Joy Li
Biography
Joy Li (b.1999 in Gansu, lives and works in Shenzhen and New Haven) explores the tensions in the interactions between everyday objects, animals, and the human body through sculpture, installation, performance, and video. Simplifying while exaggerating the daily mundane items and scenes by recontextualisation, her works intrigue the audience with the carefully staged theatricality and absurdity, allowing them to re-experience and interact with familiar objects in uncanny manners. In her performances, by installing herself in a trancelike state of animality, she also questions the boundaries and the tensions between human and non-human beings. Treading a fine line within these playful interactions, Li offers a new perspective on understanding the notions of danger and desire. Her recent solo exhibitions and projects include Vanguard Gallery, Shanghai (2024), LINSEED, Shanghai (2023), OFFSPACE, Shanghai (2022), and Gateway Gallery 1, Baltimore (2019). Her selected group exhibitions include THE SHOPHOUSE, Hong Kong (2025), New Uncanny Gallery, New York (2024), Guangdong Contemporary Art Center, Guangzhou (2024), Tree Art Museum, Beijing (2024), LINSEED, Seoul (2023), Time Art Museum, Chengdu (2021), among others.
Works
Joy Li
Specimen Collection
2025
Glass, banknote, metal, LED, ceramic, copper wire, rubber
75 × 50 × 60 cm | 29.5 x 19.7 x 23.6 in
Specimen Collection
2025
Glass, banknote, metal, LED, ceramic, copper wire, rubber
75 × 50 × 60 cm | 29.5 x 19.7 x 23.6 in
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Joy Li
Transparent Trap
2025
Glass, butterfly specimen, screen, printed circuit board, rubber
18 x 32 x 17 cm | 7.1 x 12.6 x 6.7 in
Transparent Trap
2025
Glass, butterfly specimen, screen, printed circuit board, rubber
18 x 32 x 17 cm | 7.1 x 12.6 x 6.7 in
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Exhibitions
Artists: João Gabriel, Shimon Kamada, Dew Kim, Jaewon Kim, Joy Li, Tao Siqi
Hong Kong
07 June—16 August 2025