Category: Exhibition

New York, NY – From August 26 to September 8, 2023, Li Tang proudly presents a retrospective exhibition featuring works by twenty-seven Asian artists, each at varying stages of their careers and with diverse creative focuses. After dedicating three years to the Asian creative community and developing two years of online exhibitions, Li Tang is welcoming its first on-site exhibition, titled Echoes of Home: A Retrospective Exhibition of the Li Tang Community, at the RIVAA (Roosevelt Island Visual Art Association) Gallery.

Spanning from the vibrant streets of New York City to the glamorous landscapes of Los Angeles, and from the lively scenes of Atlanta to the indomitable spirit of Detroit, Asian creatives have left their marks. From time to time, they often yearn for a place to resonate as home. This exhibition was curated within this context, with the intention of creating a home for Asian creatives. It provides artists with a protective, collective, and innovative space to express their ideas and creations.

Collectively, these artists have created a portrait that captures how the influence of the Asian diaspora shapes the ever-evolving contemporary art world.

Exhibition Dates 

August 26 – September 8, 2023 

Opening Reception 

August 26, 2023 4 PM-7 PM

Curators

Webson Ji

Huixian Dong

Artists

Cheng Gong, Zhiheng Gong, Ling Gui, Sun Young Kang, Doi Kim, Hannah Li, Sizhu Li, Xianglong Li, Xingze Li, Jesse Liu, Nix Liu Xin, Weihui Lu, Wendi Men, Paul Mok, Yukiko Nakashima, Megan Nugroho, Ami Park, Han Qin, Ji Shi, Broly Su, Suki Violet Su, Curry Sicong Tian, Jingyi Wang, Tong Wang, Jiannan Wu, Sunny B. Yazdani, Sophie Ruoyu Zhang

Venue 

RIVAA Gallery 

527 Main St, New York, NY 10044

Support

Fou Gallery, VillageOneArt, Tutu Gallery, A Space, Art America China Project, Yiwei Gallery, YI GALLERY, Li Tang Gallery

Contact

info@litang.zone

About Curators

Webson Ji is a New York-based Chinese multimedia artist and curator. He is the founder and creative director of the Li Tang community. His art practice focuses on the presentation of water, presenting the viewers with a unique interpretation of his meditation. Webson holds an M.A. in Sculpture from Savannah College of Art and Design, and a B.F.A. in Public Art from the China Academy of Art. He is a community leader dedicated to contributing and empowering the creative voices of the Asian diaspora.

Huixian Dong is a tireless curator, critic, and scholar. Her recent archive-based curation project has been established in multiple venues, including the Beijing Lu Xun Museum, Shanghai Museum of Sun Yat-sen’s Former Residence, Peking University, and Northwest University. As a critic, she has published numerous art reviews in popular media, as well as in the traditional media, Beijing Youth Daily. She recently shared her pioneering research on gender issues within Asian contemporary art with the discerning audience of the Art Association of Australia and New Zealand. The research paper found its home in Tainan Art Museum’s The Journal of Asian Arts and Aesthetics.

About Li Tang 

Li Tang is a New York-based community dedicated to amplifying the creative voices of the contemporary Asian diaspora. Established in 2020, Li Tang aims to feature the works and talents of today’s most innovative Asian practitioners working in the varied fields of art and culture.

For more information, please visit:

https://www.litang.zone

https://www.rivaagallery.org

(text & photo courtesy of Li Tang)

Li Tang Gallery presents Abstract, Distortion & Fragmentation, an online group exhibition from April 3 –  June 23, 2023. From vivid colors and patterns to those who work in black and white or monochromatic approaches, Li Tang Gallery wants to invite artists who explore the areas of abstractions with no limitations on media. Taking from art’s historical lineage or blazing new paths in the field of abstraction, Li Tang Gallery wants to include artists who find new ways to connect with audiences beyond the figurative.

Artists at any stage of their career are invited to submit their work for consideration by our guest jury Chun Hua Catherine Dong, Phil Zheng Cai and E.E. Jacks. We had an overwhelming response to this call and received 1335 artwork submissions from all over the world. The overall high quality of the submissions we received made the jurying process a difficult one. The online group exhibition is curated by the Li Tang team. It will be promoted on the Li Tang gallery website, social media, and press coverage in the United States and China.

Title

Abstract, Distortion & Fragmentation

Date

April 3 –  June 23, 2023

Exhibition Type

Online Exhibition

Selected Artists

Jaynie Crimmins, Kate Rusek, Naomi Even-Aberle, Yangyang Mao, Kevin Costello, Jongwook Park, Agina Chinedu, H.C. Tiffany Lo, Bonam Kim, Alexey Adonin, Alexandra Chiou, Ainhoa Akutain, Zoha Malik, Yang Mai, Madeline Brice, Gabriel Palma, Weihui Lu, Annie Clavel, Andrew Chalfen, Ami Park, John Kayode, Jean-Michel Rolland, Yukiko Nakashima, Traci Johnson

Honorable Mention

Jessica Swank, Yiyi Wang, Kaitlin Santoro

Jury Judges

Chun Hua Catherine Dong, Phil Zheng Cai, E.E. Jacks

Art Director

Webson Ji

Curation

Li Tang team

Exhibitor

Li Tang Gallery

Support

all America Chinese Youth federation

Art America China Project

Media Support

Los Angeles Post

About Jury Judges

CHUN HUA CATHERINE DONG

Chun Hua Catherine Dong (she/they) is a Chinese-born Tiohtià:ke/ Montréal-based multimedia artist. Dong received an MFA at Intermedia from Concordia University and a BFA at Visual Art from Emily Carr University Art & Design in Canada. Dong has exhibited their works at The Musée d’Art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne in France, Quebec City Biennial, The International Digital Art Biennial Montreal (BIAN), MOMENTA | Biennale de l’image, Kaunas Biennial, Canadian Cultural Centre Paris, The Aine Art Museum in Tornio, Bury Art Museum in Manchester, Museo de la Cancillería in Mexico City, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, DongGong Museum of Photograph in South Korea, He Xiangning Art Museum in Shenzhen, Hubei Museum of Fine Art in China, Art Museum at University of Toronto, Varley Art Gallery of Markham, and so on.

Dong has performed in many international performance art festivals, such as Rapid Pulse International Performance Art Festival in Chicago, 7a*11d International Festival of Performance Art in Toronto, ENCUENTRO Performance in Santiago, The Great American Performance Art in New York, Place des Arts in Montreal, Infr’Action in Venice, Dublin Live Art Festival in Dublin, Experimental Action/ Performance Art in Houston, Internationales Festival für Performance in Mannheim, Inverse Performance Art Festival in California, and many public art galleries and spaces in Europe, North and South America.

Among many other grants and awards, Dong was the recipient of the Franklin Furnace Award for performance art in New York in 2014, listed the “10 Artists Who Are Reinventing History” by Canadian Art in 2017, and was named “The Artist of the Year” at the DongGang International Photo Festival in South Korea in 2018.  Dong was also a finalist for Contemporary Art Award at Le Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (Prix en art actuel du MNBAQ) 2020, and awarded with Cultural Diversity in Visual Arts Award by the Conseil des arts de Montréal in 2021.

https://chunhuacatherinedong.com

PHIL ZHENG CAI

Phil Zheng Cai graduated from Sotheby’s Institute of Art with a master’s degree in 2014. He has held posts at Mary Boone Gallery and Phillips Auctioneers, and is currently a Partner at Eli Klein Gallery. Focusing on Chinese contemporary art, he has been with the Gallery since 2017 whose represented artists have been featured in countless international broadcasts, publications, and critical reviews. 

Phil Cai has curated numerous solo exhibitions at Eli Klein Gallery, presenting Chinese contemporary artists such as Cai Dongdong, Chow Chun Fai, Shen Fan, Li Hongbo, Ho Kan, Ji Zhou among many others. He has also curated group exhibitions that received critical acclaim. His most recent curated exhibition “Alienation?” in 2021 was reviewed by the Brooklyn Rail. He has participated in panel discussions and talks at institutions such as the SCAD Museum of Art and the Asia Society Museum New York. 

Phil Zheng Cai also works in the domain of art criticism and translation of texts on philosophy. His exhibition review “Enacting Disassociation – Jean-Luc Moulène Solo Exhibition at Miguel Abreu Gallery”; “Life as an Invitation – Yoan Capote Solo Exhibition at Jack Shainman Gallery”; “Tan Siyuan – No Stopping the Wanting to Stop” and critical essay “Take a Step: Phil Zheng Cai on the Opening of M+ Museum” were featured in the Widewalls Magazine. His most recent critical text “Everything can become an NFT, is it true?” was published by the New York Time T Magazine China. His translated book “The Story of Philosophy” was published by Shanghai Yuandong Press in 2020.

https://www.instagram.com/phil.z.cai/

E.E. Jacks

The paintings of E.E. Jacks capture life. Her intent is to imbue motion & emotion. Her work encompasses Expressionism and Representationalism. She also practices plein air painting, favoring oil paint as her medium of choice. 

Jacks has received several awards and been featured in various periodicals. Her work has also been showcased in museums such as MOLAA, Olaf Wieghorst Museum, the Yellowstone and Yosemite Museums and been recognized and exhibited in the John Wayne Airport and California State Capitol. She is a poet and has currently published four books of poetry and prose.

E.E. Jacks has also been a gallery founder, published ‘APERO’ an international online and printed fine art catalogue, has juried many exhibitions and written numerous art reviews. 

Jacks is a professional art advisor & curator of traditional & contemporary spaces. With long-standing artist & art community connections, Jacks can strategically acquire & integrate art into any lifestyle or aesthetic.

Jacks works from her home studio in Southern California and exhibits her work as a permanent artist at Quorum Gallery in Laguna Beach, Tirage Fine Art in Carlsbad and in various Galleries and Museums nationwide.

https://eejacks.com

(text&photo courtesy of the artists)

Contact

If you have any questions regarding the submission process, please reach out to info@litanggallery.com.

Note

The Li Tang Gallery team does not involve in any sales related to Portrait International Juried Exhibition. All sales inquiries will be redirected to the selected artists. However, the Li Tang Gallery team will require permission from the selected artists to the usage of their artwork images for promotional purposes.

Li Tang Gallery presents Portrait, an online group exhibition from November 7, 2022 –  January 22, 2023. We are looking for artists who explore the realms of portraiture through both realistic and nonrealistic practices to evoke an emotional response regarding these contemporary issues. From paintings to works on paper, to digital creations, there is no limitation on the media that can be submitted. Through the portraiture discipline, Li Tang Gallery is looking for artists who question our understanding of the world and our positions in it.

Artists at any stage of their career are invited to submit their work for consideration by our guest jury artists Philip A. Robinson Jr. and Jiannan Wu. We had an overwhelming response to this call and received 1965 artwork submissions from all over the world. The overall high quality of the submissions we received made the jurying process a difficult one. The online group exhibition is curated by the Li Tang team. It will be promoted on the Li Tang gallery website, social media, and press coverage in the United States and China.

Title

Portrait

Date

November 7, 2022 –  January 22, 2023

Exhibition Type

Online Exhibition

Selected Artists

Jamie L. Luoto, Geoffrey Laurence, Shicheng Zhao, Natalia Sonia, Ivan Milenkovic, Lu HB Tran, Sinenkosi Msomi, Emily Mc Gardle, Judith Gresh, Ena Gilih, Jocelyn Keyi Wu, Boluwatife Biobaku, Amuri Morris, Ariadne Urania, Seona Sommer, Pesya Altman, Olivier Larivière, Negar Jahanbakhsh, Kiley Ames, Thomas Legaspi, Eleanor Olson, Lance Delao, Ben DeHaan, Andrea Sbra Perego, Iffat Almas, Yuchae Lee

Jury Judges

Jiannan Wu, Philip A. Robinson Jr.

Art Director

Webson Ji

Curation

Li Tang team

Exhibitor

Li Tang Gallery

Support

all America Chinese Youth federation

Art America China Project

Media Support

Los Angeles Post

About Jury Judges

PHILIP A. ROBINSON JR.

Philip A. Robinson Jr. is an award-winning multi-media sculptor and conceptual artist, who uses wood to symbolize temporality within natural cycles of time and geography to amplify the narrative of identity within popular and marginalized cultures. Robinson has exhibited throughout the tri-state area including, a solo exhibition at the High Line Nine, solo exhibition at the Untitled Space Gallery, Prizm Art Fair during Miami Art Basel, The Rush Arts Gallery, KL City Art Gallery in Malaysia, LuluLemon (Hudson Yards), The National Academy Museum and School, The Barrett Art Center, the Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibition, The Frances Young Tang Museum and Art Gallery, Art at the Caves, 14C Jersey City Art show & Juried Exhibition, The Bronx Art Space, The Novado Gallery, The Bridge Art Gallery, Akwaaba Gallery, The Alta Art Building, Art At The Cave, The BSB Gallery, The Conceptions Art Show (New York), Neumeraki, Pro Arts Jersey City, The Carrie Able Gallery, Grace Church School Benefit Auction, the Merseles Studios, 107 Bowers Gallery, the Distillery Gallery, the NEWYORKMINDED Gallery, 1978 Maplewood Arts Center, and SNEAKERROOM. He received his BFA in Studio Art from Skidmore College and his MFA in Sculpture from Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers.

https://www.philiparobinsonjr.com

JIANNAN WU

Jiannan Wu (b.1990) is a China-born, New York based artist who creates sculptures and wall reliefs made from resin. He received his BFA Degree in Sculpture from China Academy of Art and his MFA Degree in Sculpture from New York Academy of Art.

Jiannan Wu is the recipient of the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation grant, winner of 2017 Dexter Jones Award presented by American National Sculpture Society,  winner of Compleat Sculptor Award, and other awards. He is selected as 2020 AACYF Top 30 Under 30 presented by All America Chinese Youth Federation. His work is recognized as The Best Original Sculpture in 2019 by Sculpture Magazine of China. His works have also been displayed on numerous exhibitions at renowned venues such as Accesso Gallery in Italy, Gallery Poulsen and Art Herning in Denmark, the Sotheby’s, Art Miami, and Southampton Arts Center in America, Bonner Kunstverein in Germany, Chongqing Contemporary Art Museum in China, etc. His works and art achievements have been published in The New York Times, The China Press, Metal Magazine, Beautiful Bizarre Magazine, Hi-Fructose Magazine, Collections Magazine, T(here) Magazine, etc.

https://www.jiannanwu.com

(text&photo courtesy of the artists)

Contact

If you have any questions regarding the submission process, please reach out to info@litanggallery.com.

Note

The Li Tang Gallery team does not involve in any sales related to Portrait International Juried Exhibition. All sales inquiries will be redirected to the selected artists. However, the Li Tang Gallery team will require permission from the selected artists to the usage of their artwork images for promotional purposes.

Li Tang Gallery presents Fiction Beyond Nonfiction, an online group exhibition from May 30 – July 31, 2022. We are keen to present a platform for artists working across disciplines to share their evolving visions of how digital and technology impact their practice. Subjects might include – but are not limited to – the ecosystem, social justice, decolonization, climate change, immigration, lifestyle, under-represented communities, and sustainability.

All stages of career artists were invited to submit their work for consideration by our guest jury judges. We had an overwhelming response to this call and received 334 artwork submissions from all over the world. The overall high quality of the submissions we received made the jurying process a difficult one. The online group exhibition is curated by the Li Tang team. It will be promoted on the Li Tang gallery website, social media, and press coverage in the United States and China.

Title

Fiction Beyond Nonfiction

Date

May 30 – July 31, 2022 

Exhibition Type

Online Exhibition

Selected Artists

Hallie Packard, Andrew Soria, Alex Sandulescu, Seb Agnew, Siwei Cai, Marta Di Francesco, Lulu Li, Rio Chen, Nenad Nedeljkov, Kasper Hesselbjerg, Jang Guin Lim, Gongjie Liu, Garuba Saheed, Delta NA, Can Long

Jury Judges

Jenny Guo, Nix Liu Xin, Curry Sicong Tian

Art Director

Webson Ji

Curation

Li Tang team

Exhibitor

Li Tang Gallery

Support

all America Chinese Youth federation

Art America China Project

Media Support

Los Angeles Post

About Jury Judges

JENNY GUO

Jenny Guo is an Emmy award-winning creative producer, XR and NFT arts patron, and co-founder of LumiereVR and Highstreet. She has been named on Forbes 30 under 30 in 2018 and AACYF 30 under 30 in 2020. She was also recognized as the top 10 Asian American entrepreneurs in 2021. 

The VR projects she had worked on have also won multiple awards in both Asia and the U.S. She has produced and distributed multiple VR art installations, including renowned artist Rachel Maclean’s I’m Terribly Sorry with KWM Art Center, Wang Xin’s Maybe it’s Time to Refresh the Art World a Little Bit at K11 art mall in Hong Kong, and Tian Zhuo Chen’s Trance. Her producing work Living Distance with artist Xin Liu has been selected into multiple renowned film festivals, including Sundance, SXSW, Beijing Film Festival, and it’s the first Chinese immersive project that Sundance New Frontier Lab has taken on. Her latest VR artwork Devil’s Ivy with artist Liu Wa was shown at Busan Biennale and Sandbox Immersive Festival. This film has won the young creative award from International Emmys. Ms. Guo is passionate about conservation and Climate change projects. She has a new VR film on Glacier conservation coming out this year.  

Ms. Guo double majored in Electronic Art and Political Studies at Bard College and later studied Creative Producing at Columbia University. She had extensive experience in auction houses and art dealing between China and the U.S. 

Ms. Guo is also a Sundance fellow and researcher at Harvard Visualization Lab. She has spoken at multiple conferences, including Harvard Graduate School of Design, SXSW, Wharton School of Business, J.P Morgan, TEDxBohaibay, and Christie’s.

NIX LIU XIN

Nix Liu Xin is a mixed-reality director and designer. He works on various mediums such as filmmaking, motion visual arts, spatial design, XR experiences, and volumetric photography (3D scan). His practice centers around the connections of digital and physical realities, merging architecture, form, movement, visual effects, color, and sound.

As the founder and creative director of the studio Play.Work, Nix has collaborated with Burberry, Bosie, Chris Lee (Li Yuchun), London Fashion Week, Microsoft, Miss Grit, NYLON, Polestar Cars, SCI-Arc Robot Lab, Victor Ma (Ma Boqian), Wallpaper, WhatWorld Club, etc., to create bespoke films and music videos fusing CGI virtual and live-action real worlds.

Nix is currently a Master in Design Studies (Media/Technology) candidate at Harvard University Graduate School of Design. He holds an M.Arch 2 degree from SCI-Arc; and a B.A. in Architecture with an Honors degree from the University of Liverpool where his graduation project was awarded the Sheppard Robson Jicwood Prize.

Nix was endowed with numerous awards. To name a few: he won the first prize of the prestigious CGarchitect 3D Awards 2020 and was nominated in 2019; he was selected as one of 12 artists to hold solo exhibitions at Lianzhou Foto Festival in 2019. Recently, Nix co-curated the international New Digital Design Forum, and invited world-renowned artists, designers, and professors to bridge the communication of Post-Digital culture between west and east. Nix has been invited to give guest lectures and speakings at UCL Bartlett School of Architecture, Tongji University, Gensler SF, etc. Additionally, his works have been exhibited at World Trade Center in New York City, Los Angeles, Liverpool, Beijing, Suzhou, Shanghai, and so on.

CURRY SICONG TIAN

Started as a Student Academy Award Gold Winner, US-China based multidisciplinary filmmaker Curry Sicong Tian has held various roles including director, concept/digital artist, 3d mographer, fashion photographer, creative director at studios internationally. 

Born and raised in China, she is aiming to bridge the gap between eastern and western culture, video art and film, expanding beyond into 3d motion graphic and alternative modes of storytelling. She has established an unparalleled trust with the clients like Mercedes Benz, Apple BEATS, Canon; and the most respected artists in the world.

Contact

If you have any questions regarding the submission process, please reach out to info@litanggallery.com.