Lucia Shuyu Li
PAINTING, CERAMICS, DRAWING & OBJECT STUDIES
Studio Practice
A field of surfaces and objects where color, clay, paper, and cut canvas hold the body's pressure, turning private images into things the viewer can face, circle, and enter.
01 / Painting
Tumor in Confusion
2022
Oil Painting on Canvas
7.4 x 8 feet
This work incorporates documentation from my performance exhibition. At its center, a gray body appears peaceful yet alien—like an intrusive tumor within a world in chaos. Three demonic figures embody humanity’s desire for violence, mocking her timidity and attempting to draw her into a distorted social order.
02 / Painting
Three in/on/with/about One
2022
Oil and Acrylic Painting on Canvas
7.5 x 4.58 feet
These three works examine the subconscious, fragmented identity, and psychological instability. Through distorted bodies, conflicting colors, and stream-of-consciousness imagery, they explore the tension between instinct, self-control, social pressure, and mental collapse.
Judge Me
I am Dead therefore I was alive
Who Cried Walking Home
03 / Painting
Double Confusion
2022
Oil Painting on Canvas
48 x 48 inches
Double Confusion explores self-reflection and self-destruction through a fragmented body intertwined with fractal patterns. The work presents identity as unstable and continuously dissolving into its surrounding visual world.
04 / Drawing
Conceptual Thangka
2020
Ink Drawing and Gold Leaf on Silk
12 x 12 inches
These two drawings reinterpret Buddhist iconography through contemporary figures and symbols. By combining halos, ritual poses, multiple arms, and objects associated with power and violence, the works examine the tension between spiritual transcendence, personal desire, and social control.
Exhibition Documents
Exhibition Highlights
A Selection of presentation featuring Paintings and Studio Practices
