Yueming Li is a Los Angeles-based visual artist whose work explores atmospheric imagery and the space between reality and imagination, creating poetic scenes through visual storytelling.
Having lived in different countries, Yueming sees visual language as a way to communicate beyond words and across cultures. Her work is shaped by a dialogue between East Asian aesthetics and Western approaches to color and light. She builds imagined spaces by bringing together figures, symbolic elements, and unexpected visual combinations. Her practice spans publishing and entertainment, including book covers, book illustrations, editorial illustrations, key art, promotional artwork, and other narrative-driven visual projects.
Through her work, viewers are invited into dreamlike scenes where familiar forms are transformed into new possibilities, allowing for personal interpretation and imagination.
Having lived in different countries, Yueming sees visual language as a way to communicate beyond words and across cultures. Her work is shaped by a dialogue between East Asian aesthetics and Western approaches to color and light. She builds imagined spaces by bringing together figures, symbolic elements, and unexpected visual combinations. Her practice spans publishing and entertainment, including book covers, book illustrations, editorial illustrations, key art, promotional artwork, and other narrative-driven visual projects.
Through her work, viewers are invited into dreamlike scenes where familiar forms are transformed into new possibilities, allowing for personal interpretation and imagination.
Contact
yuemingli.art@outlook.com
yuemingli.art@outlook.com
Awards
Three x Three International Illustration Awards
Applied Arts Illustration Awards
Japan Illustrators’ Association Illustration Awards
Communication Arts
London International Creative Competition
Guangzhou Illustration Art Festival
Communication Exhibition for Asia-Pacific Visual Arts
Creative Quarterly
iJungle Illustration Awards
China Illustration Biennial
China Illustration Art Yearbook
Hiii Illustration International Competition
Three x Three International Illustration Awards
Applied Arts Illustration Awards
Japan Illustrators’ Association Illustration Awards
Communication Arts
London International Creative Competition
Guangzhou Illustration Art Festival
Communication Exhibition for Asia-Pacific Visual Arts
Creative Quarterly
iJungle Illustration Awards
China Illustration Biennial
China Illustration Art Yearbook
Hiii Illustration International Competition
Merit
Winner
Silver Medal
Shortlist
Shortlist
Silver Medal
Bronze Medal
Runner-Up
Merit Awards
Finalist
Merit Award
Nomination
2025
2025
2024
2024 - 2025
2023
2023
2023
2023 - 2025
2022 - 2024
2022 - 2023
2022
2021 - 2023
Exhibitions
Art on Loop in London and Athens
Guangzhou Art Festival
Art on Loop in London and Athens
Guangzhou Art Festival
January 2024
December 2023 - January 2024