# Li Chevalier > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Li_Chevalier > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Li_Chevalier.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Chevalier > Source revision: 1345373708 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|French artist}} {{Infobox artist |name = Li Chevalier
诗蓝 |image = Li Chevalier portrait 2013.jpg |caption = Li Chevalier in 2013 |birth_name = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|03|30}} |birth_place = [Beijing](/source/Beijing) |death_date = |death_place = |training = [Central St. Martins College of Art and Design](/source/Central_St._Martins_College_of_Art_and_Design), London. |Movement = |alias = |signature = |notable works = |awards = |website = {{URL|www.lichevalier.com}} }} '''Li Chevalier''' ({{lang-zh|s=诗蓝|p='''Shī Lán'''}}; born March 30, 1961) is a Chinese-born French painter, [calligrapher](/source/calligrapher) and [installation art](/source/installation_art)ist. ==Early life and education== Li Chevalier was born in the [People's Republic of China](/source/People's_Republic_of_China). Recruited at the age of 15 by the Chinese Army as a singer, she was demobilized 5 years later. Li Chevalier left China in 1984{{cite web|url=https://www.evous.fr/Exposition-d-art-contemporain-chinois-1190663.html|title=DERNIERS JOURS des impressionnantes exposition et collection d'art contemporain chinois|author=André Balbo|date=26 November 2016|website=evous|language=French}} after the [Anti Spiritual Pollution Campaign](/source/Anti-Spiritual_Pollution_Campaign) was launched by the government in 1983. She eventually became a French citizen in 1986.{{cite news|url=https://www.connaissancedesarts.com/art-contemporain/les-combats-interieurs-de-li-chevalier-1126264/|title=Les combats intérieurs de Li Chevalier|author=Valérie de Maulmin|date=13 July 2015|language=French|website=Connaissance des Arts}} She embarked on studies in politics and philosophy in France. She has a degree from the [Central St. Martins College of Art and Design](/source/Central_St._Martins_College_of_Art_and_Design), but also studied at the [Paris Institute of Political Studies](/source/Paris_Institute_of_Political_Studies) (1986–1990) and earned an M.A in philosophy at the [Sorbonne University](/source/Sorbonne_University) over the theme: A Human Screen - an inevitable political ethics.{{cite web |author=Dominique André |url=https://www.franceinter.fr/emissions/la-fabrique-du-nouveau-monde/la-fabrique-du-nouveau-monde-26-mars-2015 |title=Li, l' artiste du Gao Ya |publisher=[France Inter](/source/France_Inter) |date=26 March 2015 |language=French }} Li Chevalier understands that being both female and Asian can be extremely difficult in the world of contemporary art dominated by male artist and political discussion. However, she refused to compromise what she loves.{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}} ==Career== Chevalier embarked in Chinese art scene in 2008. She met the Chinese art theorist Peng Feng Director of the Chinese Pavilions at the [54e Venice Biennale](/source/Venice_Biennale), who curated artist's major exhibition in China and France.{{citation needed|date=October 2017}} In early 90s, Li Chevalier returned to artistic instruction in the major European cities, Florence, Paris and London. She attended in France the master classes of French painters Rémy Aron, Thibaut de Reimpré and Pierre-Henry. She received her nomination at French National Fine Art Society (SNBA) in 2003.Li Chevalier went to London in 2003 to attend the Dali Studio at Central Saint Martins ‘College of Art and Design. She later enrolled in post graduate studies in fine art and received her degree in 2007.In December 2004, the US Virginia Common Wealth University School of Art in Qatar hosted a major solo exhibition for Chevalier presenting for the first time her experimental ink painting. Her work is submitted and exhibited at Royal Academy Summer exhibition in 2007. Chevalier now works in both Beijing and France and is part of a movement of Chinese artists seeking to restore the Chinese tradition of appreciation for artistic beauty destroyed in the [Cultural Revolution](/source/Cultural_Revolution). She has exhibited her work at the [National Art Museum of China](/source/National_Art_Museum_of_China) (2010), at the former submarine base in [Bordeaux](/source/Bordeaux) (2014),{{cite web |url=http://www.artemagazine.it/mostre/item/3411-macro-testaccio-trajectory-of-desire-la-mostra-dell-artista-franco-cinese-li-chevalier |title=MACRO Testaccio. 'Trajectory of Desire' la mostra dell'artista franco cinese Li Chevalier |website=Arte.it |language=Italian |date=26 January 2017 |access-date=7 August 2017 |archive-date=2 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210202123730/http://www.artemagazine.it/mostre/item/3411-macro-testaccio-trajectory-of-desire-la-mostra-dell-artista-franco-cinese-li-chevalier |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |author=Gilles Guitton |url=http://www.sudouest.fr/2014/05/30/d-encre-et-de-violons-1570682-2780.php |title=Exposition à la Base sous-marine: d'encre et de violons |website=sudouest.fr |date=30 May 2014 |language=French }} at the [Royal Academy Summer Exhibition](/source/Royal_Academy_Summer_Exhibition) in London (2015), and at the [Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome](/source/Museum_of_Contemporary_Art_of_Rome) (2017). She often works in ink on canvas; ''Polifonia'' is an [installation](/source/Installation_art) that also includes [violin](/source/violin)s. == Art Style == Li Chevalier adores black and white, both in her artwork and clothing style. Her artworks are intended to make viewers reflect the artworks to their own life. Li Chevalier uses objects to express her feelings or ideas. She uses a cross, cello, empty chair, and a tombstone to express a sense of loneliness and emptiness.{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}} == References == {{Reflist}} ==Further reading== * {{cite news |author=Arnaud de La Grange |url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/culture/2015/01/29/03004-20150129ARTFIG00362-li-chevalier-peintre-trait-d-union.php |title=Li Chevalier, peintre trait d'union |newspaper=[Le Figaro](/source/Le_Figaro) |date=29 January 2015 |type=subscription required |language=French }} == External links == {{Portal|Arts}} * {{Official website|http://www.lichevalier.com/}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Chevalier, Li}} Category:1961 births Category:Living people Category:Chinese women painters Category:Naturalized citizens of France Category:French women painters Category:20th-century Chinese women artists Category:20th-century Chinese artists Category:21st-century Chinese women artists Category:21st-century Chinese artists Category:20th-century French women artists Category:21st-century French women artists Category:Painters from Beijing Category:French contemporary artists Category:Sciences Po alumni Category:Alumni of Central Saint Martins Category:Women calligraphers --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Li Chevalier](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Chevalier) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Chevalier?action=history)). 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