1965年10月生于上海市。
现为上海中华艺术宫副馆长、国家一级美术师、同济大学客座教授。曾经担任上海美术馆执行馆长、上海油画雕塑院执行副院长。
李磊1996年起主要从事中国抽象艺术创作和研究，力求将中国文化的核心理念与国际上成熟的抽象艺术语言相结合，走出一条中国的抽象艺术之路。创作有《禅花》系列、《忆江南》系列、《醉湖》系列、《海上花》系列、《庞贝的焰火》系列等。李磊在中国北京、上海、香港；美国纽约；德国法兰克福、林茨；荷兰阿姆斯特丹、博克斯梅尔；比利时布鲁塞尔举办过个人画展。
李磊曾经组织创设双年度的“上海青年美术大展”；组织创设年度的“上海春季艺术沙龙”；组织创设双年度的“上海抽象艺术大展”；主持双年度的“上海双年展”等大型美术活动。
出版专集有《海上油画名家——李磊》上海书店出版社、《中国当代艺术家画传——李磊、诗意的抽象》河北教育出版社、《今日中国当代艺术家——李磊、楼高人远天如水》四川美术出版社、《 Li Lei ------ Chinese Abstractionist 》 德国 Hatje Cantz 出版社、《李磊——海上花》上海当代艺术馆.
Li Lei
Born October, 1965; Shanghai, China.
Currently the Deputy Director of China Art Museum, Shanghai and a Professor at Tongji University, Li Lei was also previously the Executive Director of Shanghai Art Museum and Executive President of Shanghai Oil Painting &Sculpture Institute.
Li Lei embarked on the practice and research of Chinese Abstract Art from1996, striving to combine the essence of Chinese culture with an international abstract art visual language, and develop a new proposal for Chinese abstract art. His main works include the series Dhyana Flower, Jiang Nan(Memories of South), Drunken Lake, Shanghai Flower, and Flame of Pompeii. He has held solo exhibitions in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong, China, and has also exhibited widely in America, Germany, Holland, and Belguim.
Li Lei has also been the founder, and organized, several major art projects, including the Shanghai Youth Biennale, the annual fair ART Shanghai, the biennial Shanghai Abstract Art Show, and also presided over the organization of Shanghai Biennale.
Publications include Shanghai Oil Painting Masters: Li Lei ; Contemporary Artists of China---Li Lei: Poetic Abstract ; Contemporary Artists of China Today---Li Lei: the Far Away and the Serene ; Li Lei---Chinese Abstractionist ; and Shanghai Flower/Li Lei .