Zhou Li

Zhou Li's lyrical abstract paintings capture her acute sensoryobservations of the world: lightness and shadow,solidity and dissolution, the sense of being. Building uponthe history of European painting and the central tenetsof traditional Chinese art, the Shenzhen-based artist harnessesboth traditions to develop a distinct painterly language.Her free-flowing charcoal lines intersect with circlesof paint in a gauzy, gossamer palette.Organized in three sections, this publication presents threepivotal bodies of work. Lost in Green, created in the uniqueyear of 2020, turns our attention to the elemental shiftsof spring, harnessing its powerful symbolism of flux andregeneration. Tracing The Peach Blossom Spring uses coloras a healing force and tool for self-reflection, expressingemotional journeys in response to life cycles of birth andgrief. Water and Dreams focuses on the universal motifof water, drawing upon its rich cultural symbolism andcomplex representations throughout art history, religionand mythology. Insightful and poetic texts and a distinctivethematic colorway respond to each body of work.

ZHOU LI (*1969, Hunan, China) creates paintings, sculptures, installations and public art using mixed media, including oil paint, washes of ink, charcoal and cotton cloth. After graduating from the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts in 1991, the artist spent eight years living in Paris, and eventually returned to China in 2003. Zhou Li has been the subject of critically acclaimed museum shows across China.