Artist Biography (CV
& 中文简历）
Lily & Honglei (Xiying Yang, Honglei Li) work as a new media artist team, based in both Beijng and New York. Their projects utilize traditional painting techniques and digital imaging technologies including animation, virtual reality and augmented reality, to construct an in-between space reflecting Chinese cultural heritages and current social issues in the context of Global Era.
Lily & Honglei exhibit art projects internationally. Their solo exhibitions are held in Germany, China, Australia, United States and Mexico. Their recently group exhibitions include, Curate NYC in New York, Mobile Art exhibition at College Arts Association in Los Angles, From Jamaica to China - A New Evolution at the Painting Center New York, Augmented Reality Intervention at the 54th Venice Biennale, Manifest.AR at Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, 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, the 11th Consciousness Reframed International Research Conference in Norway, International Festival of Electronic Art 404 inArgentina, Boston CyberArts Festival 2009 & 2011, 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. 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 ASPECT: The Chronicle of New Media Art, China Sand – Art and Science Research in China, New Media Caucus Journal in Chicago, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Magazine in New York, Terna Prize 02 & 03 Catalog in Italy, Ars Hypermedia in Italy, Jamaica Flux ’10 Catalog, name a few.
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, while Honglei Li earned his MFA degree in Painting from the same school. Lily & Honglei currently work as independent artists in New York City. Their work is viewable at awww.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
Lily & Honglei's lecture at University of Massachusetts Lowel, 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