Ruth Ju-shih Li was born in Taipei, Taiwan, and is a Taiwanese-Australian artist who divides her time between studios in Sydney and Jingdezhen, China. Her background spans a diverse cultural and spiritual heritage, which forms the foundation of her practice.
Working primarily with fine porcelain and raw clay, Li creates ephemeral installations that reflect on cycles of life, personal memory, and the passage of time. Her delicate floral and organic forms draw from myths, dreams, and spiritual symbolism to explore identity, impermanence, and cultural hybridity. Through autobiographical expression, her works resonate as meditative landscapes that contemplate the human condition through the universal language of nature.
Li has exhibited widely across Australia and internationally, including in Geographies of the Self at Redbase Art Sydney (2022), as well as at Vermilion Art, Gallery Lane Cove, Counihan Gallery Brunswick, and 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Sydney.
We pay our respects to the Gundungurra people who are the traditional custodians of the land. We acknowledge Elders past, present and emerging for their immense spiritual connection to place which was never ceded.
