Amy Hui Li 李慧
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.
biography
born 1997, Guangzhou, China
Lives and works in London
education
2023 Royal College of Art, London, MA Painting
2020 Goldsmiths, University of London, BA Fine Art
solo exhibitions
2024
paradise lost, Unit, London
Amy Hui Li x AMBEDO, Hot Sheet, London
group exhibitions
2025
A Trace Without A Tail, LINSEED, Shanghai
2024
Expanding the Boundaries of Photography, Hot Sheet, London
Airy Disk, River Art Gallery, Taichung
Theater of Energies, Arsenal Contemporary, New York
Can You Afford to 'Pay' Attention?, Heart Lab, London
Worlds Beyond, Unit, London
2023
TEN - A decade of Unit, Unit, London
Summer Graduate Show, Anise Gallery, London
London Calling, Unit, London
Works on Paper, Thames-Side Studios, London
2022
Third Floor Exhibition, RCA Photography Studio, London
Cast a Shadow, The Safehouse, London
2020
ACCIDENTING, CSSAGoldsmiths, London (online)