黎家齐 LI Jiaqi
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Jiaqi Li’s visual art practice specializes in painting and object making, featuring popular cultural imagery, celebrating an electronic vibe and a fast-paced lifestyle. His research interests span across visual culture, media studies, and contemporary art. Li is now a PhD Candidate at City University of Hong Kong and was awarded the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship. Since 2026, Li has been a Grant Examiner at the Hong Kong Arts Development Council and Co-Editor at the journal Everyday Life. Li received his MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago as a China Scholarship Council (CSC)-sponsored student (2021) and BFA from the Central Academy of Fine Arts (2019). As a visiting scholar, he has visited Columbia University (2027), Shanghai Jiao Tong University (2026), and Glasgow School of Art (2017). |
| 黎家齐的视觉艺术实践专注于绘画和现成品创作，其作品以流行文化意象为特色，传递出具有电子感和快餐式生活节奏的氛围。他的研究兴趣涵盖视觉文化、媒介研究与当代艺术。黎家齐现为香港城市大学博士候选人，获全额港府奖学金（HKPFS）。自2026年起，黎家齐是香港艺术发展局评审员和期刊《Everyday Life》联合编辑。黎家齐2019年本科毕业于中央美术学院；2021年以国家公派留学生的身份从美国芝加哥艺术学院硕士毕业。其作为访问学者曾到访美国哥伦比亚大学（2027）、上海交通大学（2026）、英国格拉斯哥艺术学院（2017）。 |
| Education | ||||
| 2025-29 | PhD in Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong 香港城市大学，创意媒体，哲学博士（港府奖学金） |
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Hong Kong SAR |
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| 2019-21 | MFA in Fine Arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago 芝加哥艺术学院，艺术创作，艺术学硕士（公派） |
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United States |
| 2014-19 | BFA in Sculpture, China Central Academy of Fine Arts 中央美术学院，雕塑，艺术学学士 |
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China |
| Visiting and Exchange | |||
| 2027 | Visiting PhD Scholar, Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University 哥伦比亚大学，艺术史与考古学，访问博士学者 |
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United States |
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| 2026 | Visiting Scholar, USC-SJTU Institute of Cultural and Creative Industry, Shanghai Jiao Tong University 上海交通大学，上海交大-南加州大学文化创意产业学院，访问学者 |
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China |
| 2017 | Exchange Student, Sculpture & Environmental Art, Glasgow School of Art 格拉斯哥艺术学院，雕塑与环境艺术，交换生 |
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United Kingdom |
| Selected Solo Exhibitions | ||
| 2025 | See and Gain , Studio Gallery 工作室画廊 | Shanghai, CN |
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| 2024 | AMBULANCIAGA , Studio Gallery 工作室画廊 | Shanghai, CN |
| 2023 | 🔘Brightness🔘Saturation🔘Glossiness , Double Double Gallery 協力空间 (798) | Beijing, CN |
| Our TV, Your Success, @hā Art Space | Changsha, CN |
| Selected Group Exhibitions | ||
| 2026 | Series of Exhibitions of the Art Committee of the China Artist Association: Threshold of the Future – The 1st Experimental Art Exhibition 中国美协艺委会届展系列：未来之阈——首届实验艺术展, Hubei Institute of Fine Arts Museum | Wuhan, CN |
| 2025 | Art Beyond Borders , Studio Gallery 工作室画廊 | Shanghai, CN |
| 2024 | Be Like Water - Art Field Nanhai 广东南海大地艺术节 | Foshan, CN |
| Brand-new Architecture, Figurativism Loom on Every Floor , Kě Yi Gallery 可以画廊 | Hefei, CN | |
| 2023 | Fractal Resonance , Epoch Art Museum 年代美术馆 × RE'VAN | Shanghai, CN |
| eMOTION , Ely Center of Contemporary Art | New Haven, US | |
| 2022 | 入村出城, Prickly Paper Studio 刺纸工作室 | Guangzhou, CN |
| 2021 | The Principle of Hope , Inside-Out Art Museum 中间美术馆 | Beijing, CN |
| Art Teleported Korea 2021 , Czong Institute for Contemporary Art Museum | Gimpo, KR | |
| 2020 | Clouds: New Media Art , Czong Institute for Contemporary Art Museum | Gimpo, KR |
| Back Home, Hunan Art Museum 湖南美术馆 | Changsha, CN | |
| 2019 | 夹山改梁 Jasagala II , Private apartment in Hua Jia Di | |
| 2018 | Art Nova 100 Opening Exhibition, Guardian Art Center 嘉德艺术中心 | Beijing, CN |
| 2017 | 夹山改梁 Jasagala, Exhibition Hall of Printmaking Department | Beijing, CN |
| Art Fairs | ||
| 2025 | Beijing Dangdai Art Fair 北京当代艺术博览会 , National Agricultural Exhibition Center 全国农业展览馆 | Beijing, CN |
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| Moordn Art Fair 魔灯当代艺术博览会, Haizhu International Convention & Exhibition Center 广州海珠国际会展中心 | Guangzhou, CN | |
| 2024 | Westbund Art & Design 西岸艺术与设计博览会 , West Bund Art Center 西岸艺术中心 | Shanghai, CN |
| 2023 | Art Amoy International Art Fair 艺术厦门, Xiamen International Conference & Exhibition Center | Xiamen, CN |
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| Awards | |
| 2026 | Global Arts Prize Nominee, Global Leaders Institute |
| 2025 |
Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme
(HKPFS), Research Grants Council of HKSAR
港府奖学金 (HK$1,081,800 / US$138,000) |
| Chow Yei Ching School of Graduate Studies Entrance Scholarships and HKPFS Student Additional Stipend, City University of Hong Kong (HK$607,200 / US$77,200) | |
| 2023 | Hong Kong Contemporary Art Awards, Hong Kong Academy of Contemporary Arts and Culture |
| 2022 | Selected for Tokyo TDC Annual Awards, Tokyo Type Directors Club (Ferris Gallery – Daido Moriyama: Seeping into Darkness, visual design photography portion, StudioTODO project) |
| 2020 | Clay Morrison Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago (US$1,500 / ¥11,000) |
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Chinese Government Scholarship
, China Scholarship Council
公派留学 (US$141,200 / ¥1,030,000) |
| Professional Experiences | |
| 2026– |
Examiner
, Hong Kong Arts Development Council
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Co-editor
, Everyday Life: International Journal of Public Culture, Art and Design (journal)
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| 2025– | Peer Reviewer, Journal of Humanities and Arts Perspectives (journal) |
| 2024–27 | Represented Artist , Studio Gallery |
| 2021–23 | Faculty, Art and Creativity Department, Guangzhou College of Applied Science and Technology |
| 2020–21 | Teaching Assistant, Printmedia Department, School of the Art Institute of Chicago |
| Journal Articles and Conference Paper | |||
| 2027 | Li, J. (2027). Expanded Trompe-l'oeil: Simulating Reality in Contemporary Art and Culture . At the 115th CAA Annual Conference, College Art Association of America, New York Hilton Midtown, New York, NY, February 3, 2027. | ||
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| 2026 | Li, J. (2026). The Operational Politics of "Untitled": Naming Authority and Meaning Distribution in Modern and Contemporary Art . VISUAL REVIEW. International Visual Culture Review / Revista Internacional De Cultura Visual, 18(4). xx–xx. | ||
| Li, J. (2026). Surface, Skin, and Glitch: An Embodied Navigation of Civic Trompe l'oeil . Journal of Embodied Research, 9(1). 6 (15:24). | |||
| Li, J., Xu, W., & Reinhuber, E. (2026). Fixing Chicago Neighbourhood and New Nature: Simulation with paper and digital printing . In J. Weinel, J. P. Bowen, L. Deere, & S. Selby (Eds.), Proceedings of EVA London 2026 (pp. 83-88). London, United Kingdom: British Computer Society, The Chartered Institute for IT. | |||
| Li, J. & Xu, W. (2026). The "Laodeng" Artist: Youth and Anxiety in the Chinese Art Scene . In MusicoGuia (Eds.), Conference Proceedings CIVAE 2026: 8th Interdisciplinary and Virtual Conference on Arts in Education (pp. 51-55). Madrid, Spain: Adaya Press. | |||
| 2025 | Li, J. (2025). An Auto-Ethnographic Research in See and Gain , Journal of Humanities and Arts Perspectives, 1(3), 8-14. | ||
| 2024 | Xu, W. & Li, J. (2024). Glass Storefront: Visual Manipulation in Modern Consumerism , Better Life, (31), 79–81. | ||
| 2022 | Li, J. (2022). Research of Social Visual Phenomenon: Space Collage , Fine Arts Literature, (09), 132-134. |
| Artist Publications | ||
| 2026 | Li, J. (2026). Our Television, Your Success: Tautology and the Simulation of Nature in Television Advertising . Fragments: A Journal of videographic form and method, Collection 5. | |
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| 2021 | Li, J. (2021). Jiaqi Li. In Into the Clouds (pp. 122–125). artist introduction, CICA Press. ISBN 979-1188671168. | |
| Li, J. (2021). Our Television. In SAIC 2020–21 Photo Department Catalog (pp. 7–8). photography. | ||
| Li, J. (2021). Jiaqi Li. VAST , (02), 66–67. | ||
| 2020 | Li, J. (2020). Li Jiaqi. Selection選集, (1), 80–81. | |
| 2018 | Li, J. (2018). Li Jiaqi. In Art Nova 100 Exhibition Catalog (pp. 212–213). artist introduction, Art Nova. |
| Invited Lectures/Talks/Presentations | |
| 2027 | Expanded Trompe-l'oeil: Simulating Reality in Contemporary Art and Culture . At the 115th CAA Annual Conference, College Art Association of America, New York Hilton Midtown, New York, NY, February 3, 2027. |
| 2026 | Fixing Chicago Neighbourhood and New Nature: Simulation with paper and digital printing . At Electronic Visualisation and the Arts (EVA) London 2026, British Computer Society, The Chartered Institute for IT, London, United Kingdom, July 14, 2026. |
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The "Laodeng" Artist: Performative Aging and the Anxiety of Legitimacy
, At 4th International Forum Chinese Contemporary Art And The World, Peking University and The University of Chicago Center in Beijing, Beijing, China, March 14, 2026.
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| 2025 |
Printed Trompe L'Oeil: Urban Visual Tricks
, At Imagining Reality: Symposium on synthography and artificial photorealistic imaging, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, March 7, 2025. |
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Printed 'Trompe l'oeil' and Our Pictorialized Lives
, At See and Gain, Studio Gallery, Shanghai, China, July 4, 2025. |
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The Art Journey of Li Jiaqi from 2017 to 2025
, At See and Gain, Studio Gallery, Shanghai, China, July 8, 2025. |
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| 2021 |
Pictorialized Living Space
, At Art Teleported Korea 2021, CICA Museum, Gimpo, South Korea, January 24, 2021. Online. |
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The Principle of Hope Artists' Talk no.3: Li Jiaqi, Gary Zhexi Zhang
, At The Principle of Hope, Inside-Out Art Museum, Beijing, China, November 28, 2021. Online. |
| Critiques/Press/Interviews | |
| 2026 | Wallace, M. (2026, June 13). Jiaqi Li: navigating the digital mirage . ArtReview USA. |
| 2024 | Li, X. (2024, November). Welcome to the house of signs . Blink, (52), 18–30. |
| 2024 | Di, S. (2023, October 19). Li Jiaqi: Simulacra of Reality and Illusion . d-arts.cn. |
| 2021 | Yin, S. (2021, December 15). Lecture Review | Li Jiaqi and Zhang Gary Zhexi: Expectations and Deceptions about the 'Future' . Inside-Out Art Museum. |
| 2021 | Interview: Jiaqi Li's Visual Perception . (2021, May 26). VAST Magazine. |
| 2020 | Overseas Art Students Under the Pandemic IV . (2020, April 15). CAFA Art Info. |
| Residencies | ||
| 2026 | ICCI Art Valley Program , Shanghai Jiao Tong University 上海交通大学 | Shanghai, CN |
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| 2024 | Art Field Workshop , Art Field Nanhai 广东南海大地艺术节在地艺术创作营 | Foshan, CN |
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