Showings

Fusion Art - 6th Annual Figures and Faces Judged Competition

Las Lagunas Art Gallery - 2020 Botanical

Fusion Art - 3rd Annual Women Artists Judged Competition

About

Yili Lim was born in Shanghai, China and emigrated to Albuquerque, New Mexico at the age of six. Having had the fortune of traveling extensively  at a young age, she developed a passion for understanding and experiencing the diversity in people, cultures, and nature. Yili’s artwork is inspired by the individuals she meets and the places she has been, especially the remarkable women who bring new perspectives, intelligence, and beauty into the world. Women figures, whether real or imagined, feature heavily in Yili’s art. As a self-taught artist, she captures their likeness and contextualizes them in a natural and abstract background setting that represents their “environmental aura”. Her work featuring women amid dense tropical foliage and geologic impressions are part of a series titled “Lilith”. This series is a tribute to her female friends whose talents, self-reliance, and spirit of generosity encourages and inspires Yili to continue building a community of strong, vivacious women. Her triptych “Bright Moon”, are portraits of her mother throughout the ages painted with traditional Chinese flora symbolizing each transitional stage in life.

Yili is also influenced by her more fantastical and whimsical side, often pulling inspiration from dreams as depicted by the “Chimera” series. “The All Grown Up” series were also imagined from dreams that conveyed the hopes, joys, and aspirations of little girls. These pieces delve into the subconscious and bring together the various elements of her life.

After professionally pursuing her other interests in the sciences and business, Yili realized that her life-long passion for the arts is an integral part of her identity and creative expression. She committed to a career in the arts and in 2018 began her journey. With the support and encouragement of her husband, friends, and colleagues, she began creating and sharing her artwork. She has been commissioned for portraiture works and has sold original work through online platforms. Her current project involves transforming her digital work with physical mediums, through paintings, textiles and 3D work.

Yili currently works in Brooklyn, NY. To view additional work, please visit her website at www.yililim.com.