Li Lanqi
(b. 1999, Shanxi)
B.A. Fashion & Textile Design, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University (2017)
M.A. Contemporary Art Practice, Edinburgh College of Art (2025)
The practice explores digital art, body, material, and spatial interaction through cross-media experimentation.
Born in Shanxi—a cradle of cultural heritage—the infinity of regional culture compels me to navigate between tradition and future. Using 3D printing, textiles, code, VR, NFT, and sculpture, I infuse local legacies (Dunhuang, intangible heritage, ancient architecture) into digital interactions, constructing a living portal between past and present.
I interrogate:
- the tension between tradition and modernity;
- the preservative power of digitization vs. cultural homogenization;
- the individual soul’s alienation and belonging amid civilizational difference.
Recipient of:
- Silver Medal, China “Internet+” National Competition;
- National Arts Fund Young Talent Grant;
- National Scholarship;
- 5 Design Patents (CNIPA), including MARS ROVER outdoor apparatus and protective wearables;
2025
- Curated & exhibited ECA Degree Show, Edinburgh | Heritage Tennis Match: VR × NFT × Contemporary Dance
- Artist-in-Residence, Embassy Gallery | Dunhuang dance reinterpreted on Scottish ruin-island
- Collaboration with Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) | Interactive botanical installation
- Exhibiting Artist, Hospitalfield House Castle Exhibition, Arbroath | Sound Installation & Mixed Media Painting (personal photography for promotion)
2024
- Co-curated Sculpture Court Contemporary | 3D-printed binary-code landscape