LIFANG

Born in China in 1968, LiFang lives and works in Paris.

LiFang discovered her passion for painting at the age of 15. After seven years of study at the Nanjing Academy of Fine Arts, she taught drawing and painting at university before coming to France in 2001 to pursue her artistic research. After completing her Master's degree in Fine Arts at Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, she set out to find a new pictorial language with which to capture contemporary reality.

Using broad strokes, juxtaposed and modulated according to the lighting, LiFang conveys the volume of the beings she depicts. This style also allows her to place her works in direct relation to the contemporary world. The blurring and fragmentation effects evoke the pixelation of digital photographs enlarged to the point of losing their sharpness. They also bear witness to the erasure of individual identities within the crowds that cross paths in city streets, relax on beaches, or crowd into boats. Bodies are reduced to moving objects or beings that are as interchangeable as they are impenetrable. Sometimes light or profound, joyful or tragic, LiFang's work is timeless and open.

Since 2005, her work has been shown in galleries, institutions, and international art fairs in France, Germany, Switzerland, New York, and Asia. Her works have been acquired by public collections such as the Musée Cernuschi in Paris and the Colas Foundation.

Solo shows (extracts)

2025

Somewhere, Galerie Boulakia, ASIA NOW, Musée de la Monnaie de Paris (France)

2024

Flâneries, Galerie Oriane, Munich (Allemagne)

2023

Between beaches, Galerie Bouakia, Londres (Angleterre)

2022

Au cœur de la vallée, Galerie Red Zone Arts, Francfort (Allemagne)

L’eau de Là, Galerie SpArts, Paris (France)

2018

The supreme good is like water, Galerie Red Zone Arts, Francfort (Allemagne)

Figur’Action, Galerie SpArts, Paris (France) - Catalogue

2015

Et toi le passant…, Centre culturel de VLG (France)- Catalogue

Chinese Spings, Galerie Valérie Delaunay, Paris (France)

Mignonne allons voir, Galerie Claire Gastaud, Clermont-Ferrand (France)

2014

Chinese nudes, Galerie Red Zone Arts, Genève (Suisse)

2012

Rêveries d’une promeneuse solitaire, Galerie Red Zone Arts, Genève (Suisse)

Peintures récentes, Galerie Claire Gastaud, Clermont-Ferrand (France)- Catalogue

2010

Instants Tannés, Château des Tourelles, Le Plessis-Trévise (France)

2008

Li Fang, Kips Gallery, New York (EU)

2007

Li Fang, Galerie Claire Gastaud, Clermont-Ferrand (France)

1999

Li Fang, Peinture à l’ huile, Galerie de l’Institut d’Art de Nankin, Nankin (Chine)

Group shows (extracts)

2019

China Today, Musée de l’Orient, Lisbonne, (Portugal)

Musée Cernuschi, Paris (France)

2012

Biennale de Shanghai 2012, Shanghai (Chine) - Catalogue

Fondation Colas, Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Paris (France) - Catalogue

2011

NordArt, Budelsdorf (Allemagne) - Catalogue

1998

1er Festival des Arts, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Jiangsu, Nankin (Chine)

Fairs (extracts)

TEFAF 2026, 2025, Galerie Boulakia, Maastricht (Pays-Bas)

BRAFA Art Fair 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, Galerie Boulakia, Bruxelles (Belgique)

Luxembourg Art Week 2024, Galerie Boulakia (Luxembourg)

FAB Paris 2023, Galerie Boulakia, Paris (France)

Art Paris Art Fair 2022, 2020, 2014, Galerie Red Zone Arts, Paris (France)

Art Paris Art Fair 2014, 2013, 2012, 2007, Galerie Claire Gastaud, Paris (France)

Asia Now Art Fair Paris 2022, 2021, Galerie Red Zone Arts, Paris (France)

KIAF 2010, Kips Gallery, Seoul (Corée du Sud)

Art Beijing 2008, Galerie Sinitude, Beijing (Chine)

Edition

2023

Monographie LIFANG, aux Éditions SKIRA,

Paris

Collections publiques

2015

Jupiter Museum of Art, Shenzhen (Chine)

2013

Musée Cernuschi de Paris (France)

2012

Fondation Colas, Paris (France)