Prof. Dr LI XU

DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR
/ MARIA CURIE SKLODOWSKA UNIVERSITY.POLAND

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xulidesign@163.com

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Prof .Dr Li Xu, was born in China Fujian. He is a Visual Media Artist, Designer, Educator and Curator. 

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He received a Master of Arts Degree in Visual Arts (visual communication design) from Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design, Prague, and a Doctor of Fine Arts Degree from Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Poland. He got CSC award scholarship as a national public visiting scholar for his one year of visiting research at University of Art and Design in Offenbach Germany 2014. He is executive secretary general of C-IDEA International Educator Association and he was head of teaching and research section at Beijing Institute of Graphic Communication(China). He is distinguished professor at Maria Curie Sklodowska University (Poland), He was also Academic Leader at department of international education of Heibei Academy of Fine Arts. He has been invited to hold positions as a visiting professor at the University of South Australia (Australia). He is a master’s advisor as invited professor at Shanxi University (China). He is also guest professor at Diploma Fachhochschule Nordhessen / University of Applied Sciences (Germany) and University of J. E. Purkyně in Ústí (Czech Republic).and in 2025 he was elected to the European Academy of Science and Arts—Salzburg.

He has been invited to give lectures and workshops at well-known universities and design institutions in China, Japan, United States, Denmark, Netherlands, Poland, Germany, Czech Republic, Hungary, Spain, South Korea, Dubai, Ecuador and other countries, such as Pratt Institute (United States), Tyler School of Art, Temple University (United States), Nihon University College of Art, Department of Design(Japan) ,Design School Kolding (Denmark), Willem de Kooning Academy Rotterdam (Netherland), Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (Poland), Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design (Germany), Tsinghua University and Renmin University (China) etc.

In recent years, he is one of the founders and curator. He curated and held more than 20 large-scale international design exhibitions in China, United States, Italy, Poland, Japan, Russia, Mexico, Iran, South Korea, Estonia, Slovakia, Ukraine and other countries, such as HGDF 2020 Chinese Culture Poster Exhibition, New Form-International Exhibition of Graphic Exploration, the 1st International Poster Festival of Shenzhen, Poland Five Stars-Chinese Element Design Exhibition and China Printing Design Biennale 2018. He was the project consultant of Virtual Biennale Prague 2015-Prague International Art & Design Exhibition.

He has been invited to participated as a member of the jury in more than 12 international poster festivals and competitions, such as China, United States, France, Italy, Poland, Germany, Russia, India Slovakia, Latvia, South Korea and Czech Republic, such as the 24th China Patent Award, the 3th Germany Bunde Biennale, the United States 2th International Poster Stellars Competition 2021, the 11th Poster Triennial Trnava 2022 Slovakia, Latvian Designers’ Society Award 2018, the Italy A’Design Award ,India’s Best Design Award 2023 etc.

He was the chief designer of the poster for the 16th Asian Games, Guangzhou, 2010. He has received some important awards, such as the IF Design Award ,The first prize of AIGA (re)design Awards 2011, The gold prize of IDA-International Design Awards 2012, the bronze award of Pentawards 2012, the London Creative Awards 2011, the achievement award of Dubai Poster Festival, The nomination prize of 11th and 12 th National Exhibition of Fine Arts China, the honorary prize of Olympic Fine Arts 2008 etc. In addition, his works were published on the Openlap platform at New York City College of Technology as excellent teaching case.

He has been selected and exhibited his works at many important biennial and triennial exhibitions. At the same time, his solo design exhibitions were held in China Guan Shanyue Gallery, Germany Bunde Museum, Colombia Alliance Francaise Bucaramanga of Senghor Gallery, Italy Palazzo Birago, Russia Museum of Moscow, Poland CSK Gallery, Australia Adelaide Kerry Packer Civic Gallery, Dubai Design Week 2018, Canada George Brown College Gallery, Ecuador Jose Joaquin Museum and South Korea Seoul Iang Gallery. He also has been invited to show his works in more than 30 countries international important exhibitions, such as Time Square in New York, France Design Week, Danish Cultural Center, the Museum of Applied Art in Cologne in Germnay, Hungary Munkacsy Mihaly Museum, South Korea Dongdaemun Design Plaza, Adelaide Festival Centre in Australia, Israel Museum on the Seam, Finland Lahti Art Museum, China Hongkong Heritage Museum, USA Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, Germany DCKD Gallery, Japan Tokyo ggg Gallery etc., and his works have been permanently collected by some art galleries and poster Museums.

In addition, he chaired high-level research projects. which include the Europe Regional Development Fund project and National level project in China. He had obtained the copyright in computer and app software registered by the State Copyright Administration. He has published many academic papers and works in professional journals and magazine, such as “ZhuangShi”, “Packaging Engineering”, “Film Review” and “Design” etc. He has also published several books, such as “Hidden Graphics”, “Creative Idea and Activity Planning”, “Chinese Characters Visual Practice Exploration”, “Chinese character creative idea and 3D printing” etc. He has also received interviews by “PRINT”, “PROMPT” “Art and Design”, “PosterPoster”, CCTV-China Central Television SHPD Channel, Russia K.Primorye TV Channel, Poland TVP3 TV etc.

Positions

FOUNDER OF BEIJING ART A&B
SECRETARY GENERAL OF C-IDEA INTERNATIONAL
EDUCATOR ASSOCIATION.
DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR / MARIA CURIE SKLODOWSKA UNIVERSITY.POLAND
HEAD OF TEACHING AND RESEARCH SECTION / BEIJING INSTITUTE OF GRAPHIC COMMUNICATION. CHINA
VISITING PROFESSOR / UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA. AUSTRALIA.
NATIONAL PUBLIC VISITING SCHOLAR / UNIVERSITY OF ART AND DESIGN IN OFFENBACH. GERMANY

Courses
Exploration and Innovation in Poster Design Technology
Personal Works
TYPO (Logo Design)
Publications
Typographic Poster International Exhibition

by Li Xu

November, 2013

ISBN:978-7-89429-218-6

 

Projects
C-IDEA Design Award Trophy

Designed by Li Xu

2020

 

Exhibitions
Art and Design Week 2023

Curator: Li Xu

Location: SCCM Gallery. China

 

Students’ Works
DATAISM – Brand Design

by Tongpu Zhang

CHINA 

 

Others
Digital Ink Wash

by Li Xu

China

 

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