1971
born in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China
lives and works in Beijing, China

Solo Exhibitions
2009  
"MAKE WAY! MAKE WAY! Painting is an Aversion to All that Glitters" Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing-Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland
2007
"Cui Ping Bei Li", Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing-Lucerne, Beijing, China
2006
"Moving Shadows", Museum Zhujizhan, Shanghai, China
"Sophisticated Stories", Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing-Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland
2005
"The Light of Day", China Art Archive & Warehouse (CAAW), Beijing, China
2003
"Adventure", Sanhe Art Center, Beijing, China
1999
"Li Dafang's Solo Exhibition", Dongyu Art Museum, Shenyang, China

Selected Group Exhibitions
2009
"The State of Things. Brussels/Beijing", BOZAR, Brussels, Belgium
"Textbook: An Exhibition Of Chinese Lively Paintings", Li-Space, Beijing, China
"Zhang Hongbo", Art Unlimited, Art40Basel, Basel, Switzerland
"White Snow and Black Earth - 70's Northwest Youth Artist Exhibition", Hejingyuan Contemporary Art Center, Beijing, China
2008
"Half-Life of a Dream" Contemporary Chinese Art from the Logan Collection, San Francisco  Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, USA
"Vision of East Asian 2008", Gehua Plaza, Beijing, China; Fine Art Hall of Henan Art Center, Zhengzhou, China
2007
"1997-2007. Awakening From a Ten-Year Long Sleep", Hejingyuan Contemporary Art Center, Beijing, China
"Art from China - Collection Uli Sigg", Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
"Black White Grey - A Conscious Cultural Stance", Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
"China Now", Cobra Museum of Modern Art, Amstelveen, the Netherlands
2006
"The Road Map to Painting 2", Beijing Tokyo Art Projects, Beijing, China
"CHINA NOW - Faszination einer Weltveränderung", Sammlung Essl, Kunst der Gegenwart, Klosterneuburg / Vienna, Austria
"Twelve - Chinese Contemporary Art Awards 2006", Shanghai Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
"From 'Polar Region' to 'Iron Westsection' - Northeast Contemporary Art 1985-2006", Quangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
"The Self-Made Generation - A Retrospective of New Chinese Painting", Shanghai Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
"Removing the Ladder", Platform China Contemporary Art Institute, Beijing, China
"Size Decides Attitude. First 5x7'' (Pingyao) Picture Taking Biennale Project", TS1 Contemporary Art Center, Beijing, China
"SUSI - Key to Chinese Art Today", Metropolitan Museum of Manila, Manila, Philippines
2005
"In - Between Realities", Shanghai Gallery of Art, Shanghai, China
"The 2nd Chengdu Biennial", Chengdu Contemporary Art Gallery, Chengdu, China
"After 70's Art - The Generation Changed through Market", Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
"Archaeology of the Future - The Second Triennial of Chinese Art 2005", Nanjing Museum, Nanjing, China
"Prague Biennial", Prague, Czech Republic
"Conspire", TS1 Contemporary Art Centre, Beijing, China
"China - Contemporary Painting", Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio, Palazzo Saraceni, Bologna, Italy
2004
"Spellbound Aura: The New Vision of Chinese Photography", Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei, Taiwan
"China's Photographic Painting", Beijing Art Seasons, Beijing, China
"The First Wuhan Fine Arts Invitation Exhibition 2004", The Gallery of Hubei Institute of Fine Arts, Wuhan, China
"Matchmaking at Suzhou Creek", Eastlink Gallery, Shanghai, China
2003
"Embracing the New Century - Third China National Exhibition of Oil Paintings", National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
"The Artificial Respiration", Beijing Sanhe Art Center, Beijing, China
"New Generation Post-Revolution", China Blue Gallery, Beijing, China
"The Image of the Image - 2003 Invitation Exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Oil Painting", Shenzhen Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
2002
"Bridge - Changchun Annual Invitational Exhibition", Yuandong Museum, Changchun, China
2001
"K Space Opening Exhibition", K Space, Shenyang, China
"The 2nd Northern China Contemporary Art Invitational Show", Dong Yu Art Gallery, Shenyang, China
"The 1st Chengdu Biennial", Chengdu Contemporary Art Gallery, Chengdu, China
2000
"Small Report - An Exhibition of Seven Artists", China Art Archives & Warehouse (CAAW), Beijing, China
"Shanghai Art Exhibition", Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
1998
"The Works Exhibition of the Representative Artists", Dongyu Art Museum, Shenyang, China
1994
"China Professional Painter's Exhibition", Beijing Ammonal Gallery, Beijing, China