Dr. Yiwen Li is an art practitioner, researcher, writer, and curator. She holds a PhD in Immersive and Digital Media from University College London, where her research focused on virtual embodiment, affective immersion, posthumanist philosophy, and VR interaction.
Her doctoral research explores how people experience virtual reality artworks through embodied interaction — how the body moves, thinks, and feels in cooperation with virtual environments, and how these embodied experiences can inform more meaningful approaches to VR design.
Before moving into artistic practice, Yiwen worked as a contemporary art curator in London and Beijing. During this time, she developed a commitment to translating abstract and conceptual ideas into accessible language, creating points of connection between artworks and diverse audiences.
Gradually shifting from curating to making, her current creative practice centres on video and writing. Through close observation of everyday life, she seeks moments of quiet beauty and reflection, using visual, sound, and text to explore how meaning emerges from ordinary experience. Her work moves between research and art, holding space for ambiguity, sensitivity, and embodied ways of knowing.
- contact: liyiwen.y@gmail.com