Honglei Li

View the new painting series Asian American Mythology

https://www.artsy.net/artist/lily-honglei

The Adoration. Oil on canvas, 48″ by 48″
Eulogy. Oil on canvas, 48″ by 48″
Gold Rush. Oil on canvas, 48″ by 48″
Ecstasy. Oil on canvas, 48″ by 48″
Rapunzel. Oil on canvas, 60″ by 48″
Pippa in the Garden (detail). Oil on canvas, 36″ by 36″
The Poker Face. Oil on canvas, 40″ by 40″
Lament. Oil on canvas, 48″ by 48″
Salem. Oil on canvas, 60″ by 48″
Cloud. Oil on canvas, 48″ by 48″
Pillar of Salt. Oil on canvas, 48″ by 48″
Dorothy. Oil on canvas, 48″ by 48″
Revolution. Oil on canvas, 48″ by 48″
Quarantine. Oil on canvas, 48″ by 48″
Animal Farm. Oil on canvas, 48″ by 48″
Strike. Oil on canvas, 48″ by 48″
The Illegals. Oil on canvas, 60″ by 48″
Limelight. Oil on canvas, 60″ by 48″
Banquet. Oil on canvas, 40″ by 40″
Famine. Oil on canvas, 48″ by 48″
American Idol. Oil on canvas, 40″ by 40″
The Wave. Oil on canvas, 48″ by 48″
Depression. Oil on canvas, 40″ by 40″
Believe. Oil on canvas, 40″ by 40″
Swing. Oil on canvas, 40″ by 40″
Bloody Shirt. Oil on canvas, 48″ by 48″
Migration. Oil on canvas, 72″ by 48″
Carnival. Oil on canvas, 72″ by 48″
Journey to the West. Oil on canvas, 72″ by 48″
Dragon’s Daughter. Oil on canvas, 48″ by 36″
River Deity. Oil on canvas, 48″ by 36″
Mountain Spirit. Oil on canvas, 48″ by 36″

ARTIST STATEMENT

The form and symbolism of my paintings engage deeply with the legacy of the old masters and surrealists. The pieces reflect upon societal realities through the lens of absurdity, juxtaposing fragments from popular culture, literature, and history. My work is not bound by linear narratives: rather, it communicates its content through the medium of the imaginative realm that exists between dreams and waking reality–between the abyss of despair and the heights of hope. In treading the obscure, multifarious roads of human consciousness and epistemology, the artwork strives to put forth socio-political metaphors that break beyond the lucid immediacy of the public square to harness the shadowy yet incisive power of psychological introspection.

ARTIST BIO

Honglei Li’s artworks have been exhibited at contemporary art venues such as Queens Art Museum in New York, Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) Boston, Museum of Art & Design in New York, Painting Center New York, Wilfrid Israel Museum for Asian Art in Israel, Museum of San Salvador in Rome, Italy, among many others. Honglei received awards including but not limited to, New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, Creative Capital Awards in Visual Arts, New York State Council on the Arts Individual Artist award, Queens (New York) Council on the Arts New Work award, and People’s Choice Award at Museum of Art & Design in New York.

Honglei Li received his Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree in Painting from College of Visual & Performing Arts, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth in 2007.

For artworks inquiry or commissions (including portrait painting commissions), please contact Lily Honglei Art Studio at honglei.li.art@gmail.com or visit Galerie Benjamin Eck https://www.artsy.net/artist/lily-honglei