Yilin Li
EDUCATION
2023-2025 Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture, Rhode Island School of Design
2019-2021 Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Southern California (Transferred)
2017-2019 Bachelor of Fine Arts, School of Art Institute of Chicago
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 "Testing Grounds", at Color Lab, Providence, RI
2023 Sculpture Triennial: "Each Thing, Every One", at Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
2021 Roski BFA Thesis Show, at Irenic Projects, Pasadena, CA.
2020 “BFA Show 2020”, Virtual Exhibition at Serving The People
2020 “Vanishing", Virtual Exhibition at THIS Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2020 Annual Roski Student Exhibition, at Fisher Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
2019 “Almost: an installation on Video”, at Lindhurst Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
AWARDS
2023 Fellowship Award & Assistantship Award, Rhode Island School of Design
2019 Ingriselli Scholar on Art, University of Southern California
2017 Creative Honor Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2017 The Cum Laude Society, Hampton Roads Academy
2017 Dr. John Orders Senior Project Awards, Hampton Roads Academy
2017 Visual Art Award, Hampton Roads Academy
PUBLICATIONS
2021 Polemical Zine Issue 15: Memory
2020 Roski newsletter, USC
2020 Roski magazine ISSUE X, USC
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2023 Teaching Assistant for Junior Sculpture Studio Course, Rhode Island School of Design, RI
2022 Internship at Vitamin Creative Space, Guangzhou, China
2021 Internship at Shenzhen Sea World Culture and Arts Center, Shenzhen, China
2020 Curatorial Team Member in Virtual Exhibition: “Love, Lust, Caution: Centennial
Celebration of the Cross-Cultural Legacies of Eileen Chang” --- USC Library, Los Angeles
2020 VIP Program Assistant and Conversations on Patronage Assistant
Frieze Los Angeles 2020 --- Los Angeles, CA
2019 Classroom Assistant of Youth and Outreach Programs
School of the Art Institute of Chicago--- Chicago, IL
2018 Summer Class/Field Study: “Art Worlds: Aesthetics, Money, and Markets”
The University of Hong Kong --- Hong Kong, China
2017 Voluntary Teaching Services
Naluo Elementary School, Guangdong, China - Zhanjiang, Guangdong
SKILLS
Art: Sculpture skills: mold making, handbuilting technique in ceramics, metal,wood, Video Editing
Language: English, Mandarin, Cantonese