Li Zhouwei:An Unfolding of Stories
Hall 7, Guangdong Museum of Art ( Er-sha lsland)
2026-01-16——
2026-03-08
Date:2026.1.16 - 2026.3.8
Venue:Hall 7, Guangdong Museum of Art ( Er-sha lsland)
(Address:No. 38, Yanyu. Rd., Yuexiu District, Guangzhou）
Organizers:Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts
Academic Host:Wang Nanming
Curator：Shen Sen
Introduction
"A Collection of Stories: Art Exhibition of Li Zhouwei" is a visual record by an ink artist. Li Zhouwei consistently constructs the real world through the language of ink and wash. Her paintings are like a continuous, ever-evolving state book that records the walking, pausing, and looking back within the human world—an observation and sampling that stays close to reality without ever reaching a final conclusion. Like a field sampler, she wanders and stoops within the "secular world," unearthing the undefined fragments and "facets of life."
Using ink as a thread, the exhibition connects fragmented narratives. Whether it is a gaze from behind a window, a fleeting moment on the street, or a freehand depiction of "crowds" or "unmanned" landscapes, her brushstrokes are always anchored in the human condition. Through the varying density of ink and the shifting movement of her brush, she delves into the contingency and fragility of the social fabric, capturing the echoes and differences of every presence, and injecting a sense of warmth and narrative gaze into contemporary ink art.
Selected Works
Li Zhouwei, Going Home II
Ink on Paper
130cm × 180cm
2019
Li Zhouwei, Life is Like a Play
Ink on Paper
98cm × 180cm
2012
Li Zhouwei, Star · Dust
Ink on Paper
98cm × 180cm
2012
Li Zhouwei, Going Home I
Ink on Paper
98cm × 180cm
2012
Li Zhouwei, Ferrying
Ink on Paper
98cm × 180cm
2011
Li Zhouwei, Shaxi Diary — Cattle and Horse Market
Ink on Paper
20cm × 27cm
2023
Li Zhouwei, Island Diary — Busy Pier
Ink on Silk
16cm × 25cm
2022
Li Zhouwei, Island Diary — Threading Oyster Seedlings
Ink on Silk
16cm × 25cm
2022
Li Zhouwei, Songkou Ancient Town — Zhongshan Park
Ink on Silk
16cm × 25cm
2025
Li Zhouwei, Island Diary — Twilight
Ink on Paper
17cm × 25cm
2022
About Artist
Li ZhouweiAssociate Professor and Master’s Supervisor at the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts; Member of the China Artists Association; Director of the Guangdong Traditional Chinese Painting Society; Painter of the 2nd Youth Art Academy of Guangdong Institute of Art; Contracted Painter of the 3rd Guangdong Institute of Art; Vice Director of the Figure Painting Committee of the Guangdong Youth Artists Association; Vice Director of the Figure Painting Committee of the Guangzhou Artists Association. Senior Visiting Scholar at the University of Florence; Artist-in-Residence at Liverpool John Moores University. Her representative works are collected by major domestic and international art institutions such as the DSLcollection (France), Guangdong Museum of Art, and Suzhou Art Museum.
Approved by / Tu Xiaopang
Proofread by / Zeng Ruijie
Resources provided by / Ma Yuhan
Edited by / Zhang Meng
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