Biography

Xy June Li (b.1988, China) lives and works in Stuttgart, Germany

Solo Exhibitions

2025
“The Story of Kuling” | HuMBASE, Stuttgart
Art Intervention “We Are Here” | Main Train Station, Stuttgart
2023
“Walkabout” | Kulturhalle, Tübingen
“Gaia—Landscape as Agency” | Kulturhaus Schwanen, Waiblingen

Group Exhibitions/Projects (selected)

2025
Project “The Consulate of Kuling” | Consulate, BB Foundation House, Stuttgart
Performer (live performance) | POLYPHONIC HOT AIR, Anahita Razmi; Current City Festival, Stuttgart
2024
“OK, Bye” | Kunstbezirk, Stuttgart
“Time Based Community” | Altes Automatenwerk Feuerbach, Stuttgart
2023
Project “Unseal the Water” at the Workshop “Utopia as Practice” within “Open for Maintenance” | German Pavilion, Venice Architecture Biennale, Italy
Art Intervention “Künstlerhaus Stuttgart as Artist Travel Agency”| Künstlerhaus Stuttgart
“Recent Posts” | Former Conrad, Stuttgart
“Absurd Naturalism” | AKKU-Künstlerverbund, Stuttgart
“Deus Ex Machina” | Gewerkschaftshaus, Stuttgart
2022
“Labour, Arbeit, iş” | Labor Court, Stuttgart
2021
“Lebabbabel” | OSO-9 Project in cooperation with Current City Festival, Stuttgart
“Speculative Future” | White Noise Club, Stuttgart
“Turn Around” | WKV, Stuttgart
2018
“Kunext” | Kulturhalle, Tübingen

Education

2019–2024 | Diplom in Fine Arts
State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart, Germany
Under Prof. Heba Amin, Sam Durant, and Katrin Plavčak

2015–2020 | Master of Arts in International Literatures
Eberhard Karl University of Tübingen, Germany

2011 | Postgraduate Diploma in Translation (Chinese-English)
Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

2006–2010 | Bachelor of Teaching Chinese as a Second Language
Nanchang University, China

Professional Experience & Engagement

2025–Present | Art Education Collaboration | Württembergischer Kunstverein & Esslingen Art Academy
2021–Present | Freelance Chinese Language & Art Teacher
2024 | RISE Leadership Program for BIPoC, Berlin
2023–2024 | Concept Group “Action Weeks Against Racism”
Organized lecture/workshop “An Exchange on Anti-Asian Racism,” Stuttgart
2022–2024 | Tutor | Prof. Heba Amin’s Class, State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart

Scholarships & Awards

Artist Talks & Press

2023
“Umsetzung mit Hund oder auch mit Ameise” | Schwäbisches Tagblatt
Feature on solo exhibition “Walkabout,” Kulturhalle Tübingen (March 14, 2023)
2021
Artist Talk on New Materialisms in Art Practice | Freies Radio Stuttgart
https://www.freies-radio.de/sendungsdetails/202104261700

Publications

2016 | Novel Songlines | Published online by Douban, China
Exploring Australian Aboriginal philosophy and relationship to land
2014 | Novella Hawa Meer | Nominated for Douban Literature Prize 2013, China