Li Shuo Phoebe (b.2004) is based in Los Angeles / Hong Kong and is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree with minor in Art History at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
Through installation, sculpture, and performance, her practice questions and subtly satirizes the concept of “resilience,” an ambiguous yet sexy term. Using her own body, and by extension a shared or “collective” body, she examines what this concept demands of us: the gradual alienation of the body in order to absorb pain, remain quiet, and expand under pressure. In her work, bodily forms are stretched, melted, and reconstructed with industrial materials, exposing the tension between strength and vulnerability as the body confronts social systems that equate endurance with virtue.
Her frequent use of first- and second-person pronouns in her titles further collapses distance. This linguistic strategy places both the artist and the viewer within the same conditions that the work examines. From this shared position, she asks who is expected to remain intact and who is required to absorb the cost of that endurance. As a result, resilience in her work becomes a continuous negotiation between care and exhaustion, endurance and loss.
Instagram: @phoebelii_
email: shuophoebeli@gmail.com
Exhibitions
· 2024 "Self-Evaluation," 4C Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
· 2024 La Art Show, MetaU Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
· 2024 Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
· 2024 "Seeking Light: Juried On-Site Group Exhibition", The Bright Arts Foundation, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
· 2024 "Finalists Exhibition", Arte Laguna Prize, Arsenale Nord of Venice, Italy.
· 2024 Wild Land Art Festival, Yunnan, China
· 2024 Beidaihe Art Center, Hebei, China
· 2024 Migratory Birds 300, Aranya Theater Festival, Hebei, China
· 2025 Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
· 2025 "2025 Supper Club", THE SHOPHOUSE, Hong Kong.
Awards
· Finalist Artists of the 19th Edition of Arte Laguna Prize https://artelagunaprize.com/finalist-artists-2024/
· MetaU Art 2023 International Art Competition, 1st Place Winners https://www.metauart.com/2023winners
· Undergraduate Research Fellows Program Scholarship, University of California, Los Angeles.
· Annual Student Fine Art Show And Student Photo Contest, The Dortort Center for Creativity in the Arts at Hillel at UCLA, 2nd Place Winners
Publications
· Featured Article, Asian Art Contemporary.
· Featured Article, Art China.
http://art.china.cn/huodong/2024-09/06/content_42904332.htm
· Featured Article, Shoutout LA.
https://shoutoutla.com/shuo-phoebe-li/
· Featured Article, Daily Bruin.
· 15th edition of Graphite Journal, Almanac, Hammer Museum.
https://hammer.ucla.edu/edu/students/hsa/graphite-interdisciplinary-journal-of-the-arts
· Interview Article, The Bright Art Foundation.
https://bridgeartsfoundation.org/interviews/n2uqrtknu2ickqqjlqjh3msxtgolw5
· Envelop 2024: Dashew's Arts and Writing Magazine, UCLA Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars. https://internationalcenter.ucla.edu/Envelopemagazine2024
Art Residencies
· 2024 Aranya Theater Festival - Migratory Birds 300, Hebei, China https://www.aranyatheaterfestival.com/
· 2024 Wild Land Art Festival, Yunnan, China