Xi Li 李曦 is an interdisciplinary artist. She was born in Harbin, China, and received her education and grew up in both China and New Zealand, based in Tāmaki Makaurau, New Zealand.  Li earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photo Media from Whitecliffe College of Arts & Design in 2019, where she was honored with the Whitecliffe Photo Media Prize. In 2021 she received Master of Fine Arts (with first class honours) at Elam School of Fine Arts at the University of Auckland. In the same year, 2021, Li was awarded the Iris Fisher Scholarship.

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Li's creative practice encompasses multiple fields, including films, digital images, sculptures, 3D printings, animations, games, virtual reality, installations, performances, photography, and graphic diagrams. She is interested in exploring the complexities of subjective and collective experiences, as well as the aspects constituted by fantasies and desires. Li is committed to combining theoretical research with artistic practice to create expressions and challenges that bridge the two realms. She often works within the research frameworks like psychoanalysis, semiotics and postmodernism. Through capturing visual imagery from macroscopic thinking and subjective perception, she presents self-mythology or critical narratives on themes such as subjectivity, technology, the body, cultural identity, ideology, subcultures, pop culture, globalization, and more.

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Li has exhibited her works in various locations across New Zealand and Australia. Her recent solo exhibitions include "The Transcendence Labyrinth of Idols" at Te Tuhi, Auckland, "The Generation of The Hyperreal" at Pah Homestead, Auckland, and "Spirit Ether" at The Physics Room, Christchurch, New Zealand.