About Me
I’m a New York City based fashion and editorial portrait photographer. I create atmospheric environments within my photographs and sculpt with studio and natural light. Working with both digital and analog photography, I am constantly searching for the feeling of nostalgia, belonging, and peace in my photographs.
My personal projects focus on themes of childhood, culture, and memory. Shot on polaroid, 35mm, and 120 film, I enjoy the physicality of the medium and the ways the chemicals render color.
Selected Awards:
2020 Persky Award for Best Overall Arts Coverage at Milton Academy
2020 Gold Key, Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
2020 Silver Key, Scholastic Art & Writing Awards (x2)
2019 Silver Key, Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
Selected Clients:
Mei Mei Dumplings, Puma Hoops, Nathalia JMag, Barnard College Communications Office, Milton Academy Office of Multicultural and Community Development , Barnard College SLAM Poetry Team, Columbia University Emergency Medical Service, Columbia University Kappa Phi Lambda Sorority, Columbia Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
Selected Exhibitions:
2023 Solo Exhibition. “what does it mean to forget,” Barnard College Movement Lab. New York, New York
2023 Group Exhibition. Columbia University Ratrock. New York, New York
2022 Group Exhibition. Columbia University Undergraduate Student Visual Arts Show. New York, New York
2020 Group Exhibition. Elevated Thought. Lawrence, MA
2019 Solo Exhibition. “Suspended Realities,“ El Patio De Mi Casa. New York, New York
Selected Publications:
2023 Barnard College Undergraduate Literary Magazine, Echoes.
2023 Barnard College Urban Review Journal Spring Issue (p.102-104)
2023 Barnard College “Celebrating Commencement”
2022 Barnard Columbia Urban Review Journal (p.60-65)
2022 Columbia University Daily Spectator
2022 “Artist Conversations with Daniel Djuro-Goiricelaya” at Alex Adams Gallery
2022 “Artist Feature: Lilly Cao,“ Ratrock Magazine
2021 “Once a childhood home,“ Echoes Literary Magazine (p.41)
2020 “lunch break,“ Magus Mabus
2019 “This Boston Fashion Designer Is Championing The Environment Through Her Work,“ WBUR
Selected Residencies and Grants:
2022 December at La Casita de Bambú with El Patio De Mi Casa. Easton, PA
2022 Barnard College CJC for the Arts Grant. New York, NY
2022 - 2023 Movement Lab Student Artist in Residence. Barnard College. New York, NY
Selected Press:
2023 Columbia Ratrock “Artist Feature: Grace Li” by Yam Pothikamjorn
2023 Bwog “What Does It Mean To Forget?: Grace Li’s “everything left unsaid”” by Catherine Sherman
2022 Barnard Movement Lab “Student Artists In Residence”
2022 Barnard Zine Library “New-to-Us Zines: February 25, 2022”
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