Bio
Lili Un graduated Magna Cum Laude from Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of the Arts where she majored in Painting and Printmaking. She went on to receive her Master’s degree in Art Therapy from Southwestern College in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Her paintings have been internationally exhibited and her work is in the collections of Capital One, Virginia Commonwealth University, VCU Medical College, and numerous private collections.
As the first student intern for Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art in Doha, Qatar, Lili created an art zine for museum-wide distribution. Lili was the recipient of a research grant to collaborate with a colleague in Qatar culminating with an exhibition in Doha. She was selected to present her research on technology in therapeutic settings at a national art therapy conference in Miami.
She lives and works in Dover, New Hampshire.
Selected Exhibitions
Resident Artist Exhibition, Dover, NH, 2021
Pin Up Hair Salon, Dover, NH, Solo, 2020
Wild Heart Gallery, Southwestern College and New Earth Institute, Santa Fe, NM, “Fiber Art”, Nicol Blais and Brayden Jones, curators, 2018
Wild Heart Gallery, Southwestern College and New Earth Institute, Santa Fe, NM, “Manifold”, Jessica Morris, curator, 2017
Wild Heart Gallery, Southwestern College and New Earth Institute, Santa Fe, NM, “Lead-In”, Jessica Morris, curator, 2016
Black Swan Books and Music, Staunton, Virginia, “RHYTHM”, Solo, 2015
RVA Street Art Festival, Richmond, Virginia, 2013
Capital One, Richmond, Virginia, 2013
F.A.B., Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, “Senior
Show”, Sally Bowring, curator, 2013
Valentine Richmond History Center, Richmond, VA, “Wickham House
200: Inspiring New Art Two Centuries Later”, David Voelkel, curator, 2013
F.A.B., Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA,
“Interaction 42”, Barbara Tisserat and Reni Gower, jurors, 2013
Valentine Richmond History Center, Richmond, VA, “Wickham House
200: Inspiring New Art Two Centuries Later”, David Voelkel, curator, 2012
Graduate School of Practical Theology, Icheon-si Gyeonggi-do, South
Korea, Solo, 2012
The Student Center, Education City, Doha, Qatar, “NEXUS”, Two-
Person Exhibition, 2011
Artist Statement
My art is a celebration of color and simple joys. Through lyrical abstraction and color interactions I seek to capture the things I most love about the natural world, including unpredictability.