Lives and works in London.

Portia Yuran Li (b. 1995 in Shijiazhuang, China) is a contemporary artist working across fiction writing, installation, and performance, She specialises in intertwining research archives, mythology, fictional narratives, and live performances to explore the complex dynamics of power, geopolitics, and identity contradictions underlying human activities. By delving into the series of traumas within East Asian families and the life struggles of East Asian immigrants, she utilises performance art and body workshops for healing, subtly revealing human struggles and desires, blurring the boundaries between reality and imagination. 

She completed her master's at Goldsmiths, University of London (2017-2019). 

Portia Yuran has been commissioned to create performance art by the London Science Gallery and IKLECTIK, and has performed performance art in multiple galleries and art museums including the Old Operating Theatre Museum in London. In 2023, the children's theatre she founded in London performed at the Blackheath Hall in London.

Portia Yuran's work was showcased at the Science Gallery as a part of the 3rd Oxytocin Collective Care exhibition, garnering significant praise for its capacity to stimulate discussions on the online threats concerning breastfeeding.

www.yuranli.com
@portia__lee
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