Artist & Researcher / Location: Shenzhen & London
Constructing post-human worlds of perception
Moving image • Immersive worlds • Public art

Nerissa Mengyi Li

Nerissa Mengyi Li is a cross-disciplinary artist working between China and London. Born in Chongqing and raised in Shenzhen, her practice is shaped by experiences of rapid urban transformation, cultural memory, and changing relationships between humans and their environments. Through moving image, installation, immersive environments, and digital image-making, she constructs future-oriented perceptual worlds infused with posthuman mythological dimensions. Her work explores how humans maintain connection with themselves, others, and the world as intelligent technologies reshape perception, memory, identity, and relationships. Drawing from Chongqing’s cultural heritage and the Dazu Rock Carvings, she develops visual languages where body, landscape, and technology become interconnected systems.

EXHIBITIONS：

2026 Montmartre , Paris, France – Moving Image
2026 Notting Hill  Outdoor Billboard Exhibition, London, UK 
2026 "Kan Shan Shui 2d World", Era Contemporary Gallery
           Hamptons Fine Art Fair ,New York, USA
2026  "Kan Shan Shui Blue", Arrival Gallery, Brighton, UK 
2026  "Kan Shan Shui Blue", Fulham Gallery, London, UK 
2025   Times Square Showcase , New York, USA                         
             Visual Art Journal, UK

2025  Collateral Event of the Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
2025   Atlas of Empathy – 2nd Contemporary Emerging Art   
            Exhibition, Louvre Museum, Paris, France
2024   The Pulse of the Dragon Heart, China 
             – Core Artist for Digital Visual Installation

Crossover & Commissions:

2026  US Contemporary Art & Home Living Platform 
            – Commissioned Artist Collaboration

PUBLIC ART PROJECTS：

2025  Redeeming Dreams Premiere Exhibition, China 
               – Lead Artist for Immersive Spatial Installations
2025  Awakening Nezha, Foshan, China 
             – Lead Artist, Chief Designer & Lead Planner 
  (Government-commissioned interdisciplinary public art across national heritage landmarks)
2024  Red Inferno, Public Art Installation

CULTURAL STRATEGY & CURATORIAL PROJECTS：

2024  The First Greater Bay Area Sino
            Italian Public Culture  China 
          – Executive Curator & Strategic Planner
2023  Sanxingdui World Heritage Cultural Strategy Project
            China – Core Strategic Planner
2020  Porsche Taycan China Launch Public Art Performance, 
Shenzhen, China – Chief Curator & Director 

RESEARCH, ACADEMIC & ADVISORY：
2024 Global Interdisciplinary Initiative, —Girton College, University of Cambridge, UK – Co-developer
2021 – 2026  UAL Chelsea College of Arts Faculty Collaborative Project, London / Shenzhen (Ong）
2020  Renaissance and Medieval Art History Research Project  (In collaboration with Cambridge faculty) – Scholar
2019 – 2021  Art Strategy Consultant – Chinese Curatorial Team, Venice Architecture Biennale, Italy / China


SELECTED MEDIA COVERAGE & PUBLICATIONS：

Exhibition Documentation & Academic Publications:
• The Urgency of Art (Issue #10, UK)
• Sol de Paris Gallery Official Exhibition Documentation
• Artron Art Official Coverage of "Atlas of Empathy" (Louvre Museum Exhibition)

Major Media Coverage:
• CCTV (China Central Television)
• Xinhua News Agency
• VOGUE
• ELLE
• Artron Art 
• Guangzhou Daily
• Yangcheng Evening News
• Sina News
• NetEase