Yifei Li was born and raised in Xiamen, China. At sixteen years old, she is currently in high school and attending Xiamen International School.For as long as she can remember, Yifei has been creating and studying art. During her primary and middle school years, Yifei often experimented with different mediums to express her ideas. It was in her high school years that she started taking private classes at an art development center. Working under the tutelage of a foreign art instructor, Yifei began to broaden her horizons with respect to her artistic development.
For years, Yifei expressed her passion for animals, especially cats, as this was a common theme indicative of her work. It wasn’t until recent years that Yifei began to explore conceptual art making and with it the deeper, more philosophical themes related to humanity that have emerged in her work. While Yifei has typically worked with acrylics and watercolors, she has recently branched out and moved towards different mediums and materials to help express her ideas. In doing so, her work has shifted towards concepts rather than just pure aesthetics. In an age where AI can reproduce a Jackson Pollock painting to perfection, the last refuge for the modern artist is in their ideas… at least for now.