• JESSI LI


  • GRAVITY WAS AN ENTITY
    Management, NYC 2024

  • NOWHERE FAST
    Olympia, NYC 2023

  • FORM AND FORMLESS
    Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY 2023-24

  • 100 SCULPTURES
    Anonymous, NYC, 2021

  • FLESH OF MY FLESH
    Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY 2021

  • CHAUTAUQUA SCHOOL OF ART
    Chautauqua, NY 2020

  • A CERTAIN SLANT OF LIGHT
    Hunter MFA Thesis exhibition, NYC, 2018-19

  • MIGHT NOT WANT TO GO IN THERE
    Hunter College, 2017

  • CONTACT/ABOUT

JESSI LI


GRAVITY WAS AN ENTITY
Management, NYC 2024

NOWHERE FAST
Olympia, NYC 2023

FORM AND FORMLESS
Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY 2023-24

100 SCULPTURES
Anonymous, NYC, 2021

FLESH OF MY FLESH
Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY 2021

CHAUTAUQUA SCHOOL OF ART
Chautauqua, NY 2020

A CERTAIN SLANT OF LIGHT
Hunter MFA Thesis exhibition, NYC, 2018-19

MIGHT NOT WANT TO GO IN THERE
Hunter College, 2017

CONTACT/ABOUT

JESSI LI
mailing list
studiojessili@gmail.com
instagram: @jessililili


Jessi Li (b. 1987 Poughkeepsie, NY) is a Brooklyn-based artist whose work investigates the relationship between human intervention and the natural world. They hold an MFA in sculpture, Hunter College, 2019; a BA in ceramics, Bard College at Simon’s Rock, 2009; and a post-baccalaureate in glass, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Art, 2014. Recent exhibitions include: Gravity was an entity, Management, New York, New York, 2024; Form and Formless: Constellations of Knowledge, Urban Glass curated by Alpesh Kantilal Patel, Brooklyn, New York, 2023; Nowhere Fast, Olympia, New York, New York, 2023; Heavy Show, Spring/Break, New York, New York, 2022; 100 Sculptures, Anonymous Gallery, New York, New York, 2021. Li is a recipient of the 2024 NYSCA Support for Artist Grant and a Foundation for Contemporary Art Emergency Grant. Li is part of the visiting artist program at Stone Quarry Art Park and a visiting scholar at Syracuse University, 2024. Previous residencies include Chautauqua School of Art, 2020 and Pottery Northwest, 2011-13. They teach sculpture, ceramics, and glass casting at the Fashion Institute of Technology, Greenwich House Pottery, and independently.

EDUCATION

MFA, sculpture, Hunter College, 2019

Post-Baccalaureate, glass, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2014

BA, ceramics, Bard College at Simon’s Rock, 2009


ONE AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

Sister Cistern, collaboration with Becky Sellinger, Stone Quarry Art Park, Cazenovia, NY, forthcoming

Gravity was an entity, with Amorelle Jacox, Management, New York, NY, 2024


SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS

The Bunker Artspace, West Palm Beach, FL, Forthcoming

Form and Formless: Constellations of Knowledge, curated by Alpesh Kantilal Patel, Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY, 2023-24 

Nowhere Fast, with Cassidy Early and Matt Jones, Olympia Art, New York, NY 2023

Glow: Artists’ Lamps, BravinLee Programs, New York, NY, 2023

In with the Old: (Nearly) Six Years of Project Art Distribution, Yeh Art Gallery at St. John’s University, Queens, NY 2022

In with the Old: 5 Years of Project Art Distribution, Walter Elwood Museum, Amsterdam, NY, 2021- 22

Heavy Show, Catskills at Spring/Break, New York, NY, 2021

Marquette, P.A.D. Gallery at NADA x Foreland, Catskill, NY, 2021

100 Sculptures - NYC, anonymous gallery, curated by Todd von Ammon and Joseph Ian Henrickson, New York, NY, 2021    

Flesh of my Flesh, Urban Glass, curated by Baseera Khan Brooklyn, NY, 2021

The Planters Show, Fort Makers, New York, NY, 2020

A Certain Slant of Light, Hunter MFA Thesis Exhibition, 205 Hudson Gallery, New York, NY 2018

NCECA National Student Juried Exhibition, juried by Tara Wilson and Jeffrey Mongrain. Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, WI 2014

We Brought This in a Mini-Van, VCU Craft/Material Studies ceramic area faculty, staff, and student show. Gallery 218, Marshall Building, Milwaukee, WI 2014

Embark! Emerging Artists Explore the Next Generation of Glasswork, curated by Kris Rumman GAS conference, 419 Gallery, Toledo, OH. 2013

Earth and Fire: Materials and Methods Exhibition, curated by Susan Balshor Pratt Fine Arts Center Gallery, Seattle, WA 2012

Clay Lives Here, retrospective of residents. NCECA conference, Design Center, Seattle, WA 2012

Beyond the Brickyard, juried by Richard Shaw. Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT 2012

Kirkland Arts Center Instructors, Sea-Tac International Airport, Sea-Tac, WA 2011


PUBLIC COLLECTIONS 

The Bunker Artspace, The Collection of Beth Rudin DeWoody, West Palm Beach, FL


RESIDENCIES, AWARDS AND OTHER EDUCATION

NYSCA Support for Artists Grant, 2024 

FCA Emergency Grant, 2024

Visiting Artist, Stone Quarry Art Park, Cazenovia, NY, 2024

Visiting Scholar, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 2024

Artist in Residence at Chautauqua School of Art, Chautauqua, NY 2020

VCU Sculpture and Extended Media Fountainhead Fellowship finalist, Richmond, VA 2019

Kossak Travel Grant, Hunter College, New York, NY 2018

Faculty Grant, Hunter College, New York, NY 2015

GAP Grant, Artist Trust, Seattle WA 2013

Artist in Residence, Pottery Northwest, Seattle, WA 2010-12

Art Bridge Scholarship, PRATT Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA 2010

Resident Artist Grant, Pottery Northwest, Seattle, WA 2010

West Virginia University Jingdezhen Study Abroad, 2008


TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Kiln Cast Glass, Jessi Li Studios, 2023

Visiting Artist, Fashion Institute of Technology, Fine Art Department, 2021, 2023

Faculty, Fashion Institute of Technology, Fine Art Department,  2020 - 2023

Faculty, Greenwich House Pottery, 2018 - present 


PRESS

"Curators Perspectives," Alpesh Kantilal Patel, New Glass Review 44, p. 96, 98; Corning Museum of Glass; Corning, NY, 2024. 

"On Gravity was an entity: Amorelle Jacox and Jessi Li (February 23-March 31, 2024) at Management, NYC," by Kirsten Cave, Whitehot Magazine, http://https//whitehotmagazine.com/articles/31-2024-at-management-nyc/6314, 2024. 

“Must See,” Nowhere Fast at Olympia, Artguide, Artforum, 2023

“A First Look at ‘The Planter Show,’ Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 2020

“Green Room: The Planter Show Organized by Fort Makers Design Studio,” Karina Encarnación, Pin-Up, 2020

Belonging to P.A.D., Sophia Ma, Art Spiel: Reflections on the work of contemporary artists, 2020

Ginger Zine, Issue #17: Summer, www.gingerzine.net, 2019

Studio Views, Glenn Adamson, Hunter MFA thesis bios, http://www.mfa205hudson.org/news/glenn-adamson, 2018

Publication of Chocolate Boy, 2012 and Gloria, 2011 in 500 Figures in Clay Volume 2, Lark, an imprint of Sterling Publishing. 387 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10016, 2014

Glass Town, Artist Jessi Li Shows off her Decadent Glass Skills, https://glasstownusa.wordpress.com/2012/01/18/artist-jessi-li-shows-off-her-decadent-glass-skills/, 2012


JESSI LI
mailing list
studiojessili@gmail.com
instagram: @jessililili


Jessi Li (b. 1987 Poughkeepsie, NY) is a Brooklyn-based artist whose work investigates the relationship between human intervention and the natural world. They hold an MFA in sculpture, Hunter College, 2019; a BA in ceramics, Bard College at Simon’s Rock, 2009; and a post-baccalaureate in glass, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Art, 2014. Recent exhibitions include: Gravity was an entity, Management, New York, New York, 2024; Form and Formless: Constellations of Knowledge, Urban Glass curated by Alpesh Kantilal Patel, Brooklyn, New York, 2023; Nowhere Fast, Olympia, New York, New York, 2023; Heavy Show, Spring/Break, New York, New York, 2022; 100 Sculptures, Anonymous Gallery, New York, New York, 2021. Li is a recipient of the 2024 NYSCA Support for Artist Grant and a Foundation for Contemporary Art Emergency Grant. Li is part of the visiting artist program at Stone Quarry Art Park and a visiting scholar at Syracuse University, 2024. Previous residencies include Chautauqua School of Art, 2020 and Pottery Northwest, 2011-13. They teach sculpture, ceramics, and glass casting at the Fashion Institute of Technology, Greenwich House Pottery, and independently.

EDUCATION

MFA, sculpture, Hunter College, 2019

Post-Baccalaureate, glass, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2014

BA, ceramics, Bard College at Simon’s Rock, 2009


ONE AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

Sister Cistern, collaboration with Becky Sellinger, Stone Quarry Art Park, Cazenovia, NY, forthcoming

Gravity was an entity, with Amorelle Jacox, Management, New York, NY, 2024


SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS

The Bunker Artspace, West Palm Beach, FL, Forthcoming

Form and Formless: Constellations of Knowledge, curated by Alpesh Kantilal Patel, Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY, 2023-24 

Nowhere Fast, with Cassidy Early and Matt Jones, Olympia Art, New York, NY 2023

Glow: Artists’ Lamps, BravinLee Programs, New York, NY, 2023

In with the Old: (Nearly) Six Years of Project Art Distribution, Yeh Art Gallery at St. John’s University, Queens, NY 2022

In with the Old: 5 Years of Project Art Distribution, Walter Elwood Museum, Amsterdam, NY, 2021- 22

Heavy Show, Catskills at Spring/Break, New York, NY, 2021

Marquette, P.A.D. Gallery at NADA x Foreland, Catskill, NY, 2021

100 Sculptures - NYC, anonymous gallery, curated by Todd von Ammon and Joseph Ian Henrickson, New York, NY, 2021    

Flesh of my Flesh, Urban Glass, curated by Baseera Khan Brooklyn, NY, 2021

The Planters Show, Fort Makers, New York, NY, 2020

A Certain Slant of Light, Hunter MFA Thesis Exhibition, 205 Hudson Gallery, New York, NY 2018

NCECA National Student Juried Exhibition, juried by Tara Wilson and Jeffrey Mongrain. Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, WI 2014

We Brought This in a Mini-Van, VCU Craft/Material Studies ceramic area faculty, staff, and student show. Gallery 218, Marshall Building, Milwaukee, WI 2014

Embark! Emerging Artists Explore the Next Generation of Glasswork, curated by Kris Rumman GAS conference, 419 Gallery, Toledo, OH. 2013

Earth and Fire: Materials and Methods Exhibition, curated by Susan Balshor Pratt Fine Arts Center Gallery, Seattle, WA 2012

Clay Lives Here, retrospective of residents. NCECA conference, Design Center, Seattle, WA 2012

Beyond the Brickyard, juried by Richard Shaw. Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT 2012

Kirkland Arts Center Instructors, Sea-Tac International Airport, Sea-Tac, WA 2011


PUBLIC COLLECTIONS 

The Bunker Artspace, The Collection of Beth Rudin DeWoody, West Palm Beach, FL


RESIDENCIES, AWARDS AND OTHER EDUCATION

NYSCA Support for Artists Grant, 2024 

FCA Emergency Grant, 2024

Visiting Artist, Stone Quarry Art Park, Cazenovia, NY, 2024

Visiting Scholar, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 2024

Artist in Residence at Chautauqua School of Art, Chautauqua, NY 2020

VCU Sculpture and Extended Media Fountainhead Fellowship finalist, Richmond, VA 2019

Kossak Travel Grant, Hunter College, New York, NY 2018

Faculty Grant, Hunter College, New York, NY 2015

GAP Grant, Artist Trust, Seattle WA 2013

Artist in Residence, Pottery Northwest, Seattle, WA 2010-12

Art Bridge Scholarship, PRATT Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA 2010

Resident Artist Grant, Pottery Northwest, Seattle, WA 2010

West Virginia University Jingdezhen Study Abroad, 2008


TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Kiln Cast Glass, Jessi Li Studios, 2023

Visiting Artist, Fashion Institute of Technology, Fine Art Department, 2021, 2023

Faculty, Fashion Institute of Technology, Fine Art Department,  2020 - 2023

Faculty, Greenwich House Pottery, 2018 - present 


PRESS

"Curators Perspectives," Alpesh Kantilal Patel, New Glass Review 44, p. 96, 98; Corning Museum of Glass; Corning, NY, 2024. 

"On Gravity was an entity: Amorelle Jacox and Jessi Li (February 23-March 31, 2024) at Management, NYC," by Kirsten Cave, Whitehot Magazine, http://https//whitehotmagazine.com/articles/31-2024-at-management-nyc/6314, 2024. 

“Must See,” Nowhere Fast at Olympia, Artguide, Artforum, 2023

“A First Look at ‘The Planter Show,’ Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 2020

“Green Room: The Planter Show Organized by Fort Makers Design Studio,” Karina Encarnación, Pin-Up, 2020

Belonging to P.A.D., Sophia Ma, Art Spiel: Reflections on the work of contemporary artists, 2020

Ginger Zine, Issue #17: Summer, www.gingerzine.net, 2019

Studio Views, Glenn Adamson, Hunter MFA thesis bios, http://www.mfa205hudson.org/news/glenn-adamson, 2018

Publication of Chocolate Boy, 2012 and Gloria, 2011 in 500 Figures in Clay Volume 2, Lark, an imprint of Sterling Publishing. 387 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10016, 2014

Glass Town, Artist Jessi Li Shows off her Decadent Glass Skills, https://glasstownusa.wordpress.com/2012/01/18/artist-jessi-li-shows-off-her-decadent-glass-skills/, 2012