Yunting Li
Markham, ON
Booth 650
Main
Yunting Li is an award-winning artist based in Toronto, celebrated for her sophisticated synthesis of textile art, poetic narrative, and spoken word. Recognized as “Slow Work in Fast Time” during her 2025 solo exhibition at Station Gallery, her practice functions as a visceral life journal where ancestral wisdom and individual memory are stitched into contemporary abstraction. Rooted in a decade of ongoing research from the Textile Museum of Canada to the remote Miao villages of Guizhou, her work revitalizes fading intangible cultural heritage through a modern lens. A three-time featured artist at the Artist Project (2024–2026), Yunting is a recipient of the "Rise and Repaint Professional Development Award" and a nominee for the Women Empowerment ‘Innovator Award’. Her academic contributions include being a keynote speaker at the 2025 Changing Landscapes International Textile & Fibre Art Symposium and selection for the Nature, Being & Technology International Juried Exhibition. Building on a foundational background in classical music, Chinese calligraphy, and expressive dance, Yunting further informs her practice with a decade of professional design experience. This diverse lineage catalyzes the evolution of her unique “Poetic Stitch Language,” integrating heritage craftsmanship with ancient symbolic languages, creating a realm where the needle, the pen, and the voice converge into a singular, meditative stillness.
