Xianglong Li (b. 1995, Huangshi, China; lives and works in Brooklyn, New York) is a painter whose practice reimagines internet culture and pop imagery on canvas. He earned his BFA from the China Central Academy of Fine Arts and his MFA from the School of Visual Arts. Li approaches memes and digital symbols as material for painting, slowing their fleeting speed and transforming them into spaces of contradiction, distortion, and reflection. Humor plays a central role in his work, not as mere punchline but as a way to reveal the tensions of cultural dislocation, mistranslation, and youth performance. Through playful yet unsettling images, his paintings expose the absurd logic beneath shared culture while offering new modes of observation and thought.
Solo / Two-person Exhibitions
2024
Gas StationX: Premium Gas, Vanguard Gallery, Shanghai, China
2023
East Hollywood, SNAP, Shanghai, China
2021
Dark Cybercafe, Clubclub, Wuhan, China
Stay home, make your contribution to the society, Latitude Gallery, New York, United States
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025
Embodiment, VillageOneArt, New York, United States
Eye and Screen, Vanda Gallery, New York, United States
City Gazes: Artistic Perspectives on Place, A Space Gallery, Brooklyn, United States
Collective Marks and Strokes of Imagination, THE BLANC, New York, United States
Hyper-Meme, LivingSkin, New York, United States
2024
On the Critical Point: Wanderlust and Nostalgia in the New Age, Penn Museum, United States
ONE, Chinese Alumni Association School of Visual Art, K11 Museum, Shanghai, China
MOORDN ART FAIR 2024, Guangzhou, China
The New Narrative As Method, Hosted by YangPu District Bureau of Culture and Tourism, The Center for China Shanghai International Arts Festival, Yangpu Cultural and Arts Center, Shanghai, China
Pass Verification, Xiongan New Area Xiongan Business Service Center Time Art Space, Xiongan, China
Infinite Games, SNAP, Shanghai, China
Dark sky park section behemoth, Shan Shang Art Space, Xiamen, China
2023
MOORDN ART 2023, Club Tsunami, Guangzhou, China
West Bund Art & Design Perspective, West Bund Dome, Shanghai, China
Ehoes of Home, A Retrospective Exhibition of LiTang Community, RIVVA Gallery, New York
Extensive Records of The TaiPing Era, Moordn Art, Foshan, China
Beijing Contemporary Art Fair, Hall 11 National Agricultural Exhibition Center, Beijing, China
2022
MOORDN ART 2022, Online, China
The Terminal, SNAP, Shanghai, China
Double Trouble, VillageOneArt, New York, United States
Life on Land, ETHBarcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Dare To..., Latitude Gallery, Asian Creative Festival, Online
NOW+HERE, The.EVAC, New York, United States
A Call For Love, DoinGud, Online
2021
Who's Dat Panda?, Latitude Gallery, New York, United States
Bushwick Open Studios, New York, United States
Standing Out, the Outstandings, Latitude Gallery, New York, United States
Night Flight, Royal Society of American Art, New York, United States
Doomsday Evolution, Satellite Art Club, New York, United States
Here Together, SVA MFA Fine Arts thesis show, New York, United States
May I ...?, Starta Arta, New York, United States
In Solidarity: SVA Celebrates its Asian and Asian-American Communities, SVA Gallery, New York, United States
Origin of Ultra Creatures, MartinGoyaBusiness, Hangzhou, China
Harmonize, Fable Jones Studios, New York, United States
2020
Global Conversation 2020, IKONO SPACE(Virtual Gallery), Internet
Consecration, HF Space, Shanghai, China
In-Between, Local Project Gallery, New York, United States
Online Blush, Online playroom, Internet
July Virtual Show, Greenpoint Gallery, Internet
I'm not afraid of dying but I'm afraid of being alone, Pleasedontcometothisshow，Internet
Press
Interview with COEVAL Magazine
Interview with Asian Art Contemporary
"Hyper-meme" at Living Skin: Immaculately funny
A Message from a Chinese Artist in New York City, The Art Insider
Pulling a Tooth from a Tiger's Mouth Exhibition, Film Daily
Interview with Asian Creative Foundation
At SVA, MFA Grads Look Beyond the Pandemic With Resonant Projects, Billy Anania, Hyperallergic
Exhibition Review on Artron, Zheng Yuan, Artron
Lecture
How can Internet artists make absolutely unbelievable digital art with limited technical support, CAFA, 2023
Awards
“HOW TO REMEMBER 2020” International Juried Art Competition, Finalist award
Flower Power 2021 Group Award Exhibition, Camelback Gallery, Silver Award
Education
2014-2018 BFA Illustrated Book in China Central Academy of Fine Arts
2019-2021 MFA Fine Arts in School of Visual Arts