On Sunday, June 7, 2026 Lili Chin (@lilixc2018) completed her three-week New Media residency with us!

Lili Chin is an artist based in New York City. Combining installation, video and sculpture, her practice focuses on nature and architecture to explore rituals in time, bridging contemporary and ancient ideas that investigate themes of memory, duration and spirituality. Selected international exhibition venues include Microscope Gallery, The Drawing Center, Below Grand, Island Gallery, White Columns (online), Bronx River Art Center, as well as several other art organizations in the US, Singapore, Scotland, Latin America, Europe, Japan and China. Her films have screened at Anthology Film Archives, Microscope Gallery, 601 Art Space, Edinburgh Film Festival and the Pacific Film Archive. She has created commissioned installations for the He Xiangning Museum in Shenzhen and the Ely Center of Contemporary Art, CT. She is a recipient of numerous fellowships and residencies at MacDowell, the Edward Albee Foundation, the Visual Studies Workshop, Akiyoshidai International Art Village, Marble House Project, the Galveston Artist Residency and more. She was awarded an LMCC Creative Engagement grant and additionally curates projects and screenings. She received an MFA from the University of California San Diego, a BFA from Pratt Institute, and attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture.

Lili said the following about her residency:

“My project surrounded the theme of nuclear energy and nuclear fallout. I filmed a lot of microscopic images of particles from the raw materials ceramic lab, materials that are somewhat toxic and bentonite which was used in uranium enrichment. I also filmed microfilm with the microscope and made banding effects with the Sandin. I also made sound recordings using the doepfer synthesizer, created video clips using the Sandin analogue video synth and created a sketch of three channel video and a mockup for an installation with dye sublimated prints.”

If you missed Lili’s artist talk, you can view it on our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/@theinstituteforelectronica5746.