Biography:

Li Shan (b. 1942, Heilongjiang Province) is an artist who lives and works in Shanghai.

Li graduated from Heilongjiang University in 1963 and furthered his education at the Department of Theatre Design, specializing in oil painting, at the Shanghai Drama Institute between 1964 and 1968, where he became a teacher after graduation.

From the late 1970s, Li Shan became an active member of the Shanghai contemporary art scene, participating in various exhibitions such as ‘’83 Experimental Painting' (Fudan University, Shanghai, 1983), ‘A State of Transition: Contemporary Painting from Shanghai’ (Hong Kong Arts Centre, 1987) and the first and second ‘Concave-Convex’ exhibitions (Shanghai, 1986 and 1988). In 1989, he performed Washing Feet in the ‘China/Avant-Garde Exhibition’ at the National Art Museum of China (NAMOC) in Beijing.

Li was one of the leading members of the political pop movement that emerged in China in the 1990s. He continues to work as an artist and exhibits widely.