exhibition title
Seminare nuovi immaginari
First edition
I luoghi dell'anima e della terra

VILLA VALLERO - Rivarolo Canavese (Torino, Italy)
from December 10, 2022 to January 15, 2023
What do you see?
meetings in black and white
Urban workshop for production of joint photographs

Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Torino, Bookshop area dal 10 al 27 novembre 2022 - Open until December 15
ArtSite Fest 2022
Tales for harsh days
Chen Li - "Il lungo viaggio"

Palazzo Biandrate, Museo Storico della Reale Mutua, via Garibaldi 22 Torino dal 4 ottobre al 6 novembre 2022
What does indifference mean?
Casa Natale di Antonio Gramsci, Ales (OR) curated by: Margaret Sgarra
Lettere dall'orizzonte temporale,
SCD Studio Perugia
Le parole della terra
Palazzo Opesso Chieri
Qualcosa nell'aria
FSRR Torino
The yearning for the irrational
Casa Regis, Valdilana, Italy

PARI, Polo delle Arti Relazionali e Irregolari di Palazzo Barolo, Torino, Italy
RASSEGNA SINGOLARE E PLURALE 2021
a project by Città di Torino & Opera Barolo, curated by Artenne & Forme in bilico

from May 21 until June 6 2021
INFO: Entrance via Corte d'Appello 20/C Torino Only during opening days: Via delle Orfane 7

"An artist is no other than she who unlearns what she has learned, in order to know herself."
EE Cummings 

This video is a tribute to Marina Abramovic's Manifesto.  I was really inspired by this grandmother of performance art and by her words. It can be useful not only for artists but also for everybody. It's a very universal message. I hope you will enjoy the mood I found to represent my way. During this period "after C19" I am going to prepare some virtual exhibitions on my website and on social media, so we can keep in contact for our future life together. 

Chen Li is a chinese artist based in Italy. Her work is about poetry, nature and words. 

 
Chen Li wrote the titles for the Oscar winning film "Call me by your name" by Luca Guadagnino in 2017.

more info: https://www.chenli.it

The place, Mandelieu La Napoule, near Cannes, on the French Riviera has a wild nature and a beautiful climate. Colors and people, multicolored and multicultural environment inspired many of the works that I made in my studio at the château. This land enchanted many artists and travelers of the last century by its lush nature and its mild climate, by the light and by its descreet and welcoming population, by its delicious food and above all by the freedom of democracy. 
Mandelieu, France, 2019 video: Chen Li music: Bensound enigmatic

Château La Napoule, LNAF 2019 Residency Dominique Godrèche, writer, journalist, art critic, from France Cynthia Manick, American Poet living Brooklyn (NY) Bianca Mikhan, American performance artist, poet & composer, writer Denver (CO) Sarah Abdel-Jelil, American dancer, performer, filmmaker, Minneapolis Li Chen, Chinese visual artist, living in Torino, Italy Hiroya Miura, Japanese composer, living in Maine, USA David Keane, Irish writer, living in Dublin Ryan Frank, American photographer and sculptor, living in NY William Cochran, American visual artist, Maryland

WHAT IS CALLIGRAPHY?
Praise of swear words by Chen Li
 
"Swear words" by Chen Li, 2019

Because the dirty word belongs to pop culture, I want to give it the dignity it deserves, elevate it, clear customs. A dirty word is forever.

The slightly exaggerated decorative calligraphy is perfect for creating an incongruent duet with the message it brings. It is also a criticism of calligraphy as an end in itself, an unconscious vehicle of banal messages, or as in this case swear words. The power of writing ...
Chen Li

CHEN LI STUDIO - STUDIO VISITING ON APPOINTMENT, TORINO, VIA PRINCIPE TOMMASO 26A - ITALY

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 1998-2022
2022 "ArtSite Fest 2022 - Tales for the harsh days, Museum of Reale Mutua, Torino, Italy, curator: Domenico Papa
2022 "Lettere dall'orizzonte temporale", SCD Studio Gallery, Perugia, Italy, curators: Barbara Pavan, Susanna Cati
2018 “Happiness - recipes”, Museo Civico di Moncalvo, Moncalvo, Italy, curator: prof. Alberto Cottino
2018 “The image-writing” - Accademia dei bambini, Fondazione Prada, Milan, Italy, curator: dr. Giannetta Ottilia Latis
2018 "Viaggio in occidente - 西游记" - November 1-4, Zhisong, via Aosta 4, Torino, Italy
2017
2017 “Segni, tracce, scritture” - Accademia dei bambini, Fondazione Prada, Milan, Italy, curator: dr. Giannetta Ottilia Latis

2016
2016 “Chen Li”, Galerie Hotel de Clérieu, Romans sur Isère, France ,
2016 “Immagine+Calligrafia – Image + Calligraphy”, ArtiSM3160 gallery, Venezia; curator: arch. Anita Cerpelloni
2015
2015 “Roots”, Mausoleo della Bela Rosin, Turin; curator: Chen Li
2014
2014 “Chen Li Works 1997-2014”, Libreria Dentis Turin, Italy; curator: Dario Paolo Dentis
2012
2012 “Passaggio in Cina”, Movicentro Acqui Terme; curator: Vittorio Tonon
2012 “Passaggio in Cina”, Barriera Albertina, Novara; curator: Vittorio Tonon
2012 “La danza del pennello”, SG Gallery, Venezia; curator: Kathy Frate
2011
2011 “Made in China”, WAD, Delft (Holland); curator: Paula Kouwenhoven
2011 “L’eleganza del gelsomino”, Isola di San Rocco, Mondovì (Cuneo); curator: Carlo arch. Pellegrino. Presentazione di Gianfranco Schialvino.
2010
2010 "Made in China - get out of my mind, get out of this room", Triennale Bovisa Foundation, Milan, Italy; curator: Patrizia Rappazzo
2009
2009 Here, There and Everywhere: Anticipating the Art of the Future - Scriptease Chen Li + Susanne Muller – Baji, Boston, MA (USA); curator: Mary Sherman
2008
2008 “Di terra di parole di segni”, con Maria Teresa Frizzarin, Archibios, Turin
2008 “Il sogno della camera rossa”, Banca Popolare di Novara, Verbania; curator: Marisa Cortese
2007
2007 “Side by side”, Biblioteca Civica A. Arduino, Moncalieri (TO); curator: Silvana Nota
2007 “Omaggio a Cesare Pavese”, S. Stefano Belbo (CN); curator: Novena Molteni
2007 “Chen Li / Davor Ciglar”, Rocca di Tentennaro, Castiglione d’Orcia (SI); curator: F. Chiantese
2006
2006 “I territori dell’arte”, Palazzo Vittone, Pinerolo; curator: Ezio Giaj
2006 “Di segni e parole” con Claudio Jaccarino, Vernazza; curator: Claudio Jaccarino
2006 “Frammenti” con Tino Aime, Condove (TO); curator: Emanuela Sarti
2005
2005 Comuna Baires, Milan; curator: Claudio Jaccarino
2004
2004 “Tessiture calligrafiche”, InGenio, Turin; curator: Tea Taramino
2004 “Ritmi e trasparenze - Rythm and transparencies”, Biblioteca civica Geisser, Turin; curator: Roberto Emprin
2003
2003 “Canto e discanto”, Libreria Fontana, Turin; curator: Gianfranco Fontana + Andrea Mosconi
2003 “Canto e discanto II”, Circolo Arci Il Pueblo, Turin
2002
2002 “Scribo Ergo Sum”, Museo della cavalleria, Pinerolo; curator: Ezio Giaj
2001
2001 “La Danza dei Segni”, Sala delle Arti, Certosa Reale, Collegno; curator: Sergio Bertolotto
1998
1998 “Tra Forma e Scrittura”, Libreria Fontana, Turin; curator: Gianfranco Fontana

GROUP EXHIBITIONS 1998-2022
2022 "Seminare nuovi immaginari- prima edizione" - Villa Vallero, Rivarolo, Italy; curators: R. Mastroianni, Tea Taramino in collaboration with Chiara Borgaro
2022 "Tu cosa vedi?" - Fondazione Sandretto; curator: Tea Taramino
2022 "International identities" - Pääkirjaston Galleria, Hämeenlinna, Finland; curator: Pirjo Heino
2022 "La collettiva delle collettive" - Villa Simonetto, Verbania, Italy; curators: Marisa Cortese with Vittorio Tonon
2022 "What does indifference mean?" - Casa Natale Antonio Gramsci, Ales, Italy; curator: Margaret Sgarra
2022 "Restart!" - Imbiancheria del Vajro, Chieri; curator: Silvana Nota
2021 "Le parole della terra", Palazzo Opesso, Chieri, curator: Silvana Nota
2021 "The yearning for the irrational" - Casa Regis, Valdilana (BI), curator: L. Mikelle Standbridge
2021 "40in40ena" - Palazzo Barolo, Torino curated by Sarah Bowyer, Jins
2020 "Formato A4 sguardo oltre la pandemia - Centocinquanta Artisti al lavoro". Biblioteca civica "G. Tartarotti" di Rovereto dal 6 al 29 novembre 2020 
2020 BAM BIENNALE DI ARTE MODERNA E CONTEMPORANEA DEL PIEMONTE 2020 -  THE LIQUID DECADE, Casa del Conte Verde, Rivoli curators: Edoardo Di Mauro and Riccardo Ghirardini
2020 CALTART Caltabellotta contemporary art project, Eremo di San Pellegrino in Caltabellotta (Sicily, Italy) August 23, 2020, curator: Antonio Sammartano
2020 “Movement I”, Dr Fake Cabinet Gallery, Torino, Italy. Curators: Marco Albertaro and Pablo Mesa Capella
 
2019
2019 “One nature one world”, Salon des beaux Arts 2019, Carrousel du Louvre, Parigi, France curator: Meadows
2019 “LNAF La Napoule Art Foundation”, Château La Napoule, Mandelieu, France
2019 “Elogio della fragilità”, NESXT Independent Art Festival, Docks Dora, Torino, Italy, curators: Maura Banfo Annalisa Cattani Susanna Ravelli
2019 “Vedere parole - Codex”, Complesso Monumentale San Bernardino, Corigliano Rossano (CS), Italy, curators: Teo de Palma e Ombretta Gazzola
2019 “Passage of Time” International Women Art Festival of Mongolia, Mongol Art Center, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, a cura di Solongo Tseekhuu
2019 “ Leonardo and water”, Festival of water purifier, MilanMay 18-19-20 – 2019 - Depuratore San Rocco
2019 “ Dialoghi su carta”, StudioDieci City Gallery, Vercelli
2019 “ Il labirinto dei simboli”, Museo de La Castiglia, Saluzzo curators Togaci and Paolo Infossi
2019 “ Le stanze delle Meraviglie, Wunderkammer”, Villa Giulia, Verbania curator: Marisa Cortese

2018

2018 "Viaggio in occidente - 西游记" - September 20th, San Pietro in Vincoli, Torino, Italy
2018 “Impronte di Artiste” – Civica Galleria d’arte contemporanea Filippo Scroppo, Torre Pellice, Italy, curator: Paola Malato
2018 “Impronte di Artiste” – Kommunale Galerie di MORFELDEN -WALLDORF Frankfurt Germany, curator: Paola Malato
2017
2017 “Chiaroscuro” Rassegna Singolare Plurale, Palazzo Barolo, Torino, a cura di Tea Taramino
2017 “Quelcheresta – di Milano Expo 2015”, Arengo del Broletto, Novara, a cura di Vittorio Tonon
2017 “Voci visibili nel granaio”, Villa Buzzati, Belluno, a cura di Alfonso Lentini
2017 “Pass-Port”, Pantarei galleria, Torino, a cura di Edmondo Bertaina
2017 “here”, Cavallerizza Reale, Torino, a cura del collettivo Cavallerizza irreale
2016
2016 “Io sono qui”, Museo Etnografico del Pinerolese, Pinerolo (To); curatore En Plein air gallery
2016 “Cuore Femmina”, libri d’artista, Biblioteca Nazionale di Torino

2015
2015 “Terra madre, donna madre”, La fabbrica del vapore; curator: Sguardi altrove film festival, group exhibition
2015 “Immagina arte fiera”, Reggio Emilia; curator: My art Gallery
2015 “Roots”, Mausoleo della Bela Rosin, Torino; curator: Chen Li
2015 Chen Li 1997-2014, Libreria antiquaria Dentis,
2015 Boz'art, Chateau du Bost, Vichy, France; curator: Delphine Manet
2015, Poezie, WAD foundation in Delft, (The Netherlands) curator: Paula Kouwenhoven
2014
2014 “Aquae-Mundi”, terme di Torino; curator: Fusion art gallery
2014 "Mito", Palazzo Bellini, Oleggio (Novara) - Italy; curator: Vittorio Tonon 
2014 "We are more", Essen, Germany; curators: Karola Teschler and European Artists 
2014 "DFEEWA", Ardud, Romania; curator: Dorothea Fleiss 
2014 "Discovery", Roujan, France; curator: Tone White 
2014Casalmaggiore contemporanea, Brunivo Buttarelli and Friends:l'arte, lo spazio, il tempo,
2013
2013 “UNTEN. ARThaus OBEN” RAThaus Ditzingen, Germany; curator: Susanne Mueller-Baji
2013 “avoin kutsu Taidemyyntinäyttelyyn orpolasten hyväksi - 15.Art20 Finland, SRK-talo RENKO, Finland; curator: Pirjo Heino
2013 “ Il gioco - nell’Arte & dell’Arte - Arte in Piemonte dal Novecento a oggi” Palazzo Mathis, Bra Italy; curator: Gianfranco Schialvino
2013 “Di Carta / Papermade. International Biennal Papermade”, Palazzo Fogazzaro, Schio, (VI) Italy. Curator: Valeria Bertesina
2013 “Le stanze del futuro” – Maionese – En plein air Museum Gallery, Baudenasca (Italy) Curatori: Elena Privitera and Marco Filippa
2013 “Contemporary Photobox-BAM on tour 2013” – Biennal of contemporary and modern art of Piedmont (Italy) curator: Edoardo Di Mauro
2013 “Il corpo solitario (the lonely body)”– Fusion Art Gallery curator: Giorgio Bonomi
2013 “Fare arte a Scampia” - PAN Palazzo delle Arti Napoli (Naples, Italy) curator: Antonella Prota Giurleo
2013 “Le donne di Cesare Pavese”, Casa Natale di Cesare Pavese, Santo Stefano Belbo, Italy
2013 "eva @ libera.com" - ex imbiancheria del Vajro, Chieri Italy
2012
2012 "HABITAT: dimensioni di luoghi e persone", curator: Pentesilea, Palazzo Birago, Turin, Italy
2012 “Profile” En plein air museum gallery, Baudenasca (Italy), curators: Elena Privitera and Marco Filippa
2011
2011 “World in change” Essen, Nordrhein Westfalen (Germany) European Artists – curator: Karola Teschler
2011 “Made in Italy”, WAD foundation in Delft (The Netherlands), curator: Paula Kouwenhoven
2011 “Zooart”, Cuneo (Italia). curator: Michela Sacchetto
2011 “Singolare-Plurale”, opera vincitrice segni 20x20; curator: Roberto Mastroianni
2011 “Poezie”, World Art Delft, Delft (ND), by WAD
2011 MAD, Villa 5, Collegno (Turin, Italia) curator: Susi Monzali per Villa 5
2010
2010 “Made in China”, Triennale Bovisa in Milan (Italy)
2010, AITOO - PURE, Finland, Symposium and Exhibition by Pirjo Heino & Moona Metsoila
2010 POEZIE, World Art Delft, Delft (ND), by WAD 
2010 “Work to work”, En Plein Air, Baudenasca (TO) by Elena Privitera & Marco Filippa
2010 SCAMPIA SURPRISE, Napoli, Italy, Symposium and Exhibition by Antonella Prota Giurleo
2009
2009 “TransCultural Exchange Here,There and Everywhere: Anticipating the Future of Art”, University of Massachusset, Boston (USA) together with Susanne Mueller Baji. Curator: Mary Sherman.
2009 “4DELFT, Delfts Collectief, Delft (The Netherlands)“, Museum Het Prinsenhof | DOK Kunst | 38CC World Art Delft Curator Daniëlle Lokin, directeur van de Gemeente Musea Delft – ND,
2009 “Fiera della Parola”, Parole per progettare, Archivio storico Olivetti, Ivrea; curator: Eugenio Pacchioli 
2009 “Alda e le altre”, Maionese, En plein air, Pinerolo; curator: Elena Privitera
2009 “Lapis Ludica”, Palazzo delle Stelline, Milan.; curator: Galleria SBLU
2008
2008-2009, “E venne ad abitare in mezzo a noi”, Università Cattolica Brescia – Centro Arte Lupier; curator: Pierluigi Cattaneo
2008 “Profilo d’arte”, La Permanente di Milan, Milan, Turin, Brescia, Reggio Emilia, Ferrara e Roma; curator: Milena Gamba
2008 “Storie di matite”, Azimut, Turin; curator: Olga Gambari
2008 “Art Factory”, Banca Popolare di Novare, Verbania; curator: Marisa Cortese
2008 “Body and soul”, biblioteca A. Arduino, Moncalieri (Turin); curator: Silvana Nota
2008 “The Art Box”, Cortile del Maglio, Turin – co-curator Chen Li+ Marisa Cortese
2008 “Etnicolor”, Ecomuseo del Freidano, Settimo Torinese
2008 “La Fiera della Parola”, Archivio Storico Olivetti, Ivrea
2007
2007 “art20, Hungary”, Austria, Germany, Poland, Berlin; curator: Karola Teschler 
2007 “Tra le antiche volte”, Anagni (FR) curator: Antonio Menenti
2007 “Segni”, Cavallerizza Reale, Cenacolo Casorati, Turin – Premio GTT nominated for GTT prize; curator: Francesco Poli
2007, “I linguaggi del Mediterraneo - La parola come segno” Languages in the Mediterranean – Word as sign - En plein air, Pinerolo; curator: Elena Privitera
2006
2006, Artissima, Turin, finalist Pagine Bianche d’autore contest; curator: Teresa Macrì 
2006, “Qui si sta bene – Here we are fine”, Turin, “In sede”; curator: Francesco Poli 
2006, “Sharing Passions”, Palazzo della Fortuna-UniCredit, Turin; curator: Walter Guadagnini 
2006, “Remake”, Maionese, Pinerolo; curator: Elena Privitera
2006, “RGB Castle”, Magliano Alfieri (CN) Italy; curator: Angela Calella Benlupo 
2006, “Celebrating Italian calligraphy”, Lahore, Pakistan
2005
2005 Simposio internazionale di Fiberart, Villa Giulia, Verbania; curator: Marisa Cortese
2005 “Doigts noirs”, Bruges (Belgio). curator: Roger Willems
2004
2004 “Il segno solidale”, Palazzo Bricherasio, Turin;
2003
2003 “Domande?”, Sala Antiche Mura, Monfalcone (Go); curator: Kathy Frate
2003 “Artisti e Calligrafi ”, Macerata; curator: Kathy Frate 
2003 Simposio Internazionale d’arte, Villa Giulia, Verbania; curator: Marisa Cortese 
2002
2002 “Internationale Grote Prijs Kalligrafie”, Westerlo, Belgio; curator: Joke van de Brandt 
2002 Museo all’aria Aperta, Oulx (To); curator: Tino Aime 2000 “Abc”, Palazzo Re Enzo, Bologna; curator: Ass. cult. Giannino Stoppani
 
COLLECTIONS:
Fondazione Prada Milano (2017-2018)
Museo Civico di Moncalvo (2018)
City of Ardud, Romania (2014)
Lungenzentrum Essen, Germany (2014)
DFE&WA Collection, Romania/Germany (2014)
SG Gallery, Venezia, Italy (2012)
Gemeente Musea Delft – ND (2009)
Fondazione Museo della Triennale di Milan (dal 2009)
UniCredit Private Banking (dal 2005) BPU (dal 2006)
Centro Studi Cesare Pavese (dal 2007)
Biblioteca Civica A. Arduino Moncalieri (dal 2006)
Museo all’aria aperta, Oulx (dal 1999)
SMAT Turin (dal 2000) SG Gallery Venezia (dal 2012)
Fila matite (dal 2008)


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