1957

Li Shuang  李爽 was born in Beijing in an intellectual family.

1976

She met the Wuming Anonymous and  Xingxing Stars groups, movements

of artists made of poets, musicians, painters and scupltors who originated

the development of the Chinese Contemporary Art..

As a student, she was sent to the country and must work in the fields.

1978

When she came back to the city, she made a living creating sceneries 

for the Youth Artistic Theatre of Beijing.

1979

Li Shuang was the only female founder member of the Xingxing group, Stars*,

first vanguard artistic movement in China..

She participated in the first unauthorised exhibition on the fence of the parK

adjoigning the National museum of Beijing. The exhibition was soon repressed .

1980

The group was given the right to expose in the Huafangzai pavillon.

Li Shuang presened her work : The Light of Hopes.

At this occasion, she met her future husband, a young French diplomat.

1981

She was arrested and sentenced to two years in prison.

1983

She left her country for France.

* The main members of the Stars group were : Huang Rui, Ma Desheng, Wang Keping, Yan Li,

Qu Leilei, Mao Lizi, Bo Yun, Zhong Acheng, Yang Yiping, Ai Weiwei et Li Shuang.

Danièle Sicard

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Solo exhibitions  selection

1984

J & J Donguy Gallery Paris  France

1985

James Mayor  Gallery Paris  France

1985

Bellefroid Gallery Paris  France

1986

Ingrid'Gallery  Los Altos California United States

2000

Leda Fletcher Gallery Geneva  Switzerland

2002

Leda Fletcher Gallery Geneva  Switzerland

2003

De Arte Gallery Nantes  France

2004

Triangle Gallery Lyon  France

2004

Galerie du Monde Hong Kong

2003

Cathay Gallery Paris  France

2005

Triangle Gallery Lyon  France

2005

De Arte Gallery Nantes  France

2006

Triangle Gallery Lyon  France

2006

Galerie du Monde Hong Kong

2006

Serene complexity Galerie du Monde

2006

Linda Gallery Beijing  China

2007

Linda Gallery Singapore  Singapore

2007

Far from The Madding Crowd Kwai Fung Hin Gallery Hong Kong

2007

Triangle Gallery Lyon  France

2008

Retour de la Lumière Willem Kerseboom Gallery Amsterdam  Netherlands

2008

Dunhuang Art Center Shanghai  China

2010

2013

13.04 31.05 L'amour céleste Triangle Gallery Lyon  France

Collective exhibitions   selection

1986

Seven artists from China - Ai Weiwei, Bai Jingzhou, Li Shuang, Ma Desheng, Yan Li,

Yuan Yan Li, Yuan Yunsheng, Zhang Hongtu Vorpal Gallery San Francisco  United States

1987

La gravure sur bois chinoise Pompidou Center Paris  France

1987

Tiananmen June fourth Pompidou Center Paris  France

1989

The Stars : Ten years Hanart  Gallery Hong Kong

2000

The Stars : Twenty years Tokyo Gallery Tokyo  Japan

2003

Happiness Art Beatus Gallery Vancouver  Canada

2004

Galerie du Monde Hong Kong  China

2005

Reflection  Art Beatus GalleryVancouver  Canada

2006

China Heat Linda Gallery Jakarta  Indonesia

2007

Origin Point-Star Group Today Art Museum Beijing  China

2011

De la Cité Interdite à la Cité des Papes Espace Saint-Louis Avignon  France

Salons  selection

1984

Salon d'Automne  Paris  France

1985

Salon Figuration critique  Paris France

1987

Salon Figuration critique  Paris France

1992

Salon international MAE  Saint Aignan France

2001

Salon de Mars Genêve  Switzerland

2005

Art Singapore  Singapore

2006

Art Singapore  Singapore

2007

Art Singapore  Singapore

2006

Art Beijing Beijing  China

2008

Art Beijing  Beijing China

2008

Art Paris 08  Paris  France

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Li Shuang, genuine, generous. Fragrance of the Renaissance.

Pungency. Fervour. Holy icons. Madonnas. Secret feminities.

Oui, dit Luxun, j'ai volé le feu d'un pays étranger, mais c'était pour en cuire ma

propre chair dans l'idée que, si elle en prenait meilleur goût et que beaucoup

de gens en profitent, je n'aurais pas gaspillé mon corps*

* « Traduction serrée et Caractère de classe de la littérature », 1930, V. Cf. Essais choisis, t. I.

p. 385. Cité in LUXUN pamphlets et libelles (1925-1936) présentation et traduction par Michelle Loi,

François Maspero éditeur Paris 1977