Li Meng, whose real name is Li Yugang, was born in Beijing in 1980.He graduated from the Environmental Art School of Tianjin University of Science and Technology in 2004 and started to work at the national Ministry of Aviation after graduation. Yet he was not satisfied with the superior working condition, quit the job and picked up his favourite brush, beginning to create Chinese portraits. Since then, he earned a living by painting. Luckily, the road of painting was relatively very smooth, so he had good source of finance to further study across the country and in foreign countries.
Li Meng has a dozen of representative works, such as The Road of Refugee, The Impression of the Middle East, London Street, etc. Some a hundred works have been collected by collectors from HongKong, Macao and Mainland China.
李梦,原名李玉刚,北京人,1980年出生,2000年毕业于中央工艺美术学院附中,2004年毕业于天津科技大学环境艺术学院装饰系,到国家航空部工作。但他并没有满足优越的工作条件,辞去公职,拿起从小就喜爱的画笔,开始了中国人物画的创作人生。幸运的是以画谋生,路途还算顺畅,有了较好经济来源,增加了更多、更好、更高的学习路径,祖国大江南北,海外众多国家,有机会去寻、去学、去访、去求。艺术大家和异域文化艺术精华营养了他创作的力量,加之他对艺术的酷爱,促使自己用现实主义理念提炼生活瞬间原始风貌,夸张描述不易被人们发现的精妙灵境,满足欣赏者心灵的渴求。
代表作品:《難民之路》《中东印象》《秋风吹冷功名心》《东坡赏竹》《阿拉伯牧马人》《荷兰冬日印象》《臭皮匠肖像》《同路人》《伦敦街头》等。近百幅作品被香港、澳门、内地藏家收藏。
探索求知的路还长,他力求扎实地一步步走向更高的平台,让自身更强壮前行,永远在路上。当作品告捷,外界评价有进步亮点,这是作者最美的感受时刻。他想说,学习、学习,能进步,能画画,就是人生满足。