Li Ji was born in Kunming, Yunnan Province in 1963. He graduated from the Sichuan Art Academy in 1987 and completed his graduate studies at the Printing Department of the Central Academy of Fine Art in Beijing in 1990. An accomplished print-maker, Li Ji is better known for his works in oil on canvas where his vision, mastery and comments on modern society are manifest. Li Ji's works have been exhibited internationally and acquired by private and public collections in the United States, Europe and Asia. He is currently vice professor of the Yunnan Art academy.