Edition 2019
Lei Lei
Born 1985, Nanchang, China.
Lives and works in Beijing, China, and Los Angeles, United States.
Lives and works in Beijing, China, and Los Angeles, United States.
An alumnus of Tsinghua University in Beijing (2009), Lei Lei has won awards at festivals around the world for his experimental animation work. Lei Lei’s work has been featured in exhibitions throughout East Asia, Europe, North America, and Australia. In 2017, he was enrolled as a faculty member of CalArts Experimental Animation program in California. In 2018, Lei Lei was awarded the Jimei x Arles Discovery Award for Weekend, a video collage of images taken from photo albums and old magazines. A multi-talented artist, Lei Lei has put his hand to animation, video, illustration, painting, graffiti, installation art, music and VJing.