XinMo Li

Introduction

XinMo Li was born in 1976 in Heilongjiang Province, Yilan County. She has a master's degree in Chinese Art from Tianjin University. She is a member of the German IO culture institution, vice president of Chinese and Germany culture communication organization. XinMo Li is well known for her Art which combines the traditional Chinese Art style and Western Art techniques. Her works have been shown and collected in many countries including France, Italy, United States, Sweden and Germany. XinMo Li's research targets on feminism theory and modern arts which criticize social structure and stereotype.

Exhibitions

• “I need a break” presented in ShangHai city 2007 January.
• “Breathing” presented in Shangdong Province 2007 April.
• Presented in Chinese Art Show 2008 April.
• Presented in “Chuan” Modern Art Show 2008 May.
• Presented in ShangHai Toronto Art Show 2008 August.
• Presented in Beijing Art Show 2008 September.
• Presented in New Modern Art Show 2008 September.
• Presented in “Road” Modern Art Show 2008 October.
• Presented in Italy Studio Art Show 2008 November
• Presented in Traditional Chinese Art Show 2008 December 21.
• Presented in “Chinese Patient” Show in New York 2009 January.

Personal Blog

XinMo Li has many articles and interviews in her blog.^[1] Most of these items criticize Chinese social structure. The report at the top is about a meeting for feminists to talk about the differences between Chinese social structures and Swedish society and the rights of women. The article explains how the society promotes the rights of women and how to achieve the equality in the political and social system. "They are developed because they used the resource from another half^[2]" is what they described Sweden society. The example used in the interview is that, instead of women have parental leave, men in the family must take parental leave to take the responsibility caring for the kids.

Art Work

“Memory of Vagina”^[3] is one piece of art which targeting on the patriarchy society. Using a gun to describe the patriarchy society and visualized the damage to women from the community. This work is an example of how the invisible violence from the community has been materialized in the modern art.

Barriers

Even though Xinmo Li's art work has been accepted by many Western country, the impact of her idea and art has not been promoted to the public domestically. The conflicts between traditional Chinese culture and performance art have natively affect many feminist arts in China. Most feminists who use modern art to propose their idea to protect the rights for women are not accepted by the public.^[4]

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