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Rebecca Li
b. 1998, Shenzhen
Rebecca Li lives and works in Hong Kong. Academically trained in global art history, she navigates nuances of family, femininity, language, and loss through the visual. Research-intensive, with a recent focus on time, artisanship, and word-image relations of the East Asian context, her oeuvre is often defined by modern/contemporary storytelling at the intersection of the intimate and the collective. Li has a multi-faceted professional background in the art and culture sector of both the United States and Asia, at the Harvard Art Museums, the National Gallery of Art, and Christie’s.
Education
M.A., Stanford University
M.Ed., Harvard University
B.A., summa cum laude, Middlebury College
The Hotchkiss School
Solo Exhibitions
2026
Amulet, Yubido, Tokyo, Japan
2024
Weary Sun, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
Pyramid Scheme, Bass & Reiner, San Francisco, CA
2021
Studio Art Thesis Exhibition, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT
2018
INK, The Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, CT
Summer Exhibition, The Aegean Center for the Fine Arts, Paros, Greece
2017
Spring Exhibition, The Aegean Center for the Fine Arts, Paros, Greece
Publications
2026
(Forthcoming)
2024
“So Long, Sanyu: Modernism as Hope, Anxiety, and Global Meanders,” Stanford University, June 7
2023
“Counter-Framing Vuillard: What Goes Missing from Woman in Green,” Harvard Art Museums, January
“Woven with Love: Otti Berger as Atalanta,” Harvard Art Museums, January
“Paper Textiles: Compound Aesthetics in Pindell’s Untitled Drawing,” Harvard Art Museums, January
Projects
2023
Public Art Talks, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Summer Institute for Educators, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
2023
Artisanal Modernism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA
2022
Digital Tools: Contemporary Chinese Prints, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA
2021
Art Collection Provenance Research, Harvard Radcliffe Institute, Cambridge, MA
2020
Testimony on Diversifying the Vermont State House Art Collection, Montpelier, VT
Bibliography
2026
“Rebecca Li: Amulet お守り,” Metropolis, January 10
“Rebecca Li ‘Amulet’,” Tokyo Art Beat, January 8
“Rebecca Li: Amulet,” Japan Past & Present, January
“Rebecca Li,” AIR 3331, January
2024
“Rebecca Li: Weary Sun,” Stanford University, March
2023
“Exhibitions, Artisanal Modernism,” Harvard Art Museums, January 28
2021
“Painting a pandemic: studio art majors finish strong,” The Middlebury Campus, May 20
2018
“INK: An Exhibit of Student Artwork in the Tremaine Gallery Jan. 20 - Feb. 18,” The Hotchkiss School, January 23
Residencies
2026
AIR 3331, Tokyo, Japan
2019/2018/2017
Aegean Center for the Fine Arts, Paros, Greece
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Rebecca Li
b. 1998, Shenzhen
Rebecca Li lives and works in Hong Kong. Academically trained in global art history, she navigates nuances of family, femininity, language, and loss through the visual. Research-intensive, with a recent focus on time, artisanship, and word-image relations of the East Asian context, her oeuvre is often defined by modern/contemporary storytelling at the intersection of the intimate and the collective. Li has a multi-faceted professional background in the art and culture sector of both the United States and Asia, at the Harvard Art Museums, the National Gallery of Art, and Christie’s.
Education
M.A., Stanford University
M.Ed., Harvard University
B.A., summa cum laude, Middlebury College
The Hotchkiss School
Solo Exhibitions
2026
Amulet, Yubido, Tokyo, Japan
2024
Weary Sun, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
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Rebecca Li
b. 1998, Shenzhen
Rebecca Li lives and works in Hong Kong. Academically trained in global art history, she navigates nuances of family, femininity, language, and loss through the visual. Research-intensive, with a recent focus on time, artisanship, and word-image relations of the East Asian context, her oeuvre is often defined by modern/contemporary storytelling at the intersection of the intimate and the collective. Li has a multi-faceted professional background in the art and culture sector of both the United States and Asia, at the Harvard Art Museums, the National Gallery of Art, and Christie’s.
Education
M.A., Stanford University
M.Ed., Harvard University
B.A., summa cum laude, Middlebury College
The Hotchkiss School
Solo Exhibitions
2026
Amulet, Yubido, Tokyo, Japan
2024
Weary Sun, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
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Rebecca Li
b. 1998, Shenzhen
Rebecca Li lives and works in Hong Kong. Academically trained in global art history, she navigates nuances of family, femininity, language, and loss through the visual. Research-intensive, with a recent focus on time, artisanship, and word-image relations of the East Asian context, her oeuvre is often defined by modern/contemporary storytelling at the intersection of the intimate and the collective. Li has a multi-faceted professional background in the art and culture sector of both the United States and Asia, at the Harvard Art Museums, the National Gallery of Art, and Christie’s.
Education
M.A., Stanford University
M.Ed., Harvard University
B.A., summa cum laude, Middlebury College
The Hotchkiss School
Solo Exhibitions
2026
Amulet, Yubido, Tokyo, Japan
2024
Weary Sun, Stanford University, Stanford, CA