Lihong Bai (白莉鸿)

is a London-based, Chinese-born artist, painter, performer, filmmaker.  

After her university in Chinese traditional Painting at Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts alums, she finished her MA in contemporary painting at the Royal College of Arts.

- began learning traditional Chinese painting at the age of 6. She was deeply influenced by traditional Chinese Taoist philosophy and Foucault's spatial philosophy, which led her to develop a unique style that combines traditional techniques with contemporary approaches. She is dedicated to explore the boundaries of painting through performance and media, explores the heterotopias that exist between present spaces and time. Lihong focuses on Asian identities amid cultural change, Chinese women's social attributes, Generation Z's perspective, and personal unconscious struggles. Additionally. Her work delves into the relationship between the philosophy of life, feminism, nature, and science.

Her works are collected at the Beijing Museum of Contemporary Art and showcased at the Malta Biennale, Milan International Film Festival, Shanghai International Art Festival, and various galleries in London, Japan, and Paris. The RCA principal highly recommended her graduation project, which was exhibited at the British Consulate in San Francisco. Recently, she received the Hong Kong Best Contemporary Artist Newcomer Award and has been featured in Art-Net, Artplugged, Trebuchet Magazine, FAD Magazine, Artron Art, Art China, and China Contemporary Art Network.