Close-up of a dark surface with red glowing particles and some white foamy areas, possibly a cosmic or abstract scene.

“We are the landscape, we are where we belong.”

Lihong Bai(weeds), 白莉鸿, b.1999, born in Inner Mongolia, China. base London.

Grounded in fifteen years of traditional Taoist-influenced ink practice, Lihong Bai deconstructs the 'static idyll' through the lens of what Foucault called heterotopia, spaces that exist in contrast or tension with the ordinary, much like a secret garden or an attic filled with forgotten memories. Going beyond performance, Painting, and moving image, her work moves beyond the image to create material encounters where body, landscape, and institutional memory collide.

Education

MA Painting, Royal College of Art, London, UK 2023-2024

BA Traditional Chinese Painting, Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, Tianjin, China, 2019-2023, Graduated with first-class honours

Selected Group Exhibitions

Upcoming(2026)

A Changed Environment, Messums West, UK

Ignite Art & Light Festival, MAD Arts, Florida, US

Blooming on Paper, Somerset House (UG), London，UK, 2025

Folower world, The Museum of East Asian Art, Bath, UK, 2025

Weeds, British Consulate, NewYork, USA, 2025

Armpit Hair Horseshit, Fleet Contemporary Art Fair, London, UK, 2025

The Joy of Fish and Water, Malta Biennale, Valletta, Malta, 2024

Putting Desire on the Table, Museum of Contemporary Art, Beijing, China, 2024

Materia Medica, Shanghai International Art Festival, China, 2024

Putting Desire on the Table, Arusha Gallery, London, UK, 2024

The Joy of Fish and Water, Milan Video Film Festival, Milan, Italy, 2023

Dragon , Beijing Time Museum, Beijing, China, 2023

The Metamorphosis, Guan ShanYue Art Museum, Shenzhen, China,2023

My My My, Tianjin Art Museum, China, 2023