Taikkun Li
taikkun.cc@gmail.com
www.taikkun.com

Taikkun Yang Li is a candidate in the
MFA program at the School of the Art
Institute of Chicago. He has worked at
the Center for Massive Change as a
research specialist in the renewable
energy division with designer Bruce
Mau. His film about urban planning
in Beijing named LOST DREAM OF
BEIJING was officially selected for the
Washington D.C. Independent Film
Festival, the San Francisco Tiburon
Film Festival, and the Rotterdam
Architecture Film Festival. He has
worked with the UNESCO Beijing
City Preservation project BEIJING
and BEIJING in 2005 which sought
to conserve old Beijing city with
alternative thinking and planning.
Taikkun Li’s artwork embodies both
simplicity and complexity as he melds
traditional and modern forms into a
seamless aesthetic.