition”, Chongqing, China
                   “Bilateral City Plan”, Chongqing M Commune and Hong Kong Art
                   Commune Exchange Exhibition, Chongqing, China
2006     “The Young Mandarins 2006 – An Exhibition of Chinese
                   Contemporary Art”, Mandarin Oriental, Miami, USA
                   ”Tuttuguale?”, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo,
                   Turin, Italy
                   Long March Capital Exhibited, Beijing, China
2007     “Made in China”, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art,
                   Humlebæk, Denmark
                   The 3rd China National Exhibition of Oil Painting, Beijing, China
                   “On the Yellow Sea”, Seoul, Korea
                   Group Exhibition of Young Contemporary Chinese Artists by
                   82 Republic, Art Singapore 2007, Singapore
2008     “Delirious Beijing”, Beijing, China
                   “82 Republic – The Birth of a New Generation”, Parallel Event of
                   Singapore Biennale, Connoisseur Art Gallery, Singapore
                   “Surfacing”, Shanghai, China
2009    “Santa’s Workshop”, James Cohan Gallery, Shanghai, China
                  “VIVA! New Art. New Visions”, Connoisseur Contemporary and
                   Connoisseur Art Gallery, Hong Kong
                   “It Ain’t Fair”, Deitch Project, Art Basel Miami, Miami, USA
                   "The Obsession", Special Art Project of CIGE 2009, Beijing, 
                   China
                   Scope Basel, Basel, Switzerland
                   Scope Miami, Miami, USA
2010    "82 Republic New Year Show", Connoisseur Contemporary and
                   Connoisseur Art Gallery, Hong Kong
                   Scope Basel, Basel, Switzerland
                    KIAF/10, Korea International Art Fair, Seoul, Korea
                    Artissima 17, International Fair of Contemporary Art in Torino,
                    Turin, Italy
                     Future Visions: The APT Global Art Collection, Beijing, China
2011     "Cui Jie, Li Shurui, Zhang Jungang & Li Jie", Leo Xu Projects,
                    Shanghai, China
                     Art Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
                     FAT ART 2011, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
                     Vusual Structure, Chengdu, China
2012     "Negative Space", White Space Gallery", Beijing, China
                     Art Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
                     "Cohere & Unroll", Space Station, Beijing, China

Press

2008
New York Times, July 30, 2008, China’s Female Artists Quietly Emerge
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/30/arts/design/30arti.html?_r=1
International Herald Tribune, July 31, 2009, China's Female Artists Find a Niche

2010

“After Glow”, Luxury Properties, April 2010 issue, Hong Kong

2011

"Li Shurui sprayed in China", Mixt(e), Autumn issue, Paris, France
"Inside the Mind of Li Shurui", Phaidon.com, November 2011

Public Collections

The Estella Collection, New York, USA
Long March Foundation, Beijing, China
China World Trade Centre, Beijing, China

Private Collections

China, Denmark, Hong Kong, Italy, Korea, Mexico, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Publication

2009   
"Connoisseur Contemporary", Paperback catalogue, Produced by Connoisseur Contemporary
"Younger than Jesus. Directory of International Artists", New Museum, New York, USA

2010
“LSR”, Paperback catalogue, Connoisseur Contemporary, Hong Kong
“Connoisseur Contemporary Volume II”, Paperback catalogue, Connoisseur Contemporary, Hong Kong 

2011
"Vitamin P2. New Perspectives in Painting", Phaidon Press Limited, London