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Xuemeng Li

Chicago and Shanghai

Education
M.F.A., School of the Art Institute of Chicago, expected 2027
B.A., New York University, 2023

Solo Exhibitions
2024 "The Still Flow," theBlanc Gallery, New York, United States
2023 "Wandering Through," Banshan Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2022 "Finding - Xuemeng Li Solo Exhibition," Banshan Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

Group Exhibitions
2025 "Outlanders: We Are All Foreigners Somewhere," SAIC, Chicago, United States
2025 "Subconscious Realities," SAIC, Chicago, United States
2025 "Human Tides," SAIC, Chicago, United States
2024 "Never the Same River," 2024 Shanghai International Photography Festival, Shanghai, China
2023 "Name, Place, Animal, Thing," theBlanc Gallery, New York, United States
2022 "2022 Liminality Asian Artists in American Exhibition," Times Art Gallery, New York, United States
2022 "Island of Light," Crossing Art Gallery, New York, United States
2022 "Unbounded," Three Shadows Photography Art Center, Xiamen, China
2021 "Another Gestalt," Arch Gallery, Changsha, China
2020 "Zang Wu," Zang Wu, Changsha, China
2020 "Images that words cannot interpret," Xie Zilong Photography Museum, Changsha, China

Awards
2023 "IPA 2023 Honorable Mention - Analog/Film Landscape,” IPA, United States
2023 "IMA-next: Sound and Voice, Shortlist," IMA, Japan
2022 "The 2nd Banshan Photography Award - Jury Award," Tokyo, Japan

Artist Talks and Lectures
2024 “Exploring Art Photography with Xuemeng Li,” Guest Speaker, Today at Apple, Changsha, China
2024 “Aperturist Talk: Never the Same River,” Guest Speaker, Aperturist, Online
2024 “Inner Experience,” Panelist, theBlanc Gallery, New York, United States
2023 “Xuemeng Li’s Creative Art Process,” Guest Speaker, Jiazazhi Press, Shanghai, China

Public Collection
2018.09 “Explore America,” U.S. Consulate, Wuhan, China