DEAN QIULIN LI
Dean is a photographic medium artist who lives and works in Sydney. His works explore the nature of photography and its capacity to capture reality and its limits.
Starting with traditional documentary photography, Dean has delved deeper into the process of capturing reality and the liminal space that exists between reality and fiction in the photographic medium. This has become the driving force behind his artistic practice. Using the visual language of documentary photography, Dean reconstructs past events and memories in reality. He strives to blur the boundaries between reality and fiction, creating an immersive, open-ended viewing experience that evokes a collective memory and a shared resonance in the viewer.
Dean holds a Master of Art degree from the University of New South Wales Art and Design (COFA), and his works have been exhibited extensively in Sydney, Melbourne, and Canberra, receiving positive acclaim. Dean’s artistic achievements include awards from the Center for Contemporary Photography in Melbourne and a shortlisting in the Head On Photo Festival and the Australian Photo Award.
EDUCATION
2019 Master of Art, UNSW Art & Design (COFA), Sydney Australia
2017 Bachelor of Digital Design, AIT, Sydney Australia
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Mirage, Puzzle Gallery, Sydney Australia
2021 A Young Black Kangaroo, Huw Davies Gallery(Photo Access), Canberra Australia
2021 A Young Black Kangaroo, TCS Window, Sydney Australia
DUAL EXHIBITIONS
2023 Two Mirrors, Collaboration with Oliver Poignant, AirSpace, Sydney Australia
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Broken Armor, Darlings Gallery, New York City USA
2023 Cast, Mounted Ari, Springwood Australia
2023 Hello Goodbye, Goodspace, Sydney Australia
2023 Horse Girl, Darlings Gallery, Sydney Australia
2023 Group show 05, Abstract Thoughts Gallery, Sydney Australia
2022 Crowd, Puzzle Gallery, Sydney Australia
2022 Summer Salon 2022, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne Australia
2019 Intermix, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney Australia
2019 Rewind 2, Rewind Gallery, Sydney Australia
2018 This is What I Have to Show for It, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney Australia
PUBLICATIONS
2020 A Young Black Kangaroo, Hard Cover Book, Sydney Australia
2018 2037, Printed Zine, Sydney Australia
AWARDS
2022, Winner, Best Staged Photography, CCP Australia
2020, Final list, Headon photo festival
2019, Shortlist, Australian photography award
PRESS
Photo that engage and inform, Con Boekel, City News
Inquiry:
Email: dean.liqiulin@gmail.com
Instagram: deanqiulinli