I always believe that no matter what form of art, the "human" factor in a piece of work is the most important. Facing the mechanical and cold informatics society, traces of human existence are slowly disappearing, people even have to starve themselves to know they are still alive.
My work has always been pursuing the direct human spirit. No matter its a face, a landscape, I always want to tear away the surface "mask" and show the real living "human" world. Not purposely pursuing, but as if these things have inject themselves into my body and blood. Like an unknown force drove me to do so. I feel that as long as it came from the heart, even if we cannot interpret it, but as long as it surface, we should view it seriously. Regardless of how we give our creation to put on a coat, humanity is vice versa, works with human soul inside the viewer will feel it and will always be touch by them.
I like to use a self examination attitude to describe myself and the things around me, objects appears in my creation no matter is it a bird or a human, they are just my model. They will follow their internal feeling to act as different characters to portrait their internal feeling of uncertainties and stress, like a kind of metaphor. They are what my deepest feeling during that time; with some hope but also loss of hope, felt with conflict and mixed feelings, even those tinny brushstrokes help me to claim myself and allowing me to return to peace. There is a force that drive me to put all my life and passion onto my canvas and this is also why I choose painting over other mediums. Every strokes seem to have a life, it slowly melts into our bone marrow. From this point, I was deeply influence by Mei Huang, and Cezanne. Every brushstroke in their works seem like a silent speech, slowly melting and penetrating the canvas and later touches the viewers too. I am obsessed with this kind of expression, being touch by this vibrant type of life, as if it is the source of life.
I like the fusion between the tip of the brush and heartbeat during painting, using small brush to continuously sculpture each other, not just to draw a piece of recognized face, but rather want to by continually painting to get close to the real life. I want to explore human most origin, most real and heartwarming things.
1981
Born in Fujian, China.
Presently staying in Beijing, as full time professional artist.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2017
LONER Solo Exhibition Changjiang Museum of Contemporary Art Chongqing
2014
The Intangbile Paradise--Limanjin solo exhibition Joyart Gallery Beijing China
2013
LONER Solo Exhibition SIGNATURE Fine Arts Beijing Gallery Beijing China
2010
Li Manjin’s First Solo Exhibition in Singapore – Reaching for Meaning Singapore
Selected Group Exhibitions
2017
MULTI DIMENSION ll Second Contemporary Art Exhibition Riverside Art Museum Beijing
“THE GOLDEN ROOSTER” Contemporary Group Exhibition Yang Gallery Beijing
2016
Ark:IF Art Salon Opening Exhibition QingDao
ON PAPER SPACE Bird’s Nest Culture Center Beijing
ON PAPER-SUPREME Ban Club ShangHai
ON PAPER- SUPREME The National Convention ShangHai
2015
BEIJING 798 art festival”Promotion Exhibition”yong artist’ exhibition “On the shelf” 798 roses in the name of art center Beijing China
Together On The Path—“Critical Traditionalism” Youth Exhibition Ovation Art Space Beijing
2014
Brave New World Naked eye Beijing China
11+6-Rheology American-China exchange of contempopary art WangYiQiong Art Space Beijing China
2013
Korea-China exchange of contempopary art, Yuanzhou Paper Museum, Korea
ON PAPER- SUPREME, JiuCeng Art Center, Beijing China
Anti-GMO, Tang Conternporary Art Center, Beijing China
Korea-China exchange of contempopary art, 508Gallery, Korea
The 115 artists self-portraits, Museum of Contemporary Art Beijing, Beijing China
2012
Made in China Contemporary Chinese artists Luciano Benetton Collection Via Marco Polo Milano
CultureDesert-KUBUQI contemporary art exhibition KUBUQI Conternporary Art Center Neimeng China
2011
Existence without immortality-Moden female artists exhibition The china millenniu contemporary art museum Beijing China
Art Archives Of the 80's Generation ( I ) SongzhuangMuseum Beijing China
“Deconstruction and Style” Chinese contemporary art thirty people invitation exhibition
Manet Club Beijing Beijing China
“Spring Chill” Exhibition of contemporary art LDX ConternporaryArt Center Beijing China 2011 "Oriental Artists Exhibition," San Francisco Cultural Arts Center America
“MERRY-GO-ROUND” Chinese New Painting Awarg TIMES ART MUSUEM Beijing China
2010
New wave of chinese contemporary art California State University American
2009
“+(86)0102–10ContemporaryArtistGroupExhibition”Y2ARTSShowroom Singapore
2008
Living in Songzhuang Female Artist Exhibition” Songzhuang Arts Museum Beijing China
"Body And Heart" 798 Mulpa spaces Beijing
2007
“Rainbow Bay International Art Centre”, Opening Exhibition, Beijing China
“He”China and Foreign Countries Artists Group Exhibition, 1 Art base A-SPACE BeijingChina