Li Kezheng is a Chinese painter based in Beijing, who paints hard-edge geometries that float in hazy voids of space. His paintings evoke spiritual contemplations guided by Eastern thought on the state of being. Influenced by Western philosophies on truth found in geometry and the notion of the so-called “end of art” found in Western abstraction, Kezheng finds aesthetic openings through Eastern sensibilities on colour, enclosure, and separation.
Kezheng studied realist painting at the Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts where he graduated in 2008. Here, he made a formal break towards abstraction and developed his distinct visual style. He has since exhibited in notable institutions like the Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków, Poland, and extensively across China at the Tang Contemporary Art, Beijing; White Box Art Museum, Beijing; and HOW Museum, Wenzhou. In 2017, Kezheng opened his first solo exhibition “Edge Mirror” at White Box Art Museum, Beijing.
We pay our respects to the Gundungurra people who are the traditional custodians of the land. We acknowledge Elders past, present and emerging for their immense spiritual connection to place which was never ceded.
