Li Jie started his independent curatorial practice in 2006. He was the curator of A4 Contemporary Art Center, Chengdu from 2011 to 2015, the chief curator since 2016 and the deputy director of Chengdu Luxelakes・A4 Art Museum since 2021. Through a series of art exhibitions, local art projects, and iSTART children’s art festival projects, Li Jie is constantly developing the art museum’s public relations and social co-creation mode.
In 2012, he was invited by Goethe Institute to attend the 13th Kassel Documenta Curator Communication Project, Germany. In 2013, he was invited by Yokohama Creative City Art Center to Yokohama Creative City Art Center Resident Program, Japan. In 2014, he attended the Alternative Route: Symposium on Contemporary Art, History and Current Issues in Asia, Japan. In 2016, he was invited by Japan Foundation to participate in a young curator exchange programme, Japan and in the same year he won Asian Cultural Council Cai Guoqiang Fellowship. In 2017, he won the first Hyundai Blue Prize: Sustainability Curator Award.