Born 1968 in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, Shi Lifeng studied at the the Hebei Normal University. Shi’s paintings display an evolution from the Socialist Realism of the 1980s to the starting points of Expressive Individualism in Chinese contemporary art. Exploring the colonialist characteristics of society, Shi focus on the groping for and excavation of the world of individual inner feeling; his attitude toward life is also gradually evolved from a collective group consciousness into a self-centered creative conception of identity.  In one sense we can proceed from external signs and totems to decode his works, yet even more important is the process of aphorizing his inner psychological world, a process to which he alludes to interpersonal interactivity through the creation of multiple identical identities.

Lifeng Shi is an internationally exhibiting Chinese artist, who has had shows in China, France, Scandinavia, The Netherlands, England and Singapore to date, including exposure at world renowned art fair Art Basel.

Lifeng’s current ‘Red Person’ series has been interpreted as a rigorous investigation into the possibilities of painting whilst exploring the powerlessness of those living on the edge of society. The struggling red figures contrast black or vivid blue backgrounds, allowing their struggle to almost bounce off the canvas as well as exist within it. The figures appear almost artificial like plastic figurines, an effect that could only be achieved through the greatest patience and dexterity on Shi’s part.