· YURAN Li (Portia)
b.1995 Shijiazhuang. Based in London
2017 - 2019 MFA Fine Art, Goldsmiths University of London, London.
2013 - 2017 BA, (A fucking institutional Art department in a decayed comprehensive university)
· Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
July
Whispered Canvases， Silian Gallery， London
3rd Annual Peace Love Art， A+C Foundation，Online
May
OXYTOCIN Collective Care 2023， Science Gallery， London
February
Quote， Unquote， Ugly Duck, London
2022
November
Choreo Archive, Dinner Party Gallery, London
August
This Is Essential Work, curated by Michal Nahman and Susan Newman, Online
A room of one's own， Safehouse 1， London
May
Sex Re-boot， IKLECTIK， London
2021
June
BlueCables Residency Show, Power Station of Art, Shanghai
January
A Dialogue In Winter, Biennial Art 2020, Yanjiao
2020
December
Cyberfeminism, No Space Gallery, Online
June
Body Soul and Time, No Space Gallery, Online
2019
October
Parallax Art Fair, Parallax Art Fair London, London
The Surreality of Fear， BSB Gallery， Trenton
Arche of Realm, No Space Gallery, Online
August
Exquisite Body，Home 「form」room artist studio，London
July
Goldsmiths MFA Degree Show， Goldsmiths University of London， London
May
Say Aaaaaahhhhhh, The Old Operating Theatre, London
2018
October
The Living Room, Space Honey* Bad Art, London
September
Gold X, Deptford X Exhibition, London
July
Goldsmiths Interm show, Goldsmiths，London
March
One-Day Store Exhibition, Deptford Market, London
2017
December
Auction the Truth, Goldsmiths University of London, London
June
Self-evident, Shanxi Art Institute，Taiyuan
· Workshops
2019
November
Hold Workshop Sculpting Society With the Body， Wanying Art Museum，Shijiazhuang
October
Hold workshop Body Whispers: a workshop in Contact Improvisation, collaborate with Transparent Domin, Saw Swee Hock Centre, London
2018
Widening the Gaze： A conference exploring the role of race in creative practice，Slade Research Center，London （21st，March）
· Art Activity
2019
October
Exhibit in Parallax Art Fair， Parallax Art Fair London， London
Curator Assistant at Arthill Gallery，London
May
Media operation of Say Aaaaahhhhhh, The Old Operating Theatre, London
2018
August
Performance for Clara Pereda, Chisenhale studio (28th, August)
July
Sound control for Puta, Goldsmiths, London (12th, July)
December
Performance for Rachel Chang: There Is Nothing In the Dark Except the Dead Gaze of a Copy, Arebyte Gallery, London (2nd, December)
2016
Intern at Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing
Intern at Shijiazhuang Art Museum, Shijiazhuang
2019
March Goldsmiths Alumni and Friends Fund，Goldsmiths，London
2019
November BLANC art show, the Oculus World Trade Centre, New York
· Press
BOOK
Widening the Gaze， Slade School of Fine Art，2018
MAGAZINE
The Art Columnist, 3rd Edition
Wotisart issue#29，2019
FAKfulness Magazine issue#2，2019
Artqol Magazine August issue
ONLINE
Artisle Talk | Portia x Performance : Physical Theater + Fiction, Artisle, by Wang king
Goldsmiths Degree Show Press, The Room LDN, by QY
Portia Lee, Artist from Beijing, Interview by Hideaki Hara
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Portia Yuran Li is a multimedia artist who works with painting， poem，sculpture and performance. Through the use of evocative fictional texts, dreamlike, absurd yet gentle sculptures and choreography, she creates a visual language that exists in a state between theatre and performance. Her art subtly reveals the struggles and desires of humanity, and the blurred boundaries between reality and mythology, with poetic undertones.