Li Xinmo, artist, critics, curator, was born in 1976 in Yilan, Heilongjiang province, China. She graduated from Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts with a MA degree in 2008 and is now based in Beijing.
Her art, involving multiple media like performance, painting and video, explores memory, dream, subconsciousness with scripts, images, installation and live art. Her works, mainly dealing with gender, identity, and ecology, have been exhibited in some important museums like National Museum of World Culture in Sweden and Women's Museum in Germany, and participated in a series of art events, such as Toronto Biennial, China&Europe International Arts Biennial of Prague, etc.
Her works are collected by "Östasiatiska Museet" (in Sweden) and collectors from Britain, Germany, Switzerland, Singapore, etc. She was also given a special artist honor by UN Women. She has published articles on art journals like National Arts, Oriental Art Master, etc. She curated "Heterogeneous Body", a feminist art exhibition, "Performance Art and Postmodern Theater" at UCCA in 2017, "Map and Territory", an international art exhibition in 2018, and "In China", a German art exhibition at the German Embassy in Beijing.
2024
27th April
Participated in "BIOS: Embodied Environments", Riverside Art Center, Chongqing, China.
27th July
Participated in " FATHER, HOW DO WE TALK ABOUT HIM", JCAM Art Museum, Chengdu, China.
2023
1th April
"Stepping Out! Female Identities in Chinese Contemporary Art" at the Salzburg Museum der Moderne in Salzburg, Austria.
30th May
Participated in "Pastoral, A Look Back:Cultivating and Enriching Civilisation" Art Exhibition, Sichuan Conservatory of Music, Chengdu, China.
6th September
Participated in the 3rd Xu Liaoyuan Museum Biennale: "Object Sense Star Grove: Against Symbolic Domination", Xu Liaoyuan Museum, Chengdu, China.
17th October
Participated in "The 4th Chinese Women Artists Video Art Festival", Cine Morelos, Mexico.
November 27th - 17th November
Residency at Superbude, Vienna, Austria.
10th-17th November
Participation in "Vienna Art Week", Vienna, Austria.
15th December
"Chengdu Art Exhibition, A4 Art Museum, Chengdu, China.
2022
8th March
"The international group exhibition Ola - Her World", organised by Ola Gallery and UAAF, Hangzhou, China.
30th April
"Image-nation Art Exhibition, Escapement Art Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland.
13th May
"Stepping Out! Female Identities in Chinese Contemporary Art", Lillehammer Art Museum, Oslo, Norway.
16th June
"Overlapping Kassel", Kassel, Germany.
30th June
The 9th Cheongju International Modern Art Exhibition 2022 - New Coordinates of Korean-Chinese Modern Art, Seolma Art Museum, Korea.
14th July
10th anniversary exhibition of "Bald Girl - Chain Reaction", Hansaallee Gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany.
30th July
Georgia Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition, Georgia.
6th August
"We Are Together", an online exhibition organised by the Chinese American Feminist Art League.
30th September
"AND THE PURSUIT OF", Asian Art Institute, Chicago, USA.
1st October
Li Xinmo Solo exhibition "Xinmo Theatre - I am my own theatre", Xu Liaoyuan Modern Museum, Chengdu, China.
17th October
"UP-ON International Live Art Festival", Guanghui Art Museum, Chengdu, China.
17th November
"Exodus! Female Identities in Chinese Contemporary Art", Gamle Strand International Art Centre, Copenhagen, Denmark.
18th November
"The first Chengdu International Photography Week", Chengdu Tianfu Art Museum, Chengdu China.
26th November
"Be a Hot Firefly", organised by UN Women, Cai Guanshun Cultural Exchange Centre - Baiyun Pavilion, Beijing
2021
19th December
"Metamorphosis", East Side Mall (EG-W), Berlin, Germany.
4th November
"The 8th Chengdu Creative Design Week", Chengdu, China.
23rd October
"Visual Theatre" Biennale, Xu Liaoyuan Modern Museum, Chengdu, China.
31th July
"FLYWAY Sino-British Mental Health Art Exhibition", Wisdom Bay Venture Park, Shanghai, China.
May 27th - May 29th
"Queer in Chinese-speaking Art - Online Bilingual Workshop", University of Zurich, Switzerland.
2020
20th September
"WITH ME - International Feminist Reproduction Continuous Solo Exhibition", online.
10th June
"Presence 2 international online exhibition of women's art" Online.
2019
January
"How to Breathe Forever - International Art Exhibition", ONSITE Gallery, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada.
February
"Skin - Feminist Art Exhibition", QUINNC Gallery, New York, USA.
March
"The Nest Project - Women’s Art Exhibition", Zero Space, Beijing, China.
April
"Odyssey - Return: 40th Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between Ireland and China", Dongyue Art Museum, Beijing, China.
May
"Caring for All - Contemporary Art Exhibition", Czech China Contemporary Art Museum, Beijing, China.
December
"Art of Action - International Human Rights Day Art Exhibition", EU Embassy, Beijing, China.
2018
January
"Landscape - 2018 International Art Exchange Exhibition", 699 Art Space, Nanchang, China.
April
"Mortgaged Time - International Art Exhibition", Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China.
"Contemporary Chinese works on paper Exhibition", Ipswich Museum (CIMS), London, UK.
"Art Beijing", Contemporary art fair, Beijing, China.
May
The Jiangxi Mippei International Performance Art Festival, Mippei, China.
"NEW LEGAL ALIENS - International Art Exhibition", Yan Huang Art Museum, Beijing, China.
"Existence - International Women’s Art Exhibition", Meixi Academy, Changsha, China.
the "Frankfurt International Performance Art Festival", Mercedes Space, Frankfurt, Germany.
June
"Capital @ Art - International Art Exhibition", Mercedes Space, Frankfurt, Germany.
July
"The Story of Paper - Far Eastern Museum Collection", Far Eastern Museum, Stockholm, Sweden.
October
the UP-ON International Performance Art Festival, Chengdu, China.
December
"Art Action 1998-2018 Performance Art of the World Documenta", Quebec, Canada.
2017
March
"Allusion - Contemporary Women’s Art Exhibition", Tree Gallery, Beijing.
April
"GAN and GAN Meibei International Performance Art Festival", Meibei, Jiangxi, China.
September
"International Youth Art Week of China / Virtual Workshop / Visual Art Exhibition", Hefei Cultural Center, Hefei, China.
"China-Europe International Art Biennale Of Prague", Prague, Czech Republic.
"I Have No Enemies and No Hatred - Contemporary Chinese Art", ANYA ANDREW SHIVA Gallery, JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, New York, USA.
December
Curator of "Performance Art and Postmodern Theatre - Live Performance and Forum", UCCA Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China.
2016
August
"Ecology - Art - Human - Chinese Contemporary Ecological Art", Hebei Art Museum, Shijiazhuang, China.
October
"International Performance Day", Goethe-Institut, Beijing, China.
November
"Dante in China - Contemporary Art Exhibition", Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
"Thirty Years of Chinese Performance Art Documentary Exhibition", Minsheng Art Museum, Beijing, China.
December
"Performance - Reproduction", Beijing Commercial Press, Hanfen Lou, Beijing, China.
2015
January
"IN ANOTHER PLACE, AND HERE - International Photography Exhibition", Victoria Gallery, Victoria, Canada.
March
"EXCLUDED", Li Xinmo Solo Exhibition KAISER&CREAM Gallery, Wiesbaden, Germany.
September
"ARTRESS - International Women’s Contemporary Art Exhibition", The Research House. for Asian Art, Chicago, USA.
October
Contemporary theatre play "Mirror of Time", One Way Space, Beijing, China.
November
"If You’re Well - Feminist Art Exhibition" organized by UN Women, UN Women’s Awarded A rtist, European Union Embassy, Austrian Embassy
in Beijing, China.
December
"Stifled! More than Smog - Contemporary Art Exhibition", Beijing Tree Gallery, Tianjin Sanyuan Contemporary Art Center, Hebei Art Museum, Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, China.
2014
April
"Single Mothers - International Feminist Exhibition", Women’s Museum in Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
May
"THROUGH THE BODY - Chinese Women’s Photography Exhibition, Toronto Photo Biennial", University of Toronto Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada.
June
"SWITCH - Contemporary Art Exhibition",
Xian Contemporary Art Museum, Xian, China.
"Pink Solution - BALD GIRLS Art Exhibition", FUNDACIÓN LIA BOGOTÁ, Bogotá, Colombia.
December
"Guangzhou Live 5 - International Performance Art Festival", Xiaozhou Auditorium, Guangzhou, China.
2013
April
"SECRET LOVE - Contemporary Chinese Art", World Culture Museum, Gothenburg, Sweden.
May
"A Door - BALD GIRLS Women’s Group Exhibition", Beijing Zajia Lab Space, Beijing, China.
June
"Theatre and Performance Rape", Kubrick Bookstore, Beijing, China.
2012
January
"UN FORBIDDEN CITY - Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition", MACRO Gallery, Rome, Italy.
The "Centenary of Chinese Ink Painting" exhibition, Louvre, Paris, France.
March
"BALD GIRLS - Feminist Art Exhibition", Iberia Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China.
2011
October
"Li Xinmo" Solo exhibition, Tense Space, Beijing, China.
November
"Li Xinmo and Qing Shui Huimei Performance Art Exhibition", Dingshun Art Space, Beijing, China.
2010
April
"Archive of Contemporary Video Art in 2010", Songzhuang Art Museum, Beijing, China.
May
"Oaths of Love - Photography Exhibition", Wenjin International Gallery, Beijing, China.
2009
January
"Chinese Sickmen - Contemporary Chinese Art", Post-Century Gallery, New York, USA.
July
"Turning and Associations - Contemporary Ink Painting Exhibition", Ring of Iron Age Art Museum, Beijing, China.
August
"Xi’an International Contemporary Art Fair", Qujiang Art Museum, Xi’an, China.
December
"Collaboration - Contemporary Video and
Performance", Other Galleries, Beijing, China.
2008
August
"Major Exhibition of Young Artists", Dolun Art Museum, Shanghai, China.
September
the International Contemporary Art Exhibition, Shang Shang Art Museum, Songzhuang, Beijing, China.
October
"Avenue Live - International Performance Art Festival", Rain Gallery, Beijing, China.
November
"Italian Video Art and Performance", Yuanfen Gallery, Beijing, China.
December
"21 Century Ink Painting - Exhibition", Art Museum of China, Beijing, China.
2007
January
"I want to breathe" Li Xinmo Solo Exhibition , Juhua Space, Shanghai, China.
April
"Breath" Major Exhibition, Shandong Museum, Jinan, China.