Minxu Li (b. 1997, Hunan, China) is a London-based artist working with photography, digital game, and mixed media. For her, art is a means of communicating unspeakable things that can trigger obsessional feelings, such as memories, unconscious, and trauma.
Education
2019 - 2022, MA Photography, Royal College of Art, London
2015 - 2018, BA Communication Studies, University of Liverpool, Liverpool
Group Exhibitions
2024 (Upcoming) METAMORPHOSIS, Millepiani, Rome, Italy
Open Call, Gallery Lock In, Brighton
2023 Female in Focus, Bridge and Tunnel Gallery, New York City
2022 Exhibition in parallel with Silkarmour live performance, Gallery 46, London
Female in Focus 2022, Photofusion, London
PhEST Festival, Monopoli, Italy
After the Waiting Room, Copeland Gallery, London
Unplugged, HE Base, Chongqing, China
RCA Degree Show, London
Offprint, Tate Modern, London
Lost, FLOOR_, Seoul, Korea
Secret, The Dundas Street Gallery, Edinburgh
Third Floor, Royal College of Art, London
2021 Everywhere You Go, 18 Albemarle Street, London
2020 Encircle the Contemporary Art Museum, Power Station of Art, Shanghai, China
On the White Wall: 20 Litre Interior and Exterior Wall Paint, Millennium Art Gallery, London
WiP Show, Royal College of Art, London
SALE, Tate Modern, London
2019 Fold, Across RCA, Royal College of Art, London
Awards
Female in Focus 2022, British Journal of Photography, Winner
LensCulture Critics’ Choice ’22, Winner
Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2023, Shortlist
Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2022, Shortlist
LensCulture Art Photography Award 2022, Finalist
Athens Photo Festival 2022, Shortlist
International Photography Exhibition 164, Royal Photographic Society, Shortlist
Publications/Press
Artist Highlight: Minxu Li, Edition One 2023, Foureka!
Isolatie, Sep/Oct 2022, OneWorld magazine
Female in Focus 2022: The Winners, British Journal of Photography
Announcing the Winners - LensCulture Critics’ Choice 22
A Springtime Dive in Dreams, 2022, Self Published
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︎ missliminxu@gmail.com