Li Binjie—modern paper-cut artist

Li Binjie, a native of Xinzhou City, Shanxi, is a member of the Communist Party of China, a member of the Xinzhou Municipal Peoples Political Consultative Conference, a member of the Chinese Folk Writers and Artists Association, a member of the Chinese Arts and Crafts Society, deputy secretary-general of the Paper-cutting Art Committee of the Chinese National Culture Promotion Association, Shanxi Province Paper-cutting Vice president of Artists Association, member of Shanxi Artists Association, vice chairman of Shanxi Xinzhou Artists Association.

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Paper-cut works have participated in many national exhibitions. He has won the Gold Medal of the 7th China Art Festival, the Gold Medal of the 6th China Folk Art Festival; the Gold Medal of the 2nd China Folk Arts and Crafts Expo; the Gold Medal of the China (Wuhan) Paper-cutting Art Festival and National Paper-cutting Works Competition; the 8th China Folk Literature and Art National Highest Award He won the "Mountain Flower Award", the "Mountain Flower Award", the highest national award for Chinese folk literature and art in Hangzhou, and the "Hundred Flowers Award" at the 7th Hangzhou Arts and Crafts Masters Expo. His works won the gold medal at the first Hangzhou International Paper-cutting Art Festival in 2006, and the 2007 National It won the "Golden Scissors Award" in the Paper-cutting Competition, the "Charming Zhuanghe" National Paper-cutting Competition, and the "Top Ten Magic Scissors" in the 3rd Shenzhou Charming National Paper-cutting Exhibition. His representative works include "Pictures of Fortune, Luxury, Longevity and Joy", "Four Beautiful Pictures", "Golden Rooster Heralding Spring", "Five Hundred Arhats Picture", "Loess Customs Series", "Shanxi Folk Song Series", "Drama Characters Series", and "Two-person Stage Series" ", "Chinese Vase", "Scenery Series", etc. Some works are collected by the First Museum, the Olympic Organizing Committee and other departments. In May 2005, he went to the 101st International Expo in Paris, France, and went to Germany, Italy, Austria and other countries for academic inspections and artistic exchanges. In April 2009, he went to Japan to participate in the second Yuan·China-Japan Friendship Culture and Art Exchange Exhibition. He was awarded "Top Ten Paper-cutting Artists in China", "New China Paper-cutting Artist", "Excellent Artist of Harmonious Chinas Virtue and Art", "Master of Folk Art of Shanxi Province" and "Outstanding Inheritor" by relevant departments, and "Xinzhou Citys First Youth Five Four medals",&l"Top Ten Prosperous Cultural Figures in Xinzhou City", "Top Ten Folk Culture Inheritors in Xinzhou City", "Paper-cutting Master in Xinzhou City" and other honorary titles. In 2000, he was awarded the title of "The First Shanxi Province Arts and Crafts Master" by the Shanxi Provincial Peoples Government.

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Li Binjie got involved with paper-cutting when he was a teenager. When he was a child, he saw adults cutting out vivid and lovely pictures with scissors. He could not help but pick up the scissors and dance a few times, slowly. Even if he was slow, he could cut out some decent paper-cut patterns. However, as his paper-cutting skills continued to improve, he began to become more and more dissatisfied. He was unwilling to always repeat the traditional paper-cutting skills and monotony with scissors. He is eager to innovate on the basis of traditional paper-cutting art, so that more people know, understand and love paper-cutting. In the process of exploration and innovation, Li Binjie gradually feels the similarities between paper-cutting and art. So he decided to learn painting, and it was after he learned painting that Li Binjies paper-cutting art really made new breakthroughs.

Based on the meticulous craftsmanship of painting, Li Binjies paper-cutting art has since embarked on the road of innovation, taking root in the plateau loess of northwest Shanxi. With his own artistic spirituality, Li Binjie has given the traditional paper-cutting art a new twist. The new vigor and vitality also ushered in the leap and sublimation of his creative life. His "Loess Customs" series of paper-cuts won the Gold Award for Paper-cutting at the 7th China Art Festival, and "Spring Dawn in China" won the special prize in the fine arts category of the China International Literature and Art Expo. He is based on tradition and does not stick to traditional artistic conception and creative techniques. He is called thread sculpture by industry experts.

Li Binjie and his paper-cutting art have not only won many honors in China, but he has also gone abroad many times to show the world the magic and charm of Chinese paper-cutting art. More importantly, with the artistic value of his paper-cutting works in recent years, Continuously receiving recognition and praise, his works are gradually entering the market. His Shanxi folk song series of paper-cut works were very popular after being introduced to the market by a cultural company in the province. On January 11, Li Binjie brought his "Five Hundred "Arhat Picture" came to the Provincial Library to participate in the selection of masters of arts and crafts in Shanxi Province. Although the selection results have not been announced yet, Li Binjie said that honor is just a spur. The important thing is to continue to carry out the ancient art left by our ancestors. Inherited and carried forward from generation to generation.