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Biography
Hongwei Li is a Chinese sculptor. He currently works and lives in Beijing and New York.
Biography
In 2005 he received a bachelor's degree in sculpture from the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. In 2007 he completed his master's degree from the School of Art and Design of Alfred University (Alfred, NY) and then served as a faculty member there. Now he is a tenured faculty of the College of Fine Arts at the Capital Normal University (Beijing).
Since 2009 he has been a visiting scholar of Alfred University.
Work
Over the years, his works have been exhibited in the National Art Museum of China, the Louvre, the Art Institute of Chicago
In 2013, he was awarded the Taylor Prize by the 2013 France International Salon.
Hongwei's works are in the permanent collections of the Art Institute of Chicago and the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts in Texas.