Li Hongwei (b.1980) is a contemporary artist. He works and lives in Beijing and New York. His works have been acquired by The British Museum, Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, The Art Institute of Chicago, The Israel Museum, Harvard Art Museums, Philadelphia Museum of Art, etc. His works have been exhibited in a number of international art institutions, including the National Art Museum of China, The US Embassy, The New Mexico Museum of Art, The Fox Art Gallery of the University of Pennsylvania, The Art Institute of Chicago, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and The Dublin Castle in Ireland, etc.
Hongwei holds a bachelor’s degree in sculpture from the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing; a master’s in ceramic art from the New York State College of Ceramics at the Alfred University at Alfred, NY. As a visiting artist, he has been invited to give lectures in different institutions, including Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Selected Collections
Long Museum, Shanghai, 2023
The Hun School, Princeton, NJ, 2023
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI, 2022
The Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA, 2022
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT, 2022
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2022
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, 2021
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY, 2021
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA, 2021
Tang Teaching Museum, Saratoga Spring, NY, 2021
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, 2020
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA, 2020
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, 2020
University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington, KY, 2019
Alfred Ceramic Art Museum, Alfred, NY, 2019
Vassar College Art Museum, Poughkeepsie, NY, 2018
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, 2018
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, 2017
The British Museum, London, UK, 2017
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel, 2017
MGM COTAI, Macao, China, 2017
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2016
He Art Museum, Guangzhou, China, 2016
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, 2015
China APEC International Conference Center, Beijing, 2014
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas, 2012
Herrick Memorial Library, Alfred University, Alfred, NY, 2008
Schein-Joseph International Museum of Ceramic Art, Alfred, NY, 2007
Honor and Awards
Visiting artist of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 2024
Invited to give a lecture and workshop at Umbrella Arts Center, Concord, MA, 2024
Gallery Tour with the Artist, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, November 17th, 2023
Gallery Tour with Li Hongwei, Asian Art Council, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, July 27th, 2019
Invited speaker for the "Elegant Forms and Sensuous Glazes Symposium", The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, March 16th, 2019
Visiting artist of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 2019
Visiting artist of University of Kentucky College of Fine Arts, Lexington, KY, 2018
Beijing Excellent Talent Grant, Beijing, China, 2017
“Leading Person†of the Cultural and Creative Industries of Beijing, 2016
“Talents Project†of the “Youth Plus†Young Artist Project, China National Arts Fund, Beijing, China, 2015
Visiting artist of Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 2015
Beijing Outstanding Young Talent Grant, Beijing, China, 2014
Taylor Prize, 2013 Louvre Museum International Exhibition, Paris, France, 2013
Award for excellence,1895 China Contemporary Ceramic Art Exhibition, Nantong, China, 2013
