Andrew Li
b. 1962, Shanghai ∙ CE artist since 1990
A true product of his native Shanghai, Andrew Li's most frequent subjects are cities in motion. From Li's quick-handed and deliberate process emerges a representation of how the eye reads the urban environment – how it latches onto certain details and summarizes others, making sense of all the dizzying activity on a busy street.
Li's illustrations were licensed for use in the San Francisco Muni Accessible Services Guide. In 2018, Li completed a 19-foot mural at the new Salesforce Transit Center as part of an epic mural project organized by ArtSpan. Additionally, Li's work is included in the in Art+Action's 2020 COME TO YOUR CENSUS campaign and national toolkit.
VIDA produced a curated collection of animated scarves, totes, clutches, phone cases, and glass trays using Li's detailed drawings.
Select Exhibitions & Projects
2020
Of Here From There | De Aquí Desde Allá, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Art Changes Lives at Parc 55, San Francisco, CA
2019
We The City: Architecture and the City Exhibition, American Institute of Architects, San Francisco, CA
Neighbors: Art from Next Door, Black & Blue Tattoo, San Francisco, CA
Cityscape, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
ArtSpan TransBay Terminal Mural Project, San Francisco, CA
Bitchin' Satellite Show, Humane Society Silicon Valley, Palo Alto, CA
48 Pillars, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Bitchin', Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2018
"From" All Over the Place, 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, San Francisco, CA
Nine Hearts Exploring, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA
On Your Left, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
Faces and Places in the City, Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Library, San Francisco, CA
2017
Secret City Exhibition, AIASF and Center for Architecture + Design Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Black White, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Outsider Art Fair 2017, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, NY
2016
Om, I'm Home, Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Outside the Zoo, art museum VERSI, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
Andrew Li: My Life Here and There, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2015
FourSquared, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
A Beautiful Place To Be, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2013
Outsider Artists, Oakland International Airport, Oakland, CA
Outside In: The Art of Inclusion, Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland
West Coasts, Museum of La Creation Franche, Begels, France
2012
Creativity Explored at Ambach & Rice, Ambach & Rice, Los Angeles, CA
ArtPadSF, Phoenix Hotel, San Francisco, CA
Are We There Yet?, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2011
The Museum of Everything: Exhibition #4, Selfridges, London, UK
SMALL, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Fresh Flowers, Boston University College of Fine Arts - Sherman Gallery, Boston, MA
The Masters, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
4 Real 4 Faux Animating the Vernacular, Truman State University Art Gallery, Kirksville, MO
2010
Ritual/Habitual, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Spectrum, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Tiger Leaping Gold Mountain, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Santos y Otros Creatures, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2009
Andrew Li, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008
one of these does not belong, Adobe Books Back Room Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Tasty, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2007
Seeing Memory, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2006
Nature Rules, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Vessels, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2005
Aliens: the Green Ones, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2004
Radiant Spaces: Private Domain, Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
You Are Here, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Functionable, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Critters, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2003
Dialogue Project at Funabashi Cure Gallery, Funabashi Cure Gallery, Funabashi, Japan
Fired and Wired, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Hello There Friend, Christine Burgin Gallery, New York, NY
2002
This Is My Family, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2001
New Works on Wood, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2000
Created in California, Berenberg Gallery, Boston, MA
1999
Animals, Euphrat Museum of Art, Cupertino, CA
Bay Area Now 2, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
1998
Whipper Snapper Nerd, Bronwyn Keenan Gallery , New York, NY
Whipper Snapper Nerd, Mark Moore Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1997
Whipper Snapper Nerd, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
