Chen Li, born in Kunming, Yunnan, in 1956, gradudated from the Yunnan Art Institute majoring in print, and is a member of th China Artists Association and China Printmakers Association, the deputy director and research fellow of the Art and Photography Division of Yunnan Mass Art Center. Chen Li was mentored by both world reknown Contemporary Chinese Yunnan Art artists Ting Shao Kuang and Jiang Tiefeng.
His artworks have been awarded numerous prizes and have been exhibited and collected throughout the world, including: Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Holland, Japan, and USA.