Shuo Phoebe Li Explores Resilience and the Body in Sculpture

Shuo Phoebe Li, an artist originally from China and currently splitting her time between Los Angeles and Hong Kong, produces sculptures, installations, and performances that explore the body as a relational space, questioning the concept of skin as a barrier. Influenced by the ideas of Pierre Bourdieu and Donna Haraway, Li examines resilience—not merely as a virtue, but as a manifestation of emotional injustice. Her dynamic, biomorphic creations reflect the psychological and physical impact of enduring suffering. In her work 'See what you do to me' (2025), a metal appendage affixed to the wall rotates gently, its pointed end grazing against a gelatinous, phallic head of a limb-like branch extending from the floor, creating a tension-filled cycle of balance and discomfort.