Introduction

Chris Gill, 1970 born in U.K., also known by his Chinese name "Li Yunfei", had been working in China for 20 years. He opened his first studio in 1992 in the artists’ village of the Old Summer Palace, the center of all the emerging Chinese artists at that time. Since 1997 Chris Gill has been working in Shanghai where he has created paintings and mixed-media works, using different kinds of materials, including oil paint, collage, and photography. Over time Chris Gill has created a visual diary of the changing societies in China, documenting and interpreting the reform process in his own style. Chris Gill's work has a sense of magic realism, interweaving myth and reality.

Chris Gill’s solo exhibitions include  Chris Gill: New Works, ShanghART, Shanghai (2014); Chris Gill: Works on Paper, Stage BACK Gallery, Shanghai (2012); The World Mind, YARD Gallery, Shanghai (2011); Multi Local, M50 Creative Space, Shanghai (2010); City of Gold, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai (2007); Be a better part of the collective consciousness, Yard Gallery, Shanghai (2006); China Work, Zhu Qizhan Art Museum, Shanghai (1997); Works on Paper, Beijing San Li Tun, with Red Gate gallery, Beijing (1995).

His selected group exhibitions include: Essence of Random- The Secret 7 Document Show, 'Secret 7' artist group, Yang Shanghai Art Space, Shanghai (2012-2013); China Dream, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing (2011); Lost & Found, Stage BACK Gallery, Shanghai (2011); The Point if Zero - 2010 Contemporary Art Exhibition, Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai (2010); Weltschmerz, Stage BACK Gallery, Shanghai (2010); Intervention 3, Weihai Road Studios, Shanghai (2009); Stolen Treasures of Modern China, ShanghART Gallery, Beijing and Shanghai (2009).