Li Ziyi, member of the International Federation of Literary and Art Circles

Li Ziyi, formerly known as Baoshan, is a renowned contemporary mural artist and representative of the Gongbi style. He is currently a member of the International Federation of Literature and Arts and a national first-class artist. In his early years, he studied Chinese painting with Li Fuxing, a disciple of Sun Qifeng and Yin Shoushi. Later, he followed his mentor to copy murals at the Fahai Temple in Beijing, and thus developed a strong interest in mural research and creation. In 1998, he chose to enter the Art School of Harbin Normal University for further studies and was fortunate enough to learn Gongbi freehand brushwork from Lu Yushun and Gong Jianhua. After graduation, he met Hou Yimin, a leading mural figure at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, and under the careful guidance of Hou, he embarked on a journey to China. The artistic path of traditional murals.

In 2003, the work "Weituo" was exhibited at the Watch Theme Painting Exhibition held in Dunhuang

In 2005, a large-scale solo exhibition was held in the 798 Art District of Beijing

In 2007, the work participated in the Paris Home Art and Decoration Exhibition and was collected

In 2010, he participated in the large-scale mural exhibition of Mount Wutai (Wenshu, Hongfa) in Shanxi

In 2011, the work participated in the Centennial Exhibition of Tsinghua University and was permanently collected by the university

The work was exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in 2014

The 2014 mural work "The Great Sun Tathagata" was exhibited and collected at the National Museum of Modern Art in New Delhi, India

The work was exhibited at the National Museum of Western Art in Japan in 2016

In 2019, a series of teaching books (book number: ISBN-978-7-5305-9183-3) were published by Tianjin People's Fine Arts Publishing House

The 2019 artwork was exhibited and collected by the National Gallery of Singapore

In 2023, a large-scale exhibition with the theme of "Reproducing Dunhuang" will be held in Songzhuang, Beijing

In 2024, the artwork will be exhibited and collected at the Xu Beihong Art Exhibition