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Wen Li (she/Her)

multi-media artist

Wen Li is a multi-media artist from Ontario. She received her BFA from the University of Waterloo. Intrigued by the unintentional and unpredictable forms, she incorporates these visual elements into her art through a process guided by chance. Her work reflects on the contingency, and embraces the unpredictability inherent in our thoughts, bodies, and environment. With a background in engineering from China, Wen merges her cultural heritage with Western art training, resulting in a distinct fusion of influences evident in her creation. 

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Awards and Grants

2024  Third Place Award, Fourth Annual Juried Show of Visual Arts, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario

2024  Visual Artist Project Creation Grant, Ontario Arts Council

2024  Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council

2024  Second and Third Place Award, Press 2024, Juried Exhibition, The Button Factory Arts, Waterloo, Ontario 

2023  Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council

2023  First Place Award, Duality, Annual Juried Exhibition, The Button Factory Arts, Waterloo, Ontario

2023  Department Award Winner for Distinguished Academic Achievement in Fine Arts, Waterloo, Ontario

2022  Best Digital Award, Annual Juried Exhibition, The Button Factory Arts, Waterloo, Ontario

2022  Curator's Choice Award, epilogue,  University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario

2022  Carol Hudgins Memorial Book Award, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario

2021  Hamilton Artist Inc.'s Award for Distinction, Ignition 10. Hamilton, Ontario
2015  Dean’s Honours List, Faculty of Art, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario

2015  Carol Hudgins Memorial Book Award, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario

Selected Exhibitions

2025  Upcoming Group Exhibition, Etobicoke Civic Centre Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

2025  Upcoming Solo Exhibition, Homer Watson House & Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario

2025  Upcoming Solo Exhibition, Cambridge Centre for the Arts, Cambridge, Ontario

2024  Juried Exhibition, Negotiating Cultures, Grand River Artists Collective, Kitchener, Ontario

2024  Fourth Annual Juried Show of Visual Arts, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario

2024  Waterloo Park Promenade Exhibition, Waterloo, Ontario

2024  The Ontario Miniature Print Exhibition(TOMPE2024), Tap Centre for Creativity, London, Ontario 

2024  63rd Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, Toronto, Ontario

2024  Solo Exhibition, Rotunda Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario

2024  Group Exhibition, Press 2024, Juried Printmaking Exhibition, The Button Factory, Waterloo, Ontario

2024  Group Exhibition, Artist at Work, Homer Watson House & Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario

2024  Group Exhibition, Member's Exhibition, The Button Factory, Waterloo, Ontario

2023  Group Exhibition, Collective Colours, Homer Watson House&Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario

2023  Group Exhibition, Duality, Annual Juried Exhibition, The Button Factory, Waterloo, Ontario

2023  Group Exhibition, Artist in Residence Program Exhibition, Point Pelee National Park, Ontario                      

2023  Group Exhibition, Press 2023: Printmaking Exhibition, The Button Factory, Waterloo, Ontario

2023  Group Exhibition, Disembody, Homer Watson House&Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario

2022  Group Exhibition, Annual Juried Exhibition, The Button Factory, Waterloo, Ontario

2022  Group Exhibition: epilogue, University of Waterloo, Ontario

2022  Group Exhibition: Ignition 10, Hamilton Artist Inc. Hamilton, Ontario

Education and Professional Activities

2024 Assistant Curator, Negotiating Culture, Grand River Artists Collective, Kitchener, Ontario

2024 Board of Director, CAFKA - Contemporary Art Forum Kitchener and Area, Kitchener, Ontario

2024 Pochoir workshop by Elizabeth Forrest, Waterloo, Ontario

2024 Stencil Silk Screen Print workshop by Judy Major Girardin, Waterloo, Ontario

2024 Watercolour Screen Print workshop by Judy Major Girardin, Waterloo, Ontario

2024 Post degree study, Expanded Media, University of Waterloo, Ontario

2023 Cyanotype Toning workshop with Amber Lee Williams, University of  Waterloo, Ontario

2023 Critique Night, Grand River Artist Collective (Previous Art$Pay), Kitchener,Ontario, Canada

2023 Tony Onley Artists' Project, Wells, BC, Canada

2023 Artist in Residence, Point Pelee National Park, Ontario, Canada

2023 Post degree study, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

2022 Artist Talk, Online at Hamilton Artist Inc, Ontario, Canada

​2022 Honours BA, Fine art: Intensive studio practice, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

1994 Master of Electronic Engineering,  China
1991 Bachelor of Electronic Engineering, China

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