Amy Hui Li 李慧

artist’s bio

Amy Hui Li (b.1997, Guangzhou) is a Chinese artist who lives and works in London. She received an MA in Painting from the Royal College of Art in the summer 2023 after a BA in Fine Art from Goldsmiths, University of London in 2020.

Li explores the body through her abstract visual language and the reflective self. Li’s biological forms evoke veins and blood vessels, exploring our hidden emotions as well as processes of self-healing and repairing. Repetitively tearing and reshaping home-made felt materials, Li expresses fragility, brokenness and a drive towards intimacy. Varying in their opacity and texture, her paintings speak of honesty, the exposed self and the brave act of being willing to be vulnerable. Her works seek to spark resonance and challenge the audience to self-reflect and face their inner self. By titling her work only in lowercase, she also expresses a sense of humility.

 

b.1997, Guangzhou, China

Lives and works in London

education

Royal College of Art

MA Painting 

2022-2023 • London, UK

Goldsmiths, University of London

BA Fine Art

2016-2020 • London, UK

solo exhibitions

2024/2025 paradise lost, Unit, London

group exhibitions

2024 Expanding the Boundaries of Photography, Hot Sheet, London

2024 Hot Sheet Exhibition, Hot Sheet, London

2024 Airy Disk, River Art Gallery, Taichung

2024 Theater of Energies, Arsenal Contemporary, New York

2024 Can You Afford to 'Pay' Attention?, Heart Lab, London 

2024 Worlds Beyond, Unit, London

2023 TEN, Unit, London

2023 Summer Graduate Show, Anise Gallery, London

2023 London Calling, Unit, London

2023   Works on Paper, Thames-Side Studios, London

2022   Third Floor Exhibition, RCA Photography Studio, London

2022   Cast a Shadow, The Safehouse, London

2020   ACCIDENTING, CSSAGoldsmiths, London (online)

2020   Degree Show, Goldsmiths, University of London, London (online)

2018   PALETTE PALATE, Goldsmiths the Laurie Grove Small Pool, London

2017   19420, Goldsmiths, University of London, Extension Degree, London

2016   Visual Arts IB Diploma Exhibition, Guangzhou