© 2024 Miao Li




Miao Li (b. China, 1996) is a Netherlands‑based artist with a background in design. Working hands‑on with plant fibres from harvest to finished objects, he creates intercultural ritual pieces and scenarios for cessation and contemplation. Through making as a research method, his practice explores the intersection of craft, ecology, and spirituality in collaboration with local communities, vegetation and landscapes, seeking to awaken our ecological unconscious.


    Education
    • 2023-2019 BA Product Design, Cum Laude, ArtEZ University of the Arts (NL)
    • 2022 Summer School Protugese Basketry (PT)
    • 2018-2014 BEng Industrial Design, China University of Mining and Technology (CN)


    Residency
    • 2024 ZEN AIR - artist in residency EIHEIJI (JP)

    Grant / Award
    • 2024 Design Grant Scheme, Creative Industries Fund NL (NL)
    • 2024 Project Subsidies for the Professionele Arts, Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst (NL)
    • 2024 Grant Stroomversneller, Cultuur Academy (NL)
    • 2021 First Prize of Design Contest Cor Unum (NL)

    Exhibition / Event
    • 2025 *Upcoming* Exhibition Root Emotions, Van Eesteren Museum (NL)
    • 2025 Tea Clay Vase showing in tea ceremony, gallery CHAxART x KVVAK, Rijksmuseum (NL)
    • 2025 Exhibition Beinglonging: New Trajectories in the Third Context, gallery CHAxART, Design Biennale Rotterdam (NL)
    • 2024 Exhibition ZEN AIR EIHEIJI (JP)
    • 2024 Exhibition ArtEZ Finals (NL)
    • 2022 Exhibition Crafting Imperfections of Tea Clay, Dutch Design Week (NL)
    • 2022 Exhibition Chacycle, gallery CHAxART (NL)
    • 2021  Exhibition Eat Together, gallery CHAxART (NL)

    Working
    • 2024-2023 Junior Designer, Jongeriuslab (NL)
    • 2022 Internship, Jos Klarenbeek (NL)
    • 2021 Internship, Fillip Studios (NL)
    • 2019 Internship, Benwu Studio (CN)

    Teaching
    • 2025 labweek Making Meditation, Materials in Artistic Practices, Frank Mohr Institute (NL)
    • 2024 workshop Introduction to Basket Weaving, Kamishini Elementary School (JP)
    • 2024 workshop Artifical Botany, Graphic Design, ArtEZ University of the Arts (NL) 
    • 2023 workshop Material Inquiry, Product Design, ArtEZ University of the Arts (NL)