Photo by Kevin Cummings
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LiLi 丽丽 Nacht is a Chinese-American painter, performance artist, curator and professor. Her work is rooted in meditation, ritual, Daoism, and 山水 (shan shui or mountain water) ink painting traditions. Nacht creates environments, abstract forms and fluid compositions that transcend the literal, inviting viewers into a space of reflection and connection with their inner world. Her work also engages with social practice, creating opportunities for people to gather and explore the tensions between chosen vs. inherited identities, reimagine historical narratives, and foster collective unlearning.
LiLi 丽丽 is a founding member of the MengCheng 梦城团 Collective, a queer collective of Chinese-American artists from the American South with a focus on resource dissemination, archive making, intergenerational dialogue, communal healing, and empowerment.
Raised in Memphis, Tennessee, LiLi 丽丽 received her BA in Visual Arts at Columbia University in New York City with additional courses completed at Universität der Künste in Berlin. In 2022, she completed her MFA at the China Academy of Art (中国美术学院) in HangZhou, with a specialization in traditional Chinese landscape painting.
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Represented by Sheet Cake Gallery
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Interview with GlogauAir Residency, Berlin, 2025
“MengCheng 梦城团 Collective: An Invitation to Be” by Kelly Seagraves, Focus LGBT+ Magazine, May 2024
Illustrations for Schmerz Camp by Patty Kim Hamilton, published by Suhrkamp Verlag, May 2024
"MengCheng’s Potluck" by Sophia Mason, Burnaway, September 2023