Dinu Li

Senior Lecturer, BA Photography

Dinu Li is an interdisciplinary artist working with the moving image, photography, installation and performance. In his practice, Li examines the manifestation of culture in the everyday, finding new meaning to the familiar, making visible the seemingly invisible. Archives plays an active role in Li’s work, used as points of departure for his projects. His methodology is research based, with an emphasis on appropriation and reconfiguration. Li’s work is often characterised by problematising the document as part of the modus operandi.  

Li has exhibited both nationally and internationally, including the 53rd Venice Biennale; the 3rdBucharest Biennale; Tashkent Biennale 2007, Uzbekistan; Tatton Park Biennial 2012; EVA 2005; Contact FotoFest 05, Toronto; PHotoEspana 13, Madrid; Bildmuseet, Umea, Sweden; Oldenburger Kunstverein, Germany; the Irish Museum of Contemporary Art, Dublin; White Space 798, Beijing; the V&A, London; OCT Loft, Shenzhen; Konsthall C, Farsta, Sweden; Chalk Horse, Sydney; San Antonio Art Gallery, Texas; and Alternative Space Loop, Seoul. 

Li’s works are held in private collections in Berlin, London, St Gallen and Zurich. He has undertaken international artist residencies for ArtSway in Sichuan; OCAT in Shenzhen; an Artists Exchange Residency in Central Asia through the British Council, Space and Cornerhouse. Li’s work has been in several publications as well as his own monographs and is featured in Phaidon’s 2013 survey book ‘The Chinese Art Book’ showcasing artworks by two hundred significant Chinese artists since the Shang Dynasty. He has presented papers in many conferences including Urban Encounters at Tate Britain in 2017. 

Dinu Li joined Falmouth University in 2015 as Senior Lecturer in BA Photography

External Links

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Contact details

Telephone 01326259174
Email dinu.li@falmouth.ac.uk
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    Qualifications

    Qualifications

    Year Qualification Awarding body
    2012 Fellow The Higher Education Academy
    2001 BA Photography Liverpool John Moores University

    Membership of external committees

    Association for Photography in Higher Education

    Research Interests

    Research interests and expertise

    Photography as time based media
    Issue based practices
    Photography and sculpture
    Performance within photography

    Research Outputs

    Publications and research outputs

    Exhibition

    Li, Dinu ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6632-7602 (2019) The Anatomy of Place. [Exhibition]
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    Li, Dinu ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6632-7602 (2019) Nation Family. [Exhibition]
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    Li, Dinu ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6632-7602 (2018) Here/Elsewhere. [Exhibition]
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    Li, Dinu ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6632-7602 (2018) The Anatomy of Place. [Exhibition]
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    Li, Dinu ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6632-7602 (2018) Nation Family. [Exhibition]
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    Li, Dinu ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6632-7602 (2016) The Mother of All Journeys. [Exhibition]
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    Li, Dinu ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6632-7602 (2016) The Ubiquitous One. [Exhibition]
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    Li, Dinu ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6632-7602 (2015) The Mother of All Journeys. [Exhibition]
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    Li, Dinu ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6632-7602 (2015) Multiplicity. [Exhibition]
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    Media

    Li, Dinu ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6632-7602 (2018) Nation Family. [Media] Item availability may be restricted.
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    Teaching

    Areas of teaching

    • Practice based photography

    Courses taught

    • BA (Hons) Photography

    Professional Engagement

    Independent professional practice

    Solo Exhibitions

    2018 As If I Were A River – Bury Art Museum
    2018 The Anatomy of Place – Danielle Arnaud Gallery, London
    2012 Nella Mia Fantasia – ICIA, Bath
    2010 Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is Mystery – QUAD, Derby
    2009 Family Village – Danielle Arnaud Gallery, London
    2009 The Mother of All Journeys – Amelia Johnson Contemporary, Hong Kong
    2009 Family Village – The Arts Institute at Bournemouth
    2008 Press The Star, Then Say Hello – Manchester Art Gallery
    2008 Dinu Li – ArtSway, Hampshire
    2008 The Mother of All Journeys – Museumsnacht, St Gallen, Switzerland
    2008 Where Memories Take Me – Petra Rietz Salon, Berlin
    2007 The Mother of All Journeys – 42 New Briggate, Leeds
    2007 Chronicle of a Dream Foretold – The Bigger Picture, Manchester
    2005 Age of Transition – BCA Gallery, Bedford 
    2005 As If I Were A River – Bury Arts Gallery & Museum
    2005 As If I Were A River – Mid Pennine Gallery, Burnley
    2005 As If I Were A River – Waterside Art Gallery, Manchester
    2004 Outside Are Our Dreams – Chapman Gallery, Salford

    Group Exhibitions

    2020 The Winter Garden Project – Houston Centre for Photography
    2019 Look Photo Biennial – Liverpool
    2019 Exeter Contemporary Open – Exeter Phoenix 
    2019 NAE Open –New Art Exchange, Nottingham
    2018 Here/Elsewhere – He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen
    2018 Oriel Davies Open 2018 – Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown, Wales
    2017 We Write Our Own History – Angkor Photography Festival
    2016 WYNG Masters Award – Exhibition Gallery, Central Library Hong Kong
    2016 Sunscreen – Quad, Derby
    2016 Sunscreen – New Art Exchange, Nottingham
    2015 DongGang International Photography Festival, South Korea
    2015 Work, Rest & Play – The Photographers’ Gallery at OCT Loft, Shenzhen, China
    2013 All Together Now – Odean, Chester
    2013 PHotoEspana 13 – IED, Madrid
    2013 Collection Selection III – Christian Roellin Gallery, St Gallen
    2012 Flights of Fancy – Tatton Park Biennial 2012
    2012 Rooftop Screenings – 2012 Hong Kong Art Fair
    2012 PhotoIreland – Irish Museum of Contemporary Art, Dublin
    2012 The World in London – The Photographers Gallery offsite project
    2011 ARTPROJX Cinema – SVA Theatre, New York
    2011 Hunter, Gatherer – Project Space Leeds
    2011 Peripheries – Piccadilly Place, Manchester
    2011 Asia Triennial Manchester II – Bury Art Museum
    2011 Window Projects – Amelia Johnson Contemporary, Hong Kong
    2010 Public Discourse Sphere – Alternative Space Loop, Seoul, Korea
    2010 Diorama Projections – 2P Contemporary Art Gallery, Hong Kong
    2010 Contemporary Chinese Photography – Oldenburger Kunstverein, Germany
    2010 The Problem of Asia – Para/Site Art Space HK at Chalk Horse, Sydney
    2010 Asia Feature – Christian Roellin Gallery, Zurich
    2009 53rd Venice Biennale – ArtSway’s New Forest Pavilion, Venice
    2009 Distance Decay – Diorama, Arles, France
    2009 The Map: Navigating the Present – Konsthall C, Farsta, Sweden
    2008 The Map: Navigating the Present – Bildmuseet, Umea, Sweden
    2008 Secret Shadows – Pingyao International Photography Festival, China
    2008 Visions in the Nunnery – Nunnery Gallery, London
    2008 Being Here. Mapping The Contemporary  – The 3rdBucharest Biennale
    2007 London Is The Place For Me – Rivington Place, London
    2007 Central Asian Project – Tashkent Biennale, Uzbekistan
    2007 Central Asian Project – Underground Hall, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
    2007 Central Asian Project – Tengri-Umay Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan
    2007 Central Asian Project – SPACE, London
    2007 Central Asian Project – Cornerhouse, Manchester
    2006 3 UK Artists in Central Asia – Exhibition Hall, Almaty, Kazakhstan
    2006 In Exposed Areas – Kulturbunker, Cologne
    2006 Liminal Britain – University of Texas at San Antonio Art Gallery
    2005 The Mother of All Journeys – Victoria and Albert Museum
    2005 Liminal Britain – University of North Texas Art Gallery
    2005 Escaping: Fugitive Geography – Contact Foto Fest 05 Toronto                 
    2005 Open ev+a 2005 – St. Mary’s Chapel, Limerick
    2004 Assembly – Liverpool Biennale
    2004 Home – Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery
    2004 Family Stories – White Space 798, Beijing
    2004 Home – Artsdepot, London
    2004 Trace – Hirschl Gallery, London
    2004 Home – Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery
    2004 Home – Derby Museum and Art Gallery
    2004 Home – Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester
    2003 River Journeys – The Lowry, Salford
    2002 Ten Thousand Li – Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool
    2002 Ten Thousand Li – Photofusion, London
    2002 Ten Thousand Li – Impressions, York
    2002 Ten Thousand Li – Folly Gallery, Lancaster
    2002 Ten Thousand Li – Collins Gallery, Glasgow

    Curatorial Projects

    2006 - 2007 Make it a Better Place – Holden Gallery, MMU, Manchester 
    2006 - 2007 Look 07, Artistic Programmer 
    2002 - 2004 Home - Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester