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Li Jin
i Jin (1958 Tianjin) is a clever and talented ink and wash painter who has a style that is unique among modern artists. His works are often erotic, playful and cynical. His subjects are often food, sex, women and animals. But they are also an expressive and colorful blend of traditional Chinese ink painting and modernist technique.

Li Jin graduated from Painting Department of Tianjin Academy of Fine arts. He lives and works in Tianjin.



Opera, ink-wash and color on paper, 138x69cm, 2007



Love in the Moonlight, ink-wash and color on paper, 43x47cm, 2007



Pleasant Dream, ink-wash and color on paper, 180x98cm, 2007



Little Pine Tree Ripen Quickly, ink-wash and color on paper, 98x180cm, 2007



Dancing Butterflies, ink-wash and color on paper, 98x180cm, 2007



Banquer No.1, ink-wash and color on paper, 230x53cm, 2007



Banquer No.3, ink-wash and color on paper, 230x53cm, 2007



Joys Originated in the Countryside, ink-wash and color on paper, 41x41cm, 2007



Emotions Revealed, ink-wash and color on paper, 43x45cm, 2007



Bathing at the Shallow Sea in a Sunny Noon, ink-wash and color on paper, 41x45cm, 2007



Magic Chinese Kungfu, ink-wash and color on paper, 43x45cm, 2006



Magic Chinese Kungfu, ink-wash and color on paper, 43x45cm, 2005

Exhibition list
Solo Exhibitions:

2007

Li Jin, Yibo Gallery, Shanghai, China

Eat Drink Man Woman, Artside Gallery, Seoul, Korea

Consumption Junction, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, USA

2006
Li Jin`s Recent Works Exhibition, Galerie 99,Aschaffenburg, Germany

Li Jin, Art Scene Gallery, Shanghai, China

Solo Exhibition of Li Jin, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney, Australia

2005
Eat Drink Man Woman, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, USA

Li Jin--Freuden des Lebens, Galerie 99, Aschaffenburg, Germany

Eat Drink Man Woman, Tang Gallery, Bangkok,Thailand

Simple Pleasures--Passing Time with Li Jin, Asian Art Options, Singapore

2004
Li Jin: New Works,Courtyard Gallery, Beijing, China

2003
Li Jin: A Feast, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, USA

2002
Eat Drink Man Woman:Li Jin Ink-wash Painting, Yan Gallery, Hong Kong

Food,Sex and Human Nature: Li Jin`s Works Exhibition, Li Dongzai Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2001
Exhibitions of Li Jin`s Paintings, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney, Australia

Li Jin New Works Exhibition,Courtyard Gallery, Beijing, China

2000
Exhibition of Li Jin`s Figurative Ink-wash Paintings, Stockholm Art Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden

Group Exhibitions:

2006
Chinese Art Today, China National Museuem of Fine Arts, Beijing, China

Chinese Ink and Wash Document 1976-2006, Nanjing Musuem, Nanjing, China

Ink and Wash and the Contemporary Era:The First Invitational Exhibition of the Ink and Wash Union of Songzhuang, Beijing, China

2005
The Difference between You and Me, Ian Potter Musuem of Art, University of Melbourne, Australia

The Collection of Chhina National Musuem of Fine Arts, China National Musuem of Fine Arts, Beijing, China

2004
New Freehand Ink-wash Painting Exhibition, China National Musuem of Fine Arts, Beijing, China

Caracteres,Peinture Fraiche, Paris, France

2003
Chinese Art Today, the China Millenium Monument, Beijing, China

International Paper Works, UCLA Hamer Museum, Los Angeles, USA

2002
ChinArt, Museum Küppersmühle, Duisburg, Germany

Chinese Korean Contemporary Art, Contemporary Art Museum, Seoul, Korea

2001
20 Years of Chinese Ink Experiments, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China

All About Dreams--Exhibitions of Chinese Art for the 21st Century, ICA, London, England

2000
Grand Exhibitions of New China Art, Liu Haisu Art Museum, Shanghai; Nanjing Art Museum, Nanjing, China

1999
Dialogue 1999, International Art Palace, Beijing;Tai Da Contemporary Art Museum, Tianjin, China

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