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Born in 1994 in Shanwei, Guangdong province, Li Hongcheng currently lives and works between Guangzhou and Macao.
He graduated from the Oil Painting Department of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts (GAFA) in 2019 and 2023, and since 2024 has been pursuing a Doctor of Fine Arts at the Faculty of Humanities and Arts, Macau University of Science and Technology.
About the artist
Born in 1994 in Shanwei, Guangdong province, Li Hongcheng currently lives and works between Guangzhou and Macao.
He graduated from the Oil Painting Department of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts (GAFA) in 2019 and 2023, and since 2024 has been pursuing a Doctor of Fine Arts at the Faculty of Humanities and Arts, Macau University of Science and Technology.
Li Hongcheng’s practice centers on the innovative use of tea as a primary medium, a choice that echoes Joseph Beuys’ radical embrace of materials such as butter and felt to open new conceptual and sensory possibilities in art.
In Li’s work, the strength lies in his careful negotiation between concept and form, where material is never merely a vehicle for image but a carrier of thought.
