Meng Li is a London-based contemporary artist and printmaker originally from China. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Visual Communication Design from Sichuan University and is currently pursuing an MA in Printmaking at the University of the Arts London. Her practice explores the relationship between life and existence through inanimate objects, examining themes such as the boundaries between object and subject and the interplay between human society and the natural environment.
Using natural materials such as bones, stones, and soil—collected during her explorations in nature—Meng creates installations and artworks that reflect transformation and impermanence. Influenced by philosophy, archaeology, and the natural sciences, her work incorporates concepts such as Carl Jung’s
collective unconscious and biomorphic forms, seeking to provoke a deeper contemplation of humanity’s connection to the natural world.
Meng’s art invites viewers to reflect on the meaning of life, our shared ties to nature, and the perception of life and existence.
She recently exhibited her work at
Millbank Tower in London and held her solo exhibition,
Echoes of Existence: Life in Objects, at
Peckham Levels in London, which was featured by Camberwell College of Arts. Her work
Primo was included in
Artist Talk, Issue 37.
“If you try to understand Meng’s prints, you should look down, look at your feet, as if you were reading a map. Don’t look outward, look downward.” — Paul Coldwell