Geng Li

I am a printmaking artist based in China, currently teaching at an art institution. My practice centers on water-based woodblock printing, through which I engage in both artistic creation and pedagogy. My works have been selected for major national print exhibitions in China, and I am actively involved in professional printmaking organizations and academic discourse.

My work primarily employs xuan paper, ink, and wood as core materials. I am interested in the physical properties and latent expressive capacities of these materials, especially how their natural behaviors participate in the formation of images.

A recurring focus in my practice is a system of visual “binary logic,” where repeated structures and variations emerge through series-based experimentation. In this process, I intervene in carving and printing to navigate between control and unpredictability, allowing chance operations of ink, pressure, and paper to become active contributors to the image.

Rather than treating printmaking as a purely technical reproduction process, I approach it as a site where intention and contingency continuously negotiate. This tension generates works that oscillate between order and instability, structure and improvisation.

Through thi...

M.A. in Printmaking, Surikov Moscow State Academic Art Institute, Russia
B.A. in Printmaking, Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, China

Selected national exhibitions include the 21st, 23rd, and 26th National Printmaking Exhibitions in China, as well as the 2nd National Woodcut Biennial.
My works have been exhibited in the Guanlan International Printmaking Biennial and multiple editions of Chongqing Fine Arts Exhibitions.
I have also participated in group exhibitions with contemporary artists, reflecting ongoing engagement within contemporary printmaking practice.