Li Jiaqing
Li Jiaqing
Li Jiaqing was born in 1995 in China and currently lives and works in Frankfurt and Shenzhen. He studied at Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts (2015) and Hochschule für Kunst im sozial ottersberg (2018), and graduated from Kunsthochschule Mainz (2025). His practice focus on the relationships between formal structures, linguistic systems, and the generation of logic. Through digital modeling and material translation, he constructs visual modules, conceiving of each work as a node within a broader language system rather than as an isolated image or event. Rooted in the traditions of structuralism and semiotics, his methodology emphasizes the logical evolution of form and its historical responsibility. Within a contemporary context shaped by suspended judgment and mechanism-driven systems, he seeks to reconstruct the systematic and critical dimensions of artistic language. In contrast to practices driven primarily by emotional expression or social narrative, Li underscores the linguistic coherence and logical autonomy of the work, proposing that structures can be inherited, misreadings absorbed, and judgment generated. He regards art as a practical response to cognitive structures, rather than a superficial participation in the mechanisms of visuality.
His recent selected solo/duo exhibitions include: "Driving in the Void", Vanguard Gallery, Shanghai, China (2026); “Begründeter Dialog”, DODGERS GALLERY, Guangzhou, China (2025); “Motherboard & Process”, Apotheke, Mainz, Germany (2022). His selected group exhibitions include: “Placeholder”, Triumph Gallery, Beijing, China (2025); “Common Ground”, K-Lab, Mainz, Germany (2025); “I Did It My Way”, ISM Art Space, Shenzhen, China (2025); “German Symphony”, KCCA, Shenzhen, China (2025); “45 Jahre Galerie Van der Koelen”, Kunsthalle Mainz, Mainz, Germany (2024); “Keep Running”, Stiftung für Konkrete Kunst Freiburg (Foundation for Concrete Art), Freiburg, Germany (2024); “Experimente V – Spuren”, Kunsthalle Mainz, Mainz, Germany (2023); “Temporary Solids”, KWR40, Mainz, Germany (2022); “The Grass Is Always Greener”, Kunstquartier Bethanien, Studio 1, Berlin, Germany (2022); “Schwarzer Nebel – Weißer Rauch”, Kokerei Hansa, Dortmund, Germany (2019); “Karussell (Class of Prof. Jochen Stenschke)”, Level One, Hamburg, Germany (2018).
His recent selected solo/duo exhibitions include: "Driving in the Void", Vanguard Gallery, Shanghai, China (2026); “Begründeter Dialog”, DODGERS GALLERY, Guangzhou, China (2025); “Motherboard & Process”, Apotheke, Mainz, Germany (2022). His selected group exhibitions include: “Placeholder”, Triumph Gallery, Beijing, China (2025); “Common Ground”, K-Lab, Mainz, Germany (2025); “I Did It My Way”, ISM Art Space, Shenzhen, China (2025); “German Symphony”, KCCA, Shenzhen, China (2025); “45 Jahre Galerie Van der Koelen”, Kunsthalle Mainz, Mainz, Germany (2024); “Keep Running”, Stiftung für Konkrete Kunst Freiburg (Foundation for Concrete Art), Freiburg, Germany (2024); “Experimente V – Spuren”, Kunsthalle Mainz, Mainz, Germany (2023); “Temporary Solids”, KWR40, Mainz, Germany (2022); “The Grass Is Always Greener”, Kunstquartier Bethanien, Studio 1, Berlin, Germany (2022); “Schwarzer Nebel – Weißer Rauch”, Kokerei Hansa, Dortmund, Germany (2019); “Karussell (Class of Prof. Jochen Stenschke)”, Level One, Hamburg, Germany (2018).
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