Artist Biography (CV
& 中文简历）
Lily & Honglei (Xiying Yang, Honglei Li) work as a new media artist team. Both coming from Beijing, China, they currently work and live in New York. Their projects utilize traditional painting techniques and digital imaging technologies including animation and virtual reality, to construct an in-between space reflecting Chinese cultural heritages and current social issues in the context of globalization.
Lily & Honglei exhibit art projects internationally. Their solo exhibitions are held in Germany, China, Australia and United States. Their recently group exhibitions and screenings include, Jamaica Flux ’10 at Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning in New York, Moving Paper- cut paper animation festival at Museum of Art and Design in New York, Fluid New Media Art Festival at Queens Museum of Art in New York, New Ink Painting Generation exhibition in Shanghai University, FILE - Electronic Language International Festival in Brazil, Performing in Second Life at Eyebeam Art & Technology Center in New York, International Festival of Electronic Art 404 in Argentina, The 10th Boston CyberArts Festival, and presentations at conferences including EVA 2010: Electronic Visualization & Arts in London, National College Art Association 2009 Conference in LA, SIGGRAPH: Special Interest Group on Graphics and Interactive Techniques 2008 Art Gallery at Los Angles, among many others. The awards they received include People’s Choice at Museum of Art & Design, Strategic Initiative Grant for Digital Learning, Chancellor Centennial Scholarship, name a few. Lily & Honglei deliver lectures at many new media and contemporary art venues, such as MIT Center for Advanced Visual Studies, University of Massachusetts, and New York University. Lily & Honglei’s recent artworks are published by New Media Caucus Journal in Chicago, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Magazine in New York, Terna Prize 02 Catalog in Italy, Ars Hypermedia in Italy, Jamaica Flux ’10 Catalog. They receive support from National Endowment for the Arts, and DSL Collection of Chinese Contemporary Art.
Lily & Honglei both studied fine arts in China and continued their education in art in the States. Lily Xiying Yang received Master of Fine Arts degree in Digital Media from College of Visual and Performing Arts at University of Massachusetts, and taught Digital Media graduate program at Emerson College in Boston. Honglei Li earned his MFA degree in Painting from University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, where he also taught fine arts undergraduate program. Lily & Honglei currently work as independent artists in New York City. Their work is viewable at www.lilyhonglei.com. Lily & Honglei can be reached at chinacyberart@yahoo.com
New Media Art Lecture at University of Massachusetts Lowell, featured by WGBH public TV. 2010
Forbidden City Screening at Museum of Art and Design, New York. 2010 (recipient of People's Choice Award)
The Milky Way Screening at Queens Museum of Art, New York. 2009
Performing in Second Life, Eyebeam Art and Technology Center, New York. 2009
(above) Lily & Honglei presenting Chinese Folklore in New Media Art,Center for Advanced Visual Studies, MIT. 2009
Virtual Art Exhibition in Broadway Gallery NYC, Sponsored by NY Arts Magazine. 2009
(above) Solo exhibition Forbidden City in University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, College of Visual and Performing Arts Gallery. 2008
(above) Lily & Honglei's Forbidden City in SIGGRAPH Art Gallery, LA. 2008 (with music composers David Williams, Nickolas Thibault)
(above) Experimental New Media exhibition at Axiom Gallery, Boston. 2007.
Lily & Honglei's Solo Exhibition - Prosperity in "Artworks!" Gallery, MA. 2007 (painting & video installation)
Solo Exhibition with painting and mixed-media artworks, Kiel, Germany. 1994