Lihong Bai (白莉鸿)

-was born in Inner Mongolia, China, and is currently based in London. She specializes in action painting, performance art, and filmmaking.

She began studying traditional Chinese painting at the age of six, honing her skills at the Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts before earning an MFA in Painting from the Royal College of Art. Influenced by Chinese painting, Eastern philosophy, and Foucault’s spatial theories, she merges traditional techniques with contemporary methodologies, expanding the boundaries of painting through performance and multimedia.

Her practice revolves around the fluidity of identity, cultural nomadism, and self-transformation. In the context of globalization, she employs destruction and reconstruction as metaphors for the struggles of cultural nomads—both as an inquiry into identity and a phenomenological experiment in transient empowerment. Deeply inspired by Zen philosophy, she believes that individuals are born whole, yet are continuously shaped by external forces. Her work explores the interplay between desire and the self, materializing the tension between inner purity and external construction. Through her practice, she embraces desire not as an opposition to selfhood but as an integral force in the journey of returning to one’s essence.

Her work has been exhibited at the Malta Biennale, Milan International Film Festival, and Shanghai International Arts Festival, among others. Her pieces are held in the collections of institutions such as the Beijing Contemporary Art Museum and the East Asian Art Museum in Bath. She was also awarded the Best Emerging Contemporary Artist Award in Hong Kong.

白莉鸿，出生于中国内蒙古，工作生活于伦敦。专注于行动绘画、行为艺术与电影制作。

她自六岁起研习中国传统绘画，在天津美术学院磨练技艺，后于英国皇家艺术学院获得绘画硕士学位。受中国画、东方哲学及福柯空间理论影响，她将传统技法与现代方法结合，通过行为艺术和多媒体拓展绘画的边界。

她的创作围绕身份的易变性、文化游牧与自我的流动性展开。在全球化背景下，她以**“破坏”与“重建”隐喻文化游牧民的挣扎**，既是对身份的探究，也是对短暂性赋权（transient empowerment）的现象学实验。同时，她深受禅宗思想启发，相信个体生而完整，探索欲望与自我之间的流动关系。她将内心纯粹与外在构造的张力具象化，在抗争与顺应、失落与重塑之间寻找平衡。她不抗拒欲望，而是接受其在塑造自我过程中的作用，使之成为回归本心的一部分。

她的作品曾展出于马耳他双年展、米兰国际电影节、上海国际艺术节等，并被北京当代艺术馆、巴斯东亚艺术博物馆等机构收藏。曾获香港最佳当代艺术家新人奖。