shirt design by Isaac Couch

Max Li is an interdisciplinary artist from China, based in Chicago. His practice blends photography, Tintype, found objects, and contemporary tools to create tactile records of experience. Drawing from ritual, memory, and transition, Max transforms fleeting interactions into intimate, expansive works that balance structure and spontaneity. His process embraces chance, weaving the sacred and the everyday with a lyrical, gestural charge.

Serving as the arts czar at the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago in Woodlawn, Max collaborates with community members and artists to creatively activate the church’s historic spaces. He has organized events ranging from projection light shows, dance, exhibitions,  communal dinners, open practices, theater productions, and other site-responsive projects.


For conversation, showing, and other thoughts,
please email: omaxlgzo@gmail.com

Current Position:

Art Director, Big House Studio

Arts Czar (Art Director), The First Presbyterian Church of Chicago