About

Natalie Minyu Li creates artwork that evokes a sense of childhood belonging by using oils, pastels, and colored pencils. Creatively inspired by children's stories, her playful characters and colorful dreamscapes appeal to the simplicity of our younger years and question the ways in which our emergence into “adulthood” has altered our values and our ways of finding happiness.

Natalie grew up in both a privileged, multilingual circle of a large financial city in China and a working class, conservative community in the Bible Belt south of the United States. These experiences led to her struggles of self-identity and as a result, fueled her linguistic and artistic pursuits. She discovered that children’s stories, in particular, possess the power to transcend cultural boundaries and unite humanity with the right blend of visual and literary magic. You can follow her on Instagram to keep up with her latest shows and projects!

She has been drawing and painting since childhood, but has chosen to pursue quantitative disciplines academically and professionally. Notably, she helped hedge funds reach an $18 billion debt deal in the Puerto Rico bankruptcy when she worked in finance (her clients headlined in Bloomberg article).

She currently lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Bienvenue dans mon atelier—soyez créatif!

味旻昱之诗，诗中有画；观旻昱之画，画中有诗

Natalie 旻昱