1965年10月生於上海市。
現為上海中華藝術宮副館長、國家一級美術師、同濟大學客座教授。曾經擔任上海美術館執行館長、上海油畫雕塑院執行副院長。
李磊1996年起主要從事中國抽象藝術創作和研究，力求將中國文化的核心理念與國際上成熟的抽象藝術語言相結合，走出一條中國的抽象藝術之路。創作有《禪花》系列、《憶江南》系列、《醉湖》系列、《海上花》系列、《龐貝的焰火》系列等。李磊在中國北京、上海、香港；美國紐約；德國法蘭克福、林茨；荷蘭阿姆斯特丹、博克斯梅爾；比利時布魯塞爾舉辦過個人畫展。
李磊曾經組織創設雙年度的“上海青年美術大展”；組織創設年度的“上海春季藝術沙龍”；組織創設雙年度的“上海抽象藝術大展”；主持雙年度的“上海雙年展”等大型美術活動。
出版專集有《海上油畫名家——李磊》上海書店出版社、《中國當代藝術家畫傳——李磊、詩意的抽象》河北教育出版社、《今日中國當代藝術家——李磊、樓高人遠天如水》四川美術出版社、《 Li Lei ------ Chinese Abstractionist 》 德國 Hatje Cantz 出版社、《李磊——海上花》上海當代藝術館.
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 .