Li Tie

Born: 1964

The White Lotus Gallery is proud to present the works of Li Tie

Selected available works


Gemini 34" x 24"	"Mei Bao" 53" x 15"

Poetic Sense of Flowers I 22" x 28"	Poetic Sense of Flowers II 22" x 28"

Red Cloud 36" x 25 3/4"	Return to Nature 36" x 25 3/4"

Tibetan Monks 32" x 21 1/2"	Trade 22" x 28"

          "As an artist, my thinking process is naturally manifested in my
          art work. I would say the physical and emotional experience of
          immigration has offered me an excellent opportunity to compare
          and differentiate the cultural values from the east and west.
          This guides my primary conceptual interest in, and concern for,
          the immigrant experience". ---- Li Tie

Li Tie was born in Beijing in 1964, coincident with the beginning of the Cultural Revolution. Early in his life he demonstrated a talent for drawing and at the age of fourteen he was accepted for art study at the Children's Palace in Beijing. He later worked and studied at the prestigious Central Academy of Fine Art in Beijing. In 1987, the artist immigrated to the U. S. and since that time has split his time between China and his newly adopted country. He completed a Master of Fine Arts degree at San Diego State University where he is currently teaching.

The super realistic charcoal and pastel portraits of Tibetan and South East Asian minority subjects by Li Tie have been shown at the White Lotus Gallery over the last few years and have won the praise of numerous patrons at solo exhibitions in both the U. S. and China. This show includes a selection of new portraits that seem so lifelike one almost expects them to speak. But photo realism is not the only style of this talented young artist. He incorporates his superior drawing skills to create another body of work which has been alternately celebrated and banned in his native China. It is this work that explores differences, both in time and in cultures.