Lihong Bai (白莉鸿）

Lihong Bai (weeds) is a London-based artist whose practice is predicated on a critical tension between inherited tradition and contemporary rupture. Grounded in over fifteen years of training in traditional Chinese ink painting, she reconfigures its syntax through performance and spatial installation, using acts of tearing, abrasion, burning, and scraping as a material way of thinking.

Lihong holds an MA in Painting from the Royal College of Art (2024) and a BA (First-Class Honours) from the Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, where she received the Dean’s Award. In 2024, she was endorsed by Arts Council England as an Exceptional Talent. Her work has been presented at the Malta Biennale (2024), Somerset House, and the Shanghai International Art Festival. Her ongoing project Weeds—a research-led body of work examining ecological and political resilience—toured the British Consulates in New York and Los Angeles in 2025 following a five-day endurance performance developed at the RCA.

Her work is held in the permanent collections of the Beijing Contemporary Art Museum and the Museum of East Asian Art, Bath, and has been featured by publications including Art-Net, FAD Magazine, and Trebuchet. Upcoming projects include an exhibition at MadArts, research residencies in Beijing and the UK, a solo presentation currently in development, and a forthcoming monograph with Artsinsquare.