Dinu Li

Membership of external committees

• Association for Photography in Higher Education

Research interests and expertise

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

Areas of teaching

• Practice based photography

Courses taught

• BA (Hons) Photography

Independent professional practice

Solo Exhibitions2018 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, SalfordGroup Exhibitions2020 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, GlasgowCuratorial Projects2006 - 2007 Make it a Better Place – Holden Gallery, MMU, Manchester 
2006 - 2007 Look 07, Artistic Programmer 
2002 - 2004 Home - Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester