Li Xiaonan, PhD in art history, has extensive experience as a researcher and critic in Chinese contemporary art. Now she is the Dean of Art Theory Department, Art School of Renmin University of China. Her research has focused on art methods and theory of art history and contemporary art critic, especially on video art and photography.

Academic monographs

Video Art in China since 1988, Culture and Arts Publishing House, 2020.

Video Art As Concept: The Emerging of Western Video Art, Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House, 2015.

Co-Author

Cultural Fables of Chinese Society in the Era of Consumerism – Investigative Report on Chinese Contemporary Art , Jilin Fine Arts Publishing House, 2009.

Translations

The Language of Art History, Jiangsu Fine Arts Publishing House, 2007.