李銳奮 Frank, Lei Ioi Fan (1962-2022)

李銳奮

澳門已故攝影師及藝術家，專欄作家（筆名李灌原），前「婆仔屋藝術空間」（後稱「牛房倉庫」）藝術總監。

北京出生，十歲來澳。大學時主修新聞傳播，畢業後於《澳門日報》當新聞記者期間，愛上法國新浪潮電影，決定赴巴黎尋夢。

入讀法國巴黎第三大學（Université Paris III），1990年獲電影及錄像學士。同年考入國立巴黎高等裝飾藝術學院(ENSAD)，修讀攝影。1991年參加法國攝影博物館舉辦之「街頭人生」國際攝影比賽獲一等獎，作品於巴黎大皇宮展出，並由攝影搏物館永久收藏。1992年曾赴古巴創作，遙與卡斯特羅揮手。1993年畢業，回澳任教於理工學院藝術高等學校。

電影、攝影、音樂、文學等皆為其畢生所愛，回澳不久即接觸佛學，奉行簡樸茹素的生活。曾於法國、澳門、香港進行多次攝影個展、聯展等。1995年 創辦藝術團體「石頭公社」。2001年「石頭公社」進駐婆仔屋並成立「婆仔屋藝術空間」，李銳奮出任藝術總監。後婆仔屋被收回，原班人馬遷往牛房繼續運作，改名「牛房倉庫」。2004年，發現患有腦癌，經治療後即重拾教職及牛房倉庫工作，康復期間開始大量繪畫。2006年，由邊度有書出版《邊走邊看》攝影文集。繼續攝影及繪畫，舉辦個人攝影展及小型繪畫展，並前往紐約、韓國、法國等地交流及舉辦攝影展等。2017年，腦癌復發。2022年5月18日離世。

Frank Lei, a celebrated photographer and artist from Macau, was also a columnist under the pen name Li Guanyuan and served as the former Art Director of the “Old Ladies House Art Space” (later known as “OxWarehouse”).

Born in Beijing, he came to Macau at the age of ten. He majored in Journalism at university, and worked as a reporter for the Macau Daily News after graduation. Later he fell in love with French New Wave cinema and decided to go to Paris to pursue his dream.

He was admitted to the Université de Paris III, where he received a Bachelor’s Degree in Cinema and Video in 1990. In the same year, he was admitted to ENSAD (École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs de Paris), where he studied photography.

In 1991, he won the first prize in the International Photography Competition “Life on the Street” organized by the Musée de la Photographie (France), his works were exhibited at the Grand Palais in Paris and are in the permanent collection of the Musée de la Photographie. In 1992, he traveled to Cuba for art projects, where he waved his hand to Castro, and then he graduated in 1993 and returned to Macau to teach at the Polytechnic Institute and Ecole Supérieure des Arts (Macau).

His lifelong passions included cinema, photography, music, and literature. After returning to Macau, he embraced Buddhism and adopted a simple, vegetarian lifestyle. He held numerous solo and group exhibitions in France, Macau, and Hong Kong. In 1995, he founded the art group Comuna de Pedra de Macau. In 2001, the group moved to Old Ladies House, establishing the Old Ladies House Art Space, where Frank served as Artistic Director. Following the relocation to Ox Warehouse, the space continued operations and was renamed as Ox Warehouse.

In 2004, Lei was diagnosed with brain cancer. After treatment, he resumed teaching at the Polytechnic Institute and continued working at Ox Warehouse, also beginning to draw extensively during his recovery. In 2006, he published the photography anthology “Walking and Watching” with Pin-to Livros. He continued to take photographs and paint, organizing solo and small painting exhibitions, and traveled to New York, Korea, and France for exchanges and exhibitions.

In early 2017, he was invited to Strasbourg for a photography exhibition and exchange. Unfortunately, he experienced a recurrence of brain cancer in May 2017 and passed away on May 18, 2022.