Miao Li is a Chinese artist/designer, living and working in Arnhem, the Netherlands.

His practice centres on craft and materials. Through investigation of ecological-cultural phenomena, Miao creates ceremonial daily products that serve as metaphorical representations to interrogate multifaceted human-nature relationships. His work celebrates the sublime, intricacy and beauty of nature, evoking complex human and more-than-human feelings. Unfolding concepts, inquiries and debates through intuitive making, Miao seeks to unravel our long-neglected ecological unconscious and remedy the Anthropocene.

Supported by

• Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst
• Stimuleringsfonds
• Stroomversneller

Education

• BA Product Design, ArtEZ University of the Arts, NL, 2023, Cum Laude
  
• BEng Industrial Design, China University of Mining and Technology, CN, 2018

Residency

• ZEN AIR artist in residency EIHEIJI, JP, 2024/09-2024/11
  
• design with Yantok and Pandan Basketry, Tina weaving community x CSM Regenerative Design, PH, 2023
  
• design and built with willow and cane basketry, Passa Ao Futuro, PT, 2022
  
• fieldwork Investigation into Dutch Seagrass, ArtEZ Futuremakers, Arnhem, NL, 2021
  

Exhibitions & Awards

• Crafting Imperfections of Tea Clay, BioArt Laboratories, DDW, NL, 2022 
  
• Chacycle, CHAxART, NL, 2022
  
• Eat Together, CHAxART, NL, 2021
  
• First Prize, Design Contest Cor Unum, NL, 2020

Working

• Freelancer, Jongeriuslab, NL, 2023 - Present
  
• Internship, Jos Klarenbeek, NL, 2022
  
• Internship, Fillip Studios, NL, 2021
  
• Internship, Benwu Studio, CN, 2019

Teaching

• workshop Material Ecology of Artifical Botany, Graphic Design ArtEZ, Arnhem, 2024
  
• workshop Material Inquiry, Product Design ArtEZ, Arnhem, 2023