Michelle Qian Li

Uncanny Fashion II
Uncanny Fashion I
Flora Surrealism
Withering Is Living
Still Life
Fashion
Portrait
Observation / Film

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Michelle Qian Li is a London-based still life, fashion photographer, and visual artist whose work explores the interplay between the familiar and the uncanny. An Associate of the Royal Photographic Society (ARPS), she draws on a background in advertising to create meticulously composed images that invite viewers to reconsider the everyday objects that surround them.

Her photographs are characterised by a minimalist aesthetic, often incorporating recycled and repurposed materials to highlight the potential for new life and meaning in pre-loved objects.

Michelle Qian Li’s work is influenced by the visual language of classical painting and contemporary fashion photography. Through quiet disruption and refined detail, she encourages viewers to question the reality presented to them and consider the deeper narratives embedded in the material world.

Email: mclee917@gmail.com
Open to commission and collaboration, prints are available upon request.


Exhibition

  • 19/01-10/04/2026 ‘Alienated’, ‘Shutter Hub Open 2026’, Alison Richard Building, Cambridge, U.K, curated by Karen Harvey MBE
  
  • Portraits of Jessica Toale MP and Munira Wilson MP for The 40% Project, Women In Photography, Royal Photographic Society, Online group exhibition
 
  • 21-26/10/2025 ‘Uncanny Fashion, 5+5+8+12=30£, Winton & Westbourne & Swanage’, ‘AUB MA Photography 10 Year Anniversary Exhibition, PhotoMonth London’, London, U.K, Selected and co-curated by Zelda Cheatle and Paul Wenham-Clarke

  • 04/2025 'Uncanny Fashion, 5+7=12£, Winton & Westbourne', 'Colour 2025 Exhibition', The Glasgow Gallery of Photography, Glasgow, U.K

  • 03/2025 'Uncanny Fashion, 2.5+2+1+6=11.5£, Winton', Royal Photographic Society London Region Annual Exhibition, Espacio Gallery, London, U.K

  • 11/2024 'Uncanny Fashion, 2.5+2+1+6=11.5£, Winton', BBA 'One Shot Award', BBA Photography Prize Exhibition, BBA Gallery, Berlin, Germany

  • 08-09/2024 'Uncanny Fashion II', Postgraduate Summer Shows 2024, the Gallery, Arts University Bournemouth, Poole, U.K

  • 05/2024 'Uncanny Fashion', AUB International Collective Exhibition 2024, the Gallery, Arts University Bournemouth, Poole, U.K


Awards

  • Aesthetica Art Prize 2026 longlist, 2026
 
  • 1839 Awards Art Storytelling Contest Bronze Award, in Other category, Professional, 2025
   
   
  • Tokyo International Foto Awards Two Honourable Mentions, Fine-Art / Still Life Professional, 2025
    



Publication

  • ‘Uncanny, Sustainable - and Chic’, project feature, WE ARE Magazine, Women In Photography, Royal Photographic Society, September Issue, 2025



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