Meet Zuojie Li

We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Zuojie Li. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Zuojie below.

Zuojie, looking forward to learning from your journey. You’ve got an amazing story and before we dive into that, let’s start with an important building block. Where do you get your work ethic from?

In the growing environment, family, society, school. Mainly in the later period of high-pressure work.

Great, so let’s take a few minutes and cover your story. What should folks know about you and what you do?

My artworks encompass a diverse range of media, including drawings, sculptures, art performances and installations, all of which delve deeply into intricate themes. One of my central ideas revolves around the delicate equilibrium between the inner and outer worlds. My art explores the human pursuit of happiness, unearthing profound explorations of hedonism, cultural identity, Social Issues, and an unwavering love for nature.

“A Little Snail Boy in London” is my latest project

“A Little Snail Boy in London” is a short film of performance art, the film experiences and explores the world through a child’s innocent perspective, and presents it in a childlike way. The film tells the story of a young snail boy venturing away from his hometown into the bustling and challenging environment of London, with aspirations to establish roots in this city. However, he quickly discovers that London is not the idyllic place he imagined, but rather filled with the pressures and uncertainties of life.

If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?

I think the three qualities of persistence, patience, and cheerfulness are the most important, because you will encounter a lot of setbacks in the process of growing up. You may need to learn completely different things, go to another country, and endure all kinds of unexpected blows. At the same time, you have to do a lot of things. At this time, time management skills are also very important. At the same time, you also need to tell yourself that you must stick to what you like. On the other hand, if a person wants to grow quickly, he must learn critical reflection and interdisciplinary application.

What would you advise – going all in on your strengths or investing on areas where you aren’t as strong to be more well-rounded?

I think people need to understand their strengths and use them, because everyone’s talents and life trajectories are different. Before I became an artist, I was just an art director in an advertising company. I liked graphic design and illustration. But art is my favorite subject. When I entered the master’s program of Fine Art, I sometimes couldn’t distinguish between design and art. I often made art look very design-like, but then I told myself that art can also integrate different subjects, so that many things will be produced, and that is what really belongs to you.

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Zuojie Li and Yixu Wang

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