CURRICULUM VITAE
Axl Le (Chinese name: Yi Le 乐毅)
is a digital artist and filmmaker born in 1989 in Shanghai, China, currently living in Oslo, Norway. He graduated from Shanghai University Fine Arts College in 2013. He has been creating digital art since 2016. Since 2019 he has devoted most of his energy to the creation of CG video work. More recently he has been experimenting with VR and AI as tools of creation.
Since 2016, he have been creating films using 3D and digital technology, and his artistic endeavors also include AIGC, VR, and other art techniques. His works primarily explore the relationship between the virtual and reality, societal contradictions, and the intersection of technology and life. In his new creations in 2024, He delves into the interaction and impact between human behavior, video games, and artificial intelligence.
Axl’s work has been featured on platforms such as NOWNESS Asia, Stash Media and Arte Tracks. He has exhibited his work in Museo d'Arte Orientale、Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai、Tank Shanghai、China Academy of Art、Liu Haisu Art Museum and Himalayan Center Shanghai、 to mention some.
EXHIBITONS
2023 MAO Torino, The Six Realms of Reincarnation 2023, Italy
2023 Chosun Gallery, Seoul, South Korea (Solo Exhibition)
2023 CICA Museum, Nature 2023, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
2022 Loosen Art, Progress. On Contemporary and Future Society, Rome, Italy
2022 Siggraph Asia, Daegu, South Korea
2022 Digital Art Fair Asia, Hong Kong, China
2022 Usee潮流艺术设计展, Hangzhou, China
2022 EtherBarcelona, Barcelona, Spain
2022 NFT and Digital Arts Festival, Burj Park, Dubai
2021 OneOffs NFT 國際藝術博覽會, Taipei, Taiwan
2021 NOWNESS China New Talent Awards Exhibition—— Tank Shanghai, Shanghai, China
2021 IOSG 8th Old Friend Reunion is Coming | Scaling Summit & Metaverse Carnival, Shenzhen, China
2020 NOWNESS China New Talent Awards Exhibition
2020 中国电影美术学会色彩蒙太奇—— 电影装置艺术展
2019 Beijing International CG Art Biennale, Beijing FUN, Beijing, China
2019-2020塔台呼唤Do you copy？—— MoCA Shanghai, Shanghai, China
2018 海上80——上海青年艺术家作品邀请展·第二站, Urban Creative Space, Shanghai, China
2018 中华创世纪神话—— 互联网艺术大展, Liu Haisu Art Museum, Shanghai, China
2017 Blast数码一代展览, Himalayan Center, Shanghai, China
2017 Trans media exhibition 聚场, MoCA Shanghai, Shanghai, China
2016 Shanghai International Art Festival 白日梦想家, Shanghai Theatre Academy, Shanghai, China
ARTICLES AND FEATURES
Axl Le and Korean Star Lee Minho Drop “New World, New Meta” Concept Film, June 2023
Nowness China: 不会吧，这个周末你又加班啦？, July 2022 (Chinese)
Nowness China: Season of Survival: Journey, June 2022 (Chinese)
InStyle China: HUNTER, April 2022 (Chinese)
Yaho Finance: NFT and Digital Arts Festival, Alternative Reality, to Be Held at WOW Summit 2022, February 2022
WLDO: 주목해야할 천재 아티스트 , August 2021 (Korean)
Shots: Work anxiety just got a whole lot worse, Shots, July 2021
Stash Media: “The Patient” Short Film by Axl Le, July 2021
Fesch TV: THE PATIENT 病人 / AXL LE, July 2021
TheCGBros: CGI 3D Animated Short: "Vincent" - by Axl Le (Yi Le), July 2021
Tank Shanghai: NOWNESS 2021天才计划, December 2020 (Chinese)
China Academy of Art: NOWNESS 2020 天才计划特别展映 中国美术学院美术馆站, December 2020 (Chinese)
Arte TRACKS: Cyberpunk: Ist die Dystopie schon Realität?, October 2020 (French/German)
SHP Plus: The Cyberpunk Worlds of Axl Le｜乐毅的赛博庞克世界, July 2020 (Chinese)
RADII: “I am Chinese, I don’t eat Dogs”: Inside Axl Le’s Post-Apocalyptic Recipe Book, April 2020
MODERN WEEKLY: An Undefined Answer of Future, March 2020 (Chinese)
Stash Magazine: Join Axl Le and Alan Watts on “The Journey”, January 2020
NeoCha: Futureproof Geisha, December 2019
Nowre Fashion Magazine: 国潮都在做 “赛博朋克”，有什么不一样的？, May 2018 (Chinese)