Education:

2016: Master of Fine Arts, Studio Art, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA;

2012: Bachelor of Arts, Animation, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.

Shows and Exhibitions:

Group Show:

2019:

In A Flash, Diego Revera Gallery, San Francisco, CA;

2018:

A Dark Room, Glass Rice, San Francisco, CA;

2016:

Dissolve Fête: Issue 2, R/SF projects, San Francisco, CA;

Fearless, Old Court House Arts Center, Woodstock, IL;

APAture 2016: Comics and Illustration Showcase, San Francisco PublicLibrary, San Francisco, CA;

Black and White, Colors of Humanity Gallery, Everett, PA;

2016 SFAI Graduate Exhibition, Fort Mason Center for Arts and Culture, San Francisco, CA;

Point of View, San Francisco Women Artists, San Francisco, CA;

Borderless, Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA；

2015:

2X-Change, Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA;

Spectrum, Access Institute SF, San Francisco, CA;

Murphy and Cadogan Contemporary Art Awards Exhibition, SOMArts Culture Center, San Francisco, CA;

Continuing MFA Show, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA;

2014:

BeLong, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA;

APAture 2014: Focusing on Emerging Asian Pacific Artists – Comics and  

Illustration Showcase, Cartoon Art Museum, San Francisco, CA;

Continuing MFA Show, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA;

Piece Work, Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA.

Solo Show:

2016:  Seam, Red House Gallery, San Francisco, CA;

2014:  Reverete. Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA;

Screening:

2013:  Screening: A Dream, China Independent Animation Film Biennial Forum, Beijing, China.

Awards:

2017: Artist’s Grant, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT;

         Residency, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT;

2016: Residency, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT；

2015: Murphy and Cadogan Contemporary Art Awards, San Francisco, CA;

2011: National Inspiration Scholarship, Beijing, China;

2010: National Scholarship, Beijing, China;

2009: Friends of Tsinghua – Qipai Third-Class Scholarship, Beijing, China.

Catalog and Publications:

2018:

Featured in NUDE. Magazine (https://www.nude-mag.com/thoughts/2018/9/21/tattoo-spotlight-sai-li?fbclid=IwAR2QCo1suuGUwt_nfcCHanupCHiZOt6dg49lOFZJf4HYp1yLa5TfuiCB4U0)

2017:

Illustration featured in DISSOLVE Magazine Issue 3, San Fancisco, CA; (http://www.dissolvesf.org/issue-3/seeing-spores)

2016:

Featured in Inkt|art Issue 6; (https://inktart.org/2016/12/19/shing/)

Featured in DISSOLVE Magazine Issue 2, San Francisco, CA; (http://www.dissolvesf.org/issue-2/dreams)

Interviewed by TAYO Literary Magazine Issue 6, San Francisco, CA; (http://www.tayoliterarymag.com/blog-2/2016/5/6/guest-interview-art-series-by-sai-li)

2015:

Featured in Nebula Magazine Issue 1, San Francisco, CA;

Featured in Small World SF website: (http://www.smallworldsf.com/inhabitants.html), San Francisco, CA;

Featured in MFA Now 2015, Root Division, San Francisco, CA;

2012:

Interviewed by Anime Taste (http://animetaste.net/19084), Beijing, China;

2011:

Interviewed by CUCTV (http://v.cuctv.com/video/player_Lj6IsBO7T_0.html), Beijing, China.

Speech and Lecture:

2016:

Guest artist talk in Drawing Through Personal Identity, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA.