JD Malat Gallery

30 Davies St, Mayfair, London W1K 4NB +44 20 3746 6830

Li Tianbing Born in 1974 in Guilin, China, Li Tianbing studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he formed a unique visual language to express his own cultural origins. Fusing traditional Chinese techniques with Contemporary Western references, Li does not limit himself to a single style in order to explore the boundaries of the medium. This approach also reflects the artist’s cultural background, rooted in the Eastern philosophy that all things are in a constant state of flux. The ongoing advancement of the “self” thus finds its reflection in Tianbing Li’s ever-changing artistic expression. On a personal level, the paintings offer an intimate portrait of a fantasized childhood: where fiction and fantasy seamlessly merge. Being an only child in China was a condition shared by many children of his generation, a deeply lonely experience with profound psychological effects. Consequently, the artist often sought refuge in his own imagination, inventing games inhabited by fictitious characters. Li‘s poetic childhood portraits reached its most vivid expression in 2006 with the introduction of an imagined brother to his painterly repertoire. Later works depict the artist accompanied by a host of brothers and playmates, which have come to form a complete yet entirely ‘imagined’ family album. On a general outlook, Li’s work articulates the shared loss of a generation who grew up under an authoritative government exercised at its most personal level. Moreover, his compositions interweave the dualities present in China today: East and West, communism and capitalism, ancient culture and modern consumerism. The artist quickly gained international attention exhibiting worldwide, i.e. at Stephen Friedman Gallery in London, L&M Arts Gallery in New York, and Galerie Albert Benamou in Paris.

JD Malat Gallery

30 Davies St, Mayfair, London W1K 4NB +44 20 3746 6830

Selected Artworks Li Tianbing Jouer avec les branches, 2017 Oil on canvas 173 x 229 cm Li Tianbing Lift Up the Tree Bar, 2017 Oil on canvas 244 x 183cm

JD Malat Gallery

30 Davies St, Mayfair, London W1K 4NB +44 20 3746 6830

Li Tianbing CV b. 1974- Guilin, China. Lives and works in Los Angeles, USA

Selected Solo Exhibition2019 Urban Scene, JD Malat Gallery,

London, UK 2016 Introducing new exclusive works by

Li Tianbing, Art and Only, Geneva 2015 Journey of the Lone Monkey, Pearl

Lam Galleries, Singapore 2012 Stephen Friedman Gallery,

London, UK 2012 Layers of Time, Galerie Kashya

Hildebrand, Zürich, Switzerland

2011 A Game as a Pretense of Being, Curated by Demetrio Paparoni, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong, China

2010 Childhood Fantasy, Contrasts Gallery, Shanghai, China

2008 Me and My Brother, L&M Arts Gallery, New York, USA

2007 Galerie Albert Benamou, France 2007 Galerie Loft, France 2007 Espace 1789, Saint-Ouen, France 2006 Beitou, Kashya Hildebrand

Gallery, Zurich 2006 Galerie Deborah Zafman, Paris,

France 2006 Brand New Works, Kashya

Hildebrand Gallery, New York, USA

2005 Musee de Gajac, Villeneuve, France

2005 Galerie Loft, Barcelona, Spain

2005 Galerie Loft, Paris, France 2004 Galerie Albert Benamou, Paris, France

2004 Kashya Hildebrand Gallery, New York, USA

2002 Galerie Donzevansaanen, Lausanne, France

2000 Musée Marzelles, Marmande, France

Selected Group Exhibitions 2020 The Contemporary Human Condition,

JD Malat Gallery, London, UK

2019 Summer Timz, Mazel Galerie, Brussels, Belgium

2019 Summer Exhibition 2019, JD Malat Gallery, London, UK

2018 Absorption as a Way of Seeing, Pearl Lam Gallery, Hong Kong, China

2014 Flux: Collective Exhibition, Art Plural Gallery, Singapore

2014 20th Anniversary Show, Opera Gallery Singapore, Singapore

2014 Kashya Hildebrand Gallery, Art14 London, London, UK

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2007 Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China

2007 National Museum of Fine Arts, Beijing, China

2006 Mickey dans tous ses etats, Artcurial, Hotel Dassault, Paris, France

2005 Nature Detournee, Institute of France, Munich, Germany

2004 Galerie Guislain Etat d'Art, Paris, France

2002 Kashya Hildebrand Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland, France

2002 Salon de la Jeune Creation, Paris, France

1999 Academie des Beaux-Arts, Institut de France, Paris, France

1999 Museum of Modern Art, Dubrovnik, Croatia

1999 Meštrović Pavilion, Zagreb, Croatia

1998 Galerie Progress, Belgrade, Serbia

Selected Art Fairs

2019 Contemporary Istanbul, JD Malat Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey

2019 Seattle Art Fair, JD Malat Gallery, Seattle WA, USA

2019 ZONAMACO, JD Malat Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico

2015 ART021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fai, Pearl Lam Galleries, Shanghai, China

2014 Art Taipei, Art Plural Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan

2014 Art International, Istanbul, Turkey

2013 The 55th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy

2013 Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Art Plural Gallery, Sydney, Australia

2012 Art Stage Singapore 2012, Pearl Lam Fine Art, Marina Bay Sands Convention and Exhibition Centre, Singapore

2012 Art HK 2012, Pearl Lam Galleries at, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong, China

2011 Surreal versus Surrealism in Contemporary Art, Valencia, Spain

2011 SH Contemporary 2011, Pearl Lam Fine Art, Shanghai, China

2011 Art Stage Singapore 2011, Pearl Lam Fine Art, Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Art Plural Gallery, Singapore

2010 Art Dubai, Dubai, UAE

2010 Chinese Contemporary Art, Contrasts Gallery, Shanghai, China

2010 Sport in Art, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China

2010 Du vent dans les branches, ArtSenat 2008, Paris, France

2009 Arts Gallery, New York, USA

2009 ADAA Armory Art Fair, L&M Arts, New York, USA

2008 Art Basel, L&M Arts, Basel, Switzerland

JD Malat Gallery

30 Davies St, Mayfair, London W1K 4NB +44 20 3746 6830

2008 Art Basel Miami, L&M Arts, Miami FL, USA

Collections Uli Sigg Collection

M+ Museum, Hong Kong, China

Foundation Carmignac, Paris, France

Guy Ullens Collection, Beijing, China

Asian Society Museum, New York, USA

The Ekard Collection

Tiroche Deleon Collection

Pizzuti Collection, Columbus Museum OH, USA

Red Mansion Collection, Mitcham, UK

Saeb Eigner Collection, Private Collection, London, UK,

Denver Art Museum, Denver CO, USA

DSL Collection - Contemporary Chinese Collection, France