Education:

MFA, Electronic Imaging, University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth
BFA, Textile Design, The Central Academy of Art and Design in Beijing

Qian Li has taught courses at Cleveland State University's Art Department since 2003.

Qian has worked in a variety of media including web, print, interactive art installation, 3D/2D animation, video, and digital photography. Qian has exhibited extensively in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. Her video work was recently shown at Transhift08, a time-based new media art festival in Knoxville, Tennessee; SIGGRAPH 2008 at the Los Angeles Convention Center, CA; Kietic Image at the Target Gallery in Alexandria, VA; the 2007 International Video Festival in Indonesia; the 2007 Electronic Language International Festival's eight edition in Brazil; the 5th International Symposium of Interactive Media Design in Turkey; and the 2007 Ingenuity Festival in Cleveland, Ohio.

Her recent juried exhibitions include the Haun Tie Art Museum in Beijing, China; the SIGGRAPH 2007 Art Gallery Global Eyes in San Diego, CA; iDEAs 07 Beyond Boundaries at the F.U.E.L Gallery in Philadelphia, PA; Silicon Sands at the Las Cruces Museum in Las Cruces, NM; DPI (Digital Propelled Ideas) at the Kellogg University Art Gallery in Pomona, CA; Discoveries at the George Segal Gallery in Montclair , NJ; and Signals from/about Central-Europe II at the Central EU Gallery in Hungary.

Her recent awards and grants include the Individual Excellence Award and Grant from the Ohio Art Council FY 2008; Best in Show from the Eighth Annual Image Ohio in Columbus, OH; and a Merit Award from the 48th Annual National Juried Art Exhibition at the Rocky Mount Arts Center in NC.