Ying Li

NADA East Broadway is pleased to host Traveling Light, an exhibition of paintings and works on paper by Ying Li presented by Alice Gauvin Projects.

This exhibition’s title, Traveling Light, is a paean to the nature of light across landscapes, particularly as depicted by Ying Li–capricious, ever-changing, ever-new. It also speaks to an important facet of her artistic practice. Li is a seasoned traveler, participating in residencies across Europe and America and accompanying her partner, jazz trombonist Conrad Herwig, when his band goes on tour. Over the years, Li has become adept at traveling with still-wet canvases–some of which weigh as much as fifty pounds–across international borders.

And yet, although she is physically encumbered by her painting materials–and, gradually, the works themselves–Li’s jubilant approach to each new terrain and manifest delight in color and line shows us that she can, and does, travel light.

Launched as Alice Gauvin Gallery in 2021 at 43 York Street in Portland, Maine, Alice Gauvin Projects showcases and promotes unique and thoughtful works by contemporary artists. With a strong interest in the traditions of the 20th century, particularly the push-pull of abstract and figurative art, Alice Gauvin Projects seeks to support and promote artists motivated by a desire for discovery and a dedication to craft.

Alice Gauvin is a curator and writer based in Washington D.C. and Portland, Maine. She has spent both her professional and personal life surrounded by works by many of the artistic masters of the 20th century. Prior to starting Alice Gauvin Projects, she worked in the curatorial department of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. She received her MPhil from the University of Cambridge and her BA from Colby College. She is also a contributing author at the New York Sun, writing about arts and culture.

NADA East Broadway is a gallery space housed on the second floor of the historic, turn-of-the-century building at 311 East Broadway in Manhattan’s Lower East Side neighborhood. The space is host to year-round programming and exhibitions from NADA’s international membership base and the broader arts community.

NADA East Broadway has recently hosted exhibitions by New Latin Wave, New York; Night Gallery, Los Angeles; Emma Gray HQ, Los Angeles; and Swing Left. The newly opened gallery space expands on ongoing exhibition program, initiated in Chinatown’s East Broadway Mall in 2021, where NADA hosted exhibitions from Ivester Contemporary, Austin; OCHI, Los Angeles; Macaulay & Co. Fine Art, Vancouver; and Ballon Rouge Collective, Brussels.