HONGXI LICV
EN /

IG: @SASSYLI
EMAIL: hongxiliwork@gmail.com
Hongxi Li (b. 1996, Xiamen, China) is a London-based artist whose concept-driven practice spans sculpture, installation, performance, moving image, and photography. Her work examines how social systems and power structures shape behaviour, emotion, and the body, with a focus on post-communist and Sino-capitalist contexts.

Li frequently draws on familiar objects and design—from furniture to architectural forms—using them as both research material and artistic medium to question control, territory, and systems of belief. Her installations often provide spatial frameworks for performance narratives. Central to her practice is Jolene, a recurring fictional persona who appears across projects as both character and medium. Dressed in grey corporate attire, Jolene embodies an East Asian female archetype through which Li distorts social roles and explores collective pressure, aspiration, and emotional discomfort. Through subtle humour, Li’s work reveals the fragile balance between individual agency and the structures that shape contemporary life.



Catalogue No Project

020.2025

ANAPPOINTMNET


019.2025

BLACK HOLE LOUNGE


018.2024

JOLENE’S NEW CLOTHES


017.2024

HEAVEN GREEN


016.2024

QUANTA


015.2024

SANDCASTLE


014.2024

YES YES YES


013.2023

THE ‘NEXT’ DINER


012.2023

ONE NIGHT


011.2022

TRAVEL LIGHT


010.2022

AT WORK ON DISPLAY


009.2022

SHAPED


008.2022

DREAM RICH


007.2022

SCHOOL CHAIR


006.2021

CONSTRAINT SERISE


005.2014

BOW SERIES


004.2021

EXHAUSTION SERIES


003.2021

 UNCERTAINTY SERIES


002.2018

NEW SKY CITY


001.2014

SWEATSHOP&DREAM






011.2022_At Work on Display


 Title: At Work on Display
Year: 2022
Medium: Performance
Exhibited at:
 The Residency Gallery, London, UK (2022)


At Work On Display is a photographic series created in collaboration with photographer Paul Phung, documenting three stages of Li’s performance work SHAPED. Presented in black and white, the images trace the gradual progression of exhaustion experienced by a participant immersed in office labour.

Developed alongside the live performance SHAPED, which incorporates three chair sculptures, the work examines the cyclical routine of moving from workplace to bar and then home — a rhythm that reflects the repetitive patterns of urban office life.

The photographs are displayed using acrylic glass and metal hanging systems inspired by the presentation style of real estate listings in office windows. This display strategy situates the work within the visual language of commerce, prompting viewers to consider the intersections of art, labour, and power within contemporary socio-economic landscapes.





↑ Index ©2026 All Rights Reserved