Chinese artists by Michel Nau - Fanfan Li  李芳芳

 
 

 

 
 

 

 
 

Fanfan Li

 
 

李芳芳

 
     
 

Fanfan Li  李芳芳  -  portrait  -  chinesenewart

 
     
 
 
 

李芳芳 pinyin Li Fangfang

 

Fanfan Li  李芳芳 was born in Shenyang, Liaoning Province  China.

   

1958

She grew up with her grandparents because her parents both journalists,

 

were persecuted by Mao's Red Guards and deported for twenty years.

   

1971

She studied with Shen Roujian  沈柔堅 ( 1919-1998, Fujian province ), painter

 

and  Director of Cultural Affairs in Shanghai.

   
 

She joined the Fine Arts Academy in Nanjing, for five years of study with

 

Yu Ji Gao 喻继高 ( 1932- , Jiangsu province ) painter and President of the Fine.

 

Arts Academy.

   

1976

She joined ( the Traditionnal Chinese painting Department ) of the Fine Arts

 

Academy in Nanjing, for five years of study, with Yu Ji Gao 喻继高 ( 1932- ,

 

 Jiangsu province ) painter and President of the Academy of Fine Arts.

   

1980

She graduated from the Liaoning Anshan Institute of Design and Research

 

in Architecture.

   

1986

She left China for the United States and she settled in New York..

 

Unable to enter the Pratt Institute, for lack of money, she opted for the Fashion Institute  

 

of Technology, ( Jewellery section  ) and passed the exam.

   

1989

She took part in the competitions of the major luxury houses, organised within

 

the school.

 

She won the first Van Cleef & Arpels Prize, the best young designer, awarded

 

by the Colbert Committe.

   

1989 / 1994

She was a designer for the jewellery house Van Cleef & Arpels in New York.

   

1994 / 2002

She was a designer for the jewellery house Bulgari in New York.

   

1995

She was a student of C.C. Wang ( Wang Jiqian 王己千1907-2003 b. Suzhou ),

 

painter and patron of the Metropolitan Museum, New York.

   

1996

She was a student of Wang Fang Yu 王方宇 ( Fred Wang Fangyu 1913-1997 ),

 

calligrapher and professor of At history at Yale University.

   

2002

She decided to settle in France, in Paris.

 

She worked for Céline and later for Cartier, creating fashion accessories  and jewellery.

 

At the same time, she continued to paint her series The Way of the Dream and began

  to exhibit.
 

 

2003

She won the First Prize in all categories at 41st Salon of Fine Arts of Ile de France,

 

and the First Prize in the Salon  category at the Malta International Biennial.

   

2004

She was responsible for the illustration of the invitation for Le Salon du Livre.

   

2007

She published La voie du rêve  ( You Feng Editions).

 

She started her Peregrinations series.

   

2011

The Asian Arts Museum in Toulon, presented her bamboos landscapes.

   

2015

She illustrated with sixteen original  lithographs  La Pérégrination vers l'Ouest  

  by Wu Cheng'en, edited by Les Heures Claires.
   
  She lives and works in Paris  France.
   
 

Danièle Sicard

   


   
 

Solo exhibitions  selection

 

 

2004

Céline Space New York  United States

2004

Céline Space Tolyo  Japan

2004

Château de Villandry Villandry  France

2004

Kiron Gallery Paris  France

2004

Palais des Congrès Royan  France

2005

Yoshii Gallery Paris  France

2007

Château de Villandry Villandry  France

2009

Les Ateliers Kuoni Paris  France

2010

Kuoni Space Paris  France

2010

Sinitude Gallery Paris  France

2011

08.04 30.09 La voie du rêve Asian Arts Museum Toulon  France

2016

02.07 29. 08 La voie du rêve Richelieu Space Richelieu  France

   
 

Collective exhibitions  selection

   

2002

Elisabeth Wang Gallery New York  United States

2002

Sinitude Gallery Paris  France

2003

Joyce Gallery Paris  France

2003

41° Salon d'île de France Paris  France

2004

Grande Arche de la Défense Paris  France

2008

ARCO Madrid  Spain

   


   
 

Fanfan Li                                                                                             www.fanfanli.com

 


 
 

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Fanfan Li  李芳芳 - La Voie du Rêve

  La voie du rêve You Feng
  Fanfan Li 2007
  french chinese english  
  illustrated with paintings  and photos  
 

22 cm x 21,2 cm

 
 

isbn  978 2 84279 319 7

 
  168 p  
     
       
       
       
La Pérégrination - Wu Cheng'en   La Pérégrination vers l'Ouest

Ed. d'Art

  author Wu Cheng'en Les Heures
  lithographs Fanfan Li Claires
 

Original Illustrations of 5 chapiters of the book,

 
 

consisting in 516 paintings

 
 

Arches vellum paper 250 grams

 
 

- 1 copy with a colour original,  

 
 

the 5 originals of the chapter decorations

 
 

and 1 suite of 16 signed lithographs

 
 

- 15 copies numbered from 1 to 15    

 
 

with one original in colour,

 
 

and 1 suite of the 16 signed lithographs

 
 

- 5 copies numbered from 16 to 20

 
 

with an original line drawing,

 
 

a signed print order for a lithograph

 
 

and 1 suite of 16 signed lithographs

 
 

- 78 copies numbered from 21 to 98

 
   

with 1 suite of 16 signed lithographs

 
   

- 200 copies numbered from 99 to 298

 
   

with the final state of the lithographs

 
    25 cm x 37,5cm  

 

  180 p  
   

All copies are bound in full leather,

 
   

decorated in colour by Fanfan Li.

 
   

Each book is signed by the artist;

 
       


       
       

Fanfan Li  李芳芳 -  La voie du rêve 8.04 30.09 2011 Musée des Arts asiatiques Toulon

Fanfan Li -  La voie du rêve
8.04 30.09 2011 Musée des Arts asiatiques Toulon

 

Fanfan Li  李芳芳 -  La voie du rêve 02.07 29.08 2016  Espace Richelieu  Richelieu

Fanfan Li -  La voie du rêve  
02.07 29.08 2016  Espace Richelieu  Richelieu

 


 
 

Fanfan Li 李芳芳 with Michel Nau

Fanfan Li 李芳芳 with Michel Nau

 


 
 

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