The painting presents a captivating visual experience. The striking use of color, with the vibrant green swirls against the dark background, creates a sense of depth and movement. The subject, a solitary figure facing the mesmerizing vortex, suggests a contemplative or meditative state. The artist's distinctive style and technique, blending realism and surrealism, invite the viewer to ponder the deeper meaning or symbolism behind the scene. The artwork likely explores themes of consciousness, introspection, or the connection between the individual and the natural world. ...
Qianyu Li (b.1995, Inner Mongolia) is currently doing a Phd at Faculdade de Belas-Artes da Universidade de Lisboa. She received her BFA from School of Visual Arts (New York, US) in 2020 and MFA from Slade School of Fine Art (London, UK) in 2022. Her art practice explores the connections and disconnections among things with the philosophic perspective of “three in one”, reflecting on the differences
in perceptions of reality and its different dimensions arising from personal living experience in diverse geographical and cultural environments. Her work is mainly presented as diptych painting/ installation, the two-part format expands beyond
the single picture plane of traditional painting, disrupting the painting space and narrative space. There is an increasing significance in the relationship between the two independent parts and their physical relationship with the viewer, enhancing the wholistic and interactive experience of the artwork, providing an open space for imagination and multi-perspective discussion.
Her solo exhibition: Alchemy, Magician Space, Beijing (2023); Recent Group Shows: To the Public: Please Read the Exhibition the Way One Perceives the Woods (Part 1), Magician Space, Beijing, 2022; The Slade Postgraduate Degree Show, Gower Street, London, 2022; Chromaphilia/Chromophobia, SVA Chelsea Gallery, NY, 2020; The Haves and Have Nots, SVA Chelsea Gallery, NY, 2017 ...
