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Li Chevalier (; born March 30, 1961) is a Chinese-born artist who moved to France and became a French citizen in 1986. She is a member of the French National Fine Art Society (SNBA). She has been working at the crossroads of Europe and Asia for the past two decades . Her first retrospective exhibition was held in 2010 at the National Art Museum of China in Beijing. Her works are part of the permanent collection of this institution. Li Chevalier is mostly known for her "Euro-Asian" art language, born out of blending western media and elements of eastern traditional art. Her exhibitions are mostly distinguished by her own particular spatial composition and scenographic design. == Biography == Li Chevalier (Shilan in Chinese) belongs to this generation of Chinese artists who found their "promised land" in France in the 80's. Recruited at the age of 15 by the Chinese Army as singer, she was demobilized 5 years later. As a young student, she engaged into the vibrant intellectual debates centered on humanistic ideas that engulfed China in the early 80’s. Man and his alienation were at the center of discussions in a China traumatized by its dramatic past; this intellectual movement was interrupted end 1983 following the launch of a governmental campaign called "anti-spiritual pollution". Li Chevalier left China in 1984. Arriving in France, she decided to study political science and philosophy before embarking on training in the visual arts, wishing to explore issues that had been left unresolved in her mind. Following undergraduate studies at the Institute of Political Science of Paris (1986–1990), she pursued a masters’ degree in political philosophy at the Sorbonne University and earned her M.A in Philosophy in 1990 ( She received her initial training in classical painting in Italy in the mid 1990s. She attended in France the master classes of French painters Rémy Aron, Thibaut de Reimpré and Pierre-Henry. She received her nomination for membership of the French National Fine Art Society (SNBA) in 2003. Her work has been displayed annually in the new gallery of the Louvre since 2003. Chevalier has been among the selected artists representing SNBA at one of the major national art events in France, "L'Art en Capital", taking place in Paris’ Grand Palais.〔(LI CHEVALIER )〕 In December 2004, the US Virginia Common Wealth University School of Art in Qatar hosted a major solo exhibition for Chevalier, presenting for the first time her experimental ink painting collection. Chevalier went to London in 2003 to attend the Dali Studio at the Central Saint Martins’ College of Art and Design. She later enrolled in post graduate studies in fine art and received her degree in 2007. In the same year she won the competition for displaying her work at the Royal Academy summer exhibition in London. She was also shortlisted for Celeste Art Prize, an art competition organised by the London’s Goldsmith School of Arts. At that time the Rector of the University of the Art, London, Lord Michael Bichard discovered Chevalier's work and became a collector. Chevalier embarked on the Chinese art scene in 2007. She met the Chinese art theorist Peng Feng, Director the of the Chinese Pavilions at the 54e Venice Biennale, who became the art curator for Chevalier's major exhibitions in three Chinese National Museums. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Li Chevalier」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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