Aaron Li-Hill is a Canadian visual artist currently based alternately in London and New York. He is a versatile artist who works with everything from painting, illustration, stenciling and sculptural elements. With a background in graffiti and mural painting and a degree in Fine Arts, his works range from smaller hanging pieces to huge murals. All works explore industrialization, scientific breakthroughs, "man versus nature" and information saturation. With his mixed Chinese-American cultural background, Li-Hill creates complex works that draw on both cultures.

Li-Hill's works can be seen in cities such as Melbourne, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Berlin and Hong Kong. His works have also been shown in major institutions such as the National Gallery of Victoria, The Art Gallery of Ontario, Long Beach Museum of Art, Urban Nation Museum of Contemporary Art Berlin, Portsmouth Museum of Art in New Hampshire and CCCC museum in Valencia.

Li-Hill tries to show the complexities of our modern age's rapid development. Through the "Western" gaze, Li-Hill points to the impact of capitalist culture on the psyche of the individual. In these dynamic, almost futuristic works, which all show people in motion, we are attracted by the many layers of interpretation. The works exude various cultural elements, all placed in dimly hinted or undefined spaces. A fragile beauty emerges from the many layers and condensed imagery. A transience, which is precisely the whole core of urban art, is clearly evident in Li-Hill's works.



EDUCATION

2011
BFA from OCADU, Toronto, Canada



PROJECTS

2021
A Land Transformed, Large-scale mural with Skinnystrong, Toronto, Canada
Changing Tides, Large-scale installation with Art by Friends for Annecy Passage Art Festival, Annecy, France
On the Horizon/ What’s Remembered Lives, Collaborative large-scale mural installation with James Bullough and Onur for Street Art Bologne-Sur-Mer, Bologne-Ser-Mer, France
Chains of Connection, Mural with Grenoble Street Art Fest, Grenoble, France
New Futures, Mural with Greenpoint innovations, Brooklyn, USA

2020
Gestures of a Square, Community lead mural produced with Woodstreet walls, London, UK

2019
A Perilous Journey in a Changing World, Large-scale outdoor installation at the Portal Art Fair Governors Island, NYC, USA
Process of Acceleration, Large-scale mural produced by Grenoble Street art fest, Grenoble, France
Extraction Process, Installation for Moniker Art Fair, NYC, USA

2018
Severed Visions, mural for STRAAT Museum, Amsterdam Netherlands
Emergency, Installation for Moniker Art Fair, London, UK
Uncover, Residency Program with the Urban Nation Museum, Berlin, Germany
Ilmatar, Large-scale mural with Helsinki Urban Art, Helsinki, Finland
Nature’s Arch and Altered Landscapes, Large-scale mural with the Canadian Embassy and St+Art India, New Delhi, India
Apparition of the Past, mural with St.Art, NYC, USA

2017
Raw Project: Denver, mural with Fairview Elementary School, Denver, USA
In Pursuit of Peace, mural with Vapnaagard Tunnel Project, Helsingør, Denmark
Monuments, Large-scale installation with MURAL festival, Montreal, Canada
On the Brink, Large-scale mural with Pangeaseed/ Seawalls, Churchill, Canada
Awareness: Mural For The People of Tibet, Collaborative mural with Adnate for Bushwick collective, Brooklyn, USA

2016
Electric Currents Mortal Wounds: Icarus to Narcissist, installation for the Bloom Art Award as a Top 10 Finalist, Art Fair Cologne, Germany
Protective Pack, mural with Weart, Aalborg, Denmark
Wild Dogs, Large-scale installation at Kaaboo festival, Del Mar, USA
Guns, Germs and Steel, Large-scale installation for 2nd annual Street Art Biennale, Moscow, Russia
Divide and Conquer, installation with Thinkspace Gallery, Long Beach Museum of Art, USA
Impact of Discovery, Large-scale mural with Mural Social Club, Kiev, Ukraine
Trap of the Hunter, Flight of the Hunted, Large-scale installation with Unexpected Festival, Fort Smith, USA
Sword Dance, Mural with Vaford Gates project, Hong Kong, China
Overthrown, Installation with Thinkspace Gallery, Honolulu Museum of Art, USA
Hunter and Hunted, Mural with Artesano Project, Nagua, Dominican Republic
Radioactive Cascade, Collaborative Mural with James Bullough, Produced with Urban Nation and Pangeaseed, Miami, USA
COP21 AD Take Over, Participant in citywide ad takeover with Brandalism project, Paris, France

2015
Deacon of Dark River, Large-scale Mural for Wall Poetry festival with Urban Nation and Iceland Airwaves, Reyjkavik, Iceland
Resonance, Installation at Sound Wall art headquarters, NYC, USA
Rise and Fall, Large-scale mural with Urban Nation Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Soon, collaborative Large-scale Installation with Trevor Wheatley, Way Home Festival, Burls Creek, Canada
Together We Fall, Large Scale Mural at Wall Therapy Mural Festival, Rochester, USA
In Pursuit of Prosperity, Installation at 88 East Broadway, NYC, USA
The Hunter, Spotify conference room installation, NYC office, USA

2014
Raw Project, Jose Diego Middle School, Miami, USA
Spectacle, installation at Life is Beautiful festival, Las Vegas, USA
Competitive Nature Mural, Savage Habbit, NJ, USA
HERE NOW, Portsmouth Museum of Art, New Hampshire, USA
Origin of Energy, MaRS Center for Innovation, Toronto, Canada

2013
City Scrawl: Urban Intersections, Art Gallery Of Ontario, Toronto, Canada


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2019
Perils of a New World, The Hall, Brooklyn, NY

2015
CARBON, C.A.V.E. Gallery, Los Angeles, USA

2014
Electric Currents and Mortal Wounds, White Walls Gallery, San Francisco, USA

2013
Li-Hill @ The Mascot, The Mascot, Toronto, Canada


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023
Urban Fragments, KIRK Gallery, Aalborg, Denmark
'10 year anniversary | Out in the Open', KIRK Gallery, Aalborg, Denmark

2021
Anamorphic Portraiture, Mirus Gallery, Denver, USA
Knotenpunkt 2021, Auffenfaust Galerie, Hamburg, Germany

2020
Multiples, Hashimoto Contemporary, NYC, USA

2018
UN-derstand The Power of Art as a Social Architect, Urban Nation Museum, Berlin, Germany
The Solar Panel Art Series, ADO, Brooklyn, USA
The Molskine Project V2, Spoke Art, San Francisco, USA
Ataraxia, Mirus Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Art Not Jail, Young New Yorkers charity auction, NYC, USA
Meet Me at Delancey & Essex, Spoke Gallery, NYC, USA
East Meets West, Corey Helford Gallery, LA, USA

2017
Heist, Juddy Roller Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Urban Nation Museum Opening, Urban Nation Museum, Berlin, Germany
Onset, First Amendment Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Scope Art Fair, Thinkspace Gallery, Miami, USA
The Molskine Project V1, Spoke Art, San Francisco, USA
LAX / DTW: Detroit Hustle II, Thinkspace Gallery and Inner State Gallery, Detroit, USA
Art Not Jail, Young New Yorkers charity auction 2017, NYC, USA
From The Streets, Arts Westchester, White Plains, USA

2016
The New Vangaurd, Thinkspace Gallery, Lancaster Museum of Art, USA
Out of Line, Subliminal Projects, LA, USA
Exploring the New Contemporary Movement, Thinkspace Gallery, Honolulu Museum of art, USA
Entry Point, Thinkspace Gallery, Fullerton Museum Center, USA
Animalia, Abend Gallery, Denver, USA

2015
Brotherhood, Jonathan Levine Gallery, NYC, USA
Power of Paint, Vertical Gallery, Chicago, USA
Scope Art Fair, C.A.V.E. Gallery, NYC, USA

2014
Scope Art Fair, C.A.V.E. Gallery, Miami, USA
Depth of a Substance, Succulent Studios, Brooklyn, USA
21st Precinct, Outlaw Arts, NYC, USA

2013
New Hunting Ground, New Hunting Ground Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
AWOL CREW Presents: FABRIC, 96 Mc Cauley Road, Melbourne, Australia
Face Off, Elaine Fleck Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Fractal Facets, IndustREALarts Room, Toronto, Canada

2010
OCADU GradEx 2010, OCADU, Toronto, Canada