Jia Xi Li 李镓汐
Born in 1997
Jia Xi is a Chinese Canadian artist based in London. She makes sculpture, wall pieces, and installations in solidified knitted textile. Her art materialises personal involuntary memory, revealing the complexity of domestic objects mirroring existence, history, and behaviour. Each piece encapsulates an archived time and memory, triggered by emotions and senses, embodying the intangible 'home' of a contemporary urban nomad. Knot by knot, Jia Xi builds a woven carcass from fibre materials that should not stand up.
Born in 1997
Jia Xi is a Chinese Canadian artist based in London. She makes sculpture, wall pieces, and installations in solidified knitted textile. Her art materialises personal involuntary memory, revealing the complexity of domestic objects mirroring existence, history, and behaviour. Each piece encapsulates an archived time and memory, triggered by emotions and senses, embodying the intangible 'home' of a contemporary urban nomad. Knot by knot, Jia Xi builds a woven carcass from fibre materials that should not stand up.
Education
2019-2021 MA Royal College of Art, UK
2015-2019 BFA Parsons School of Design, US
Artist Residency
2023 Sarabande Foundation, Artist in Residence, London, UK
2022 CraftHub Residency, Kolding Design School, Denmark
2022 Contextile Contemporary Art Biennial, Guimarães, Portugal
2021 Solo artist residency, Unit 1 Gallery Workshop, London, UK
2019-2021 MA Royal College of Art, UK
2015-2019 BFA Parsons School of Design, US
Artist Residency
2023 Sarabande Foundation, Artist in Residence, London, UK
2022 CraftHub Residency, Kolding Design School, Denmark
2022 Contextile Contemporary Art Biennial, Guimarães, Portugal
2021 Solo artist residency, Unit 1 Gallery Workshop, London, UK
Solo Exhibition
2023 Where Forgetting Meets Remembering, Sarabande Foundation, London︎︎︎
2021 Knot by Not, Solo Exhibition, Unit 1 Gallery, London︎︎︎
Group Exhibition
2023 SUM: Summer Exhibition, Sarabande Foundation, London UK
2023 Definitions of Drawing II, Sunny Bank Mills Gallery, Leeds UK
2023 SandCastle, APT Gallery, London UK
2023 Arte Laguna Prize, Venice Italy
2023 Coming Home: In Search of Our Body, London UK
2022 Contextile, Guimarães Portugal
2022 No Place Like Home, Fitzrovia Gallery, London UK
2022 Karen Tronel Antumn Exhibition, London UK
2022 BBA Artist Prize 2022, Kühlhaus, Berlin Germany
2022 Soft Dialogue, London Craft Week, London UK
2022 Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh UK
2023 Where Forgetting Meets Remembering, Sarabande Foundation, London︎︎︎
2021 Knot by Not, Solo Exhibition, Unit 1 Gallery, London︎︎︎
Group Exhibition
2023 SUM: Summer Exhibition, Sarabande Foundation, London UK
2023 Definitions of Drawing II, Sunny Bank Mills Gallery, Leeds UK
2023 SandCastle, APT Gallery, London UK
2023 Arte Laguna Prize, Venice Italy
2023 Coming Home: In Search of Our Body, London UK
2022 Contextile, Guimarães Portugal
2022 No Place Like Home, Fitzrovia Gallery, London UK
2022 Karen Tronel Antumn Exhibition, London UK
2022 BBA Artist Prize 2022, Kühlhaus, Berlin Germany
2022 Soft Dialogue, London Craft Week, London UK
2022 Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh UK
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