Room as Instrument (2026)








































ABOUT

Lisa Li (b. 1983) is a Filipino-American artist working across sculpture, drawing, and installation. She is drawn to destruction and its aftermath, geological formations, architecture, material transformation, and moments when familiar things behave in unexpected ways. Her work studies how shifts in scale, material, position, and context can alter our understanding of an object or place, asking us to look again at things we might otherwise take for granted.

Formally trained in interior design and immersed in architecture from an early age through her family, Li spent a decade working across photography, design consultation, and film production before returning to a sustained studio practice. Her work has been recognized nationally as a Metropolis Future 100 honoree and exhibited internationally in Time Space Existence at the Venice Architecture Biennale collateral program. Her work exists at multiple scales, from site-specific, permanent installation to smaller sculptural pieces.
   EDUCATION


2028
(expected)
 MFA,  Studio,  
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, IL
In Progress

2022
 BFA, Interior Design,
O’More College of Architecture and Design
Belmont University
Nashville, TN

   ADDITIONAL STUDIES
   AND TRAINING

2023
Product Design Certificate
Parsons School of Design The New School
New York, NY


2022
 Exhibition Design
Internship
Frist Art Museum
Nashville, TN

2014
 Interior Design Studies, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS

2013
 Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art
Overland Park, KS

    SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2026
 Tephramania
206 Rogers St. NE
Atlanta, GA
2024
 A Place to Call Home
Soho House x Atlanta Art Week
The Goat Farm Arts Center
Atlanta, GA


2011
 A Glass Phase
Solo Exhibition
ABV Gallery
Atlanta, GA
 
    SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2026
 Room As Instrument
SITE group exhibition
The Goat  Farm Arts Center

2024
 Objects with Mythology
Robby Simon
various pieces from Lisa Li collection
Memento Gallery
Atlanta, GA

2024
 SITE
Group Exhibition
The Goat Farm Arts Center
Atlanta, GA

2021
 Autistic Imaginaries of Architectural Space: The World Through an Autistic Lens, 2021
Curated by Magda Mostafa
Time Space Existence, European Cultural Centre Palazzo Bembo, Venice, Italy
Held in conjunction with the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale
    SELECTED COMMISSIONS/
    PUBLIC ART


2025
 Nice Bumping Into You Here
temporary interactive sound installation
Woodruff Park
Atlanta, GA
2025
 Cast-001
permanent site-specific sculpture
The Goat Farm Arts Center
Atlanta, GA

2024
 Depth of Field
permanent site-specific concrete sculpture, Bask Retreat Center, Centerville, TN


   AWARDS

2023
 Metropolis Future 100 by Sandow

2022
 Marjorie Charles and William Powell Regen III Design Innovation Scholarship Award

2020
 The Watkins College of Art Merit Scholarship

2014
 Jack Harris Interior Design Scholarship
   
    RESIDENCIES

2025
2026
 The Upton Artist in Residence



2024
 Bask Retreat Center Artist Residency
Centerville, Tn

2023
 Self-directed artist residency, Malaga, Andalusia, Spain

     SELECTED PRESS & PUBLICATIONS


2025
 ArtsATL, “Atlanta’s Culture is Medicine: ELEVATE Atlanta Festival Returns This Weekend.” Artist feature and installation coverage.
2025
 ArtsATL, “Photo Essay: Goat Farm Activates 12-Acre Property with Immersive Sights, Sounds and Experiences for SITE 2025.” Photography by Isadora Pennington.

2023
 Metropolis, “Future100: Interior Design Undergraduate Winners.” March/April 2023 issue.
2021
 IQD, “Building for a Differently-Abled World: Magda Mostafa.” Coverage of Autistic Imaginaries of Architectural Space: The World Through an Autistic Lens, presented within the European Cultural Centre’s Time Space Existence exhibition, Venice.



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