LI Shan 李珊
LI Shan (b. 1957), who now lives and works in Beijing, is a self-taught female artist whose diverse practice shaped the early avant-garde movement in China. Without official endorsement, LI practised art as a member of the Yuyuantan Lake School of Painting in the 1970s and later joined the No Name (Wuming) Group. During this period, the artist focused on subject matter that she would revisit throughout her practice: courtyards, pagodas, city streets, country roads, architecture, etc, which are also present in her recent works.
Her recent solo exhibitions include “Landscape Diaries: LI Shan × No Name Group” (Grisebach Switzerland, Zurich, 2025), “Outside the Window” (Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto, 2024), Solo project of LI Shan (Don Gallery Booth at Paris Internationale, Paris, 2023), “A Red, Red Blossom” (Don Gallery, Shanghai, 2023), "Drawing and Drawing: Heading Out and Bending Down" (Don Gallery, Shanghai, 2021), "LI Shan's List" (STAR Gallery, Beijing, 2021), Solo project of LI Shan (Don Gallery Booth at Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2019), "Fuxing Renaissance" (Don Gallery, Shanghai, 2017), "LI Shan: New and Selected Works" (James Cohan Gallery, Shanghai, 2015), "Works from the 1970s" (James Cohan Gallery, Shanghai, 2014), "Flow" (La Case, Beijing, 2007) and "LI Shan’s Solo Exhibition" (TRA Gallery, Beijing, 2006),etc. Her works are part of the permanent collections of Tate Museum in London, M+ Museum in Hong Kong, and have entered numerous distinguished private collections in China, Australia, Canada, Europe, and the United States.
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LI Shan 李珊Untitled 无题, 1970sOil on cotton gauze and paper 纸上纱布油画
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LI Shan 李珊Brunfelsia Acuminate(The Cabin in Machhapuchhre, Pokhara, Nepal) 鸳鸯茉莉(尼泊尔博卡拉鱼尾峰小屋), 2018Oil on paper 纸上油画
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LI Shan 李珊Rape Flowers in the foothills (Balikun Grassland) 油菜花在天山下(巴里坤草原), 2021Oil on paper 纸上油画
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LI Shan 李珊Purple Eustoma (Dufftown, Scotland) 紫色洋桔梗 (苏格兰达夫镇), 2022Oil on paper 纸上油画
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LI Shan 李珊Purple Flowers are Blooming All Over the Mountain (Dufftown, Scotland) 紫花开满山 (苏格兰达夫镇), 2022Oil on paper 纸上油画21.7 x 29.7 cmView more details -
LI Shan 李珊Yulan Magnolias Bloom (Beidaihe River) 玉兰花开 (北戴河), 1970Oil on cardboard 纸板油画27 x 19.5 cmView more details -
LI Shan 李珊Flowers of Sophora Japonica (XiangShan Park) 槐花 (香山公园), 1970sOil on cardboard 纸板油画26 x 28 cmView more details -
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LI Shan 李珊Untitled (XiangShan Park) 无题 (香山公园), 1979Oil on cardboard 纸板油画37 x 25 cmView more details -
LI Shan 李珊Untitled (ZiXhuyuan Park) 无题 (紫竹院公园), 1970sOil on cardboard 纸板油画
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LI Shan 李珊Purple Flower (Brittany, France) 紫花 (法国布列塔尼), 2015Oil on paper 纸上油画30 x 21.5 cmView more details -
LI Shan 李珊Furano Ski Resort (Hokkaido) 富良野滑雪场 (北海道), 2016Oil on paper 纸上油画21.5 x 29.5 cmView more details -
LI Shan 李珊Blackstone Apartments一Balcony 黑石公寓一露台, 2017Oil on paper 纸上油画29.6 x 21.4 cmView more details -
LI Shan 李珊Top of the Mountain in Beidahu (Beidahu Ski Resort) 北大湖山顶 (北大湖滑雪场), 2013Oil on cardboard 纸板油画22.5 x 30 cmView more details -
LI Shan 李珊The Summer Palace After Snow-3 (The Summer Palace) 颐和园雪后-3 (颐和园公园), 2015Oil on paper 纸上油画
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LI Shan 李珊Buddleia and The Telephone Box (Memories about England) 醉鱼草和电话亭(英国记忆), 2020Oil on paper 纸上油画31 x 23 cmView more details
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To the Things Themselves Part I
Group Exhibition 3 - 22 August 2024Don Gallery Summer Pop-Up Exhibition 「To the Things Themselves」 PART I: 3 August – 22 August, 2024 PART II: 23 August – 11 September, 2024 HAI 550 L6-05, No.550 Huaihai...Read more -
LI Shan: A Red, Red Blossom
Solo Exhibition 8 September - 22 October 2023A thing of beauty is a joy forever: Its loveliness increases; it will never Pass into nothingness; but still will keep A bower quiet for us, and a sleep ——John...Read more -
Hippocampus Capsule
Group Exhibition 8 July - 31 August 2023Hippocampus Capsule features paintings, installations, and sculptures by artists CAO Zaifei, CHANG Ling, GUO Haiqiang, LI Shan, LIU Ren, LU Song, WANG Ningde, WU Houting, ZHANG Peiyun, ZHANG Ruyi, ZHANG...Read more -
Drawing and drawing: Heading out and Bending down. Dual exhibition of LI Shan and Kumi Usui
Dual Exhibition 4 September - 24 October 2021Drawing and drawing: Heading out and Bending down On dual exhibition of LI Shan and Kumi Usui by Wang Kaimei In the autumn of 1975, LI Shan, recently turned 18,...Read more -
Cloudy
Group Exhibition 20 June - 23 August 2020Don Gallery will be presenting the group exhibition, “Cloudy,” to audiences this summer. The show will explore whether the ambiguous and volatile surface of contemporary society obscures a more stable...Read more -
Epithet Portrayed
Group Exhibition 7 September - 27 October 2019This September, Don Gallery is welcoming eight artists to the group exhibition -- “Epithet Portrayed.” The show will feature HE Saibang, HU Zi, JIN Shan, LI Shan, LIU Ren, SONG...Read more -
Steadfastly Raise the Standards in Nonproductive Construction
Group Exhibition 6 November - 30 December 2018In sync with the mission to commit fully to urban industrial production, the People’s Daily editorialised against waste in nonproductive construction, the ancillary facilities of the productive kind, in a...Read more -
Shanghai Dandy
Group Exhibition 10 November 2017 - 28 January 2018Don Gallery is pleased to announce “Shanghai Dandy,” a celebration of its 10th anniversary. By means of mega-metaphor, the phrasing of the title assumes the superimposition of a semantic pun...Read more -
LI Shan: Fuxing Renaissance
Solo Exhibition 25 February - 30 April 2017Don Gallery is proud to announce Beijing-based painter Li Shan’s first solo exhibition at the gallery. The exhibition, titled “Fuxing Renaissance,” brings together recent works as well as paintings dating...Read more
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News | Landscape Diaries: LI Shan × No Name Group, LI Shan’s solo exhibition at Grisebach Switzerland
Zurich, Switzerland 26 September 2025Don Gallery is pleased to announce artist LI Shan's solo exhibition, Landscape Diaries: LI Shan × No Name Group , will be presented at Grisebach...Read more -
News | LI Shan's participation in "Outside the Window" at Nicholas Metivier Gallery
Toronto, Canada 11 April 2024Artist|LI Shan Solo Exhibition | Outside the Window Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto 6 April 2024 – 4 May 2024 Don Gallery is pleased to announce...Read more -
LI Shan in Conversation with Julie Chun
8 April 2017Multiple Red Columns (The Forbidden City) 一群红柱子 (故宫) , LI Shan 李珊, 1970s. Oil on cardboard 纸板油画, 39 x 24 cm Time: Saturday, 22 April...Read more
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Westbund Art & Design 2025
Shanghai 13 - 16 November 2025Don Gallery is pleased to announce its participation in the 2025 Westbund Art & Design fair from 13 November to 16 November 2025, where it...Read more -
Art Basel Hong Kong 2025
Hong Kong 26 - 30 March 2025Don Gallery is pleased to announce that it will be exhibiting the latest works of 14 artists at Art Basel Hong Kong 2025 from March...Read more -
NADA Miami 2024
Miami 3 - 7 December 2024Don Gallery is pleased to announce its participation in the 22nd Edition of NADA Miami art fair from 3 December to 7 December 2024, where...Read more -
West Bund Art & Design 2024
Shanghai 7 - 10 November 2024Don Gallery is pleased to announce its participation in the 2024 Westbund Art & Design fair from 7 November to 10 November 2024, where it...Read more
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Art Basel Hong Kong 2024
Hong Kong 26 - 30 March 2024巴塞尔艺术展香港展会 Art Basel Hong Kong 展位 Booth 1B41 贵宾预览|VIP Preview March 26-27, 2024 公众开放|Public Days March 28-30, 2024 地点|Location 香港会议展览中心 Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition...Read more -
Paris Internationale 2023
Paris 18 - 22 October 2023Don Gallery is pleased to announce its first participation in the 9th edition of the Paris Internationale Art Fair, which will take place from 17th...Read more -
Art Brussels 2023
Brussels 20 - 23 April 2023参展艺术家 | Artists 曹再飞 CAO Zaifei、常陵 CHANG Ling 郭海强 GUO Haiqiang、李珊 LI Shan 刘任 LIU Ren、吕松 LU Song 王宁德 WANG Ningde、章佩芸 ZHANG Peiyun 张如怡 ZHANG...Read more -
ART SG 2023
Singapore 11 - 15 January 2023新加坡艺术博览会 | ART SG 东画廊展位 1D05 | Don Gallery Booth 1D05 参展艺术家 | Artists 曹再飞 CAO Zaifei、常陵 CHANG Ling 郭海强 GUO Haiqiang、 李珊 LI Shan...Read more
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ART021 SHANGHAI 2022
Shanghai 10 - 13 November 2022Read more -
Frieze London 2022
London 12 - 15 October 2022Read more -
JING ART 2022
Online Viewing Room 30 June - 2 July 2022VIP Preview 2022/06/30 - 2022/07/02 General Admission 2022/07/03 - 2022/07/30 CAO Zaifei Looks Beautiful 看上去很美 , CAO Zaifei 曹再飞, 2021. Oil on canvas 布面油画, 80...Read more -
ART021 SHANGHAI 2021
Shanghai 11 - 14 November 2021Read more
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Art Shenzhen 2021
Shenzhen 9 - 12 September 2021Read more -
JING ART 2021
Beijing 10 - 13 June 2021Don Gallery is proud to announce that Don Gallery will participate JINGART Art Fair, this is the first time for Don Gallery to participate in...Read more -
ART021 SHANGHAI 2020
Shanghai 12 - 15 November 2020Don Gallery will participate ART021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair to present artworks by CHANG Ling, HU Zi, LI Shan, LIU Ren, LU Song, QU Fengguo,...Read more -
West Bund Art & Design 2019
Shanghai 7 - 10 November 2019During Shanghai Art Week, Don Gallery will participate the 6th edition of West Bund Art & Design to introduce artworks by CHANG Ling, HU Zi,...Read more