Summer Li
Designer and artist based in New York City specializing in exhibition & environmental graphics, book design, and visual identities in the cultural space.
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Eng Family Home Historic Site
Wing Luke Museum
Visual identity, exhibition graphics
2026
A bilingual exhibition identity for the historic site of the Eng family homestead located in Chinatown–International District, Seattle; printed didactics on a series of plywood panels hung throughout the rooms contributing to the warmth and story of the construction of the family’s house.
Sonic Arts MFA Student Concert
Brooklyn College
Visual identity, motion, print
2026
Typographic poster and print program design, using motion as a language to accompany the time-based medium of sound.
Nina Chanel Abney: Fishing Was His Life
Henry Art Gallery
Visual identity, exhibition graphics, publication
2022
Custom letterforms sampled from Nina’s collages make up this exhibition identity; design extended to various touchpoints through the building and across the city: the title wall and in-gallery signage, digital ads, marketing posters that were distributed throughout the city, as well as an accompanying publication.
Diana Markosian: Santa Barbara
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Visual identity, exhibition graphics
2021
Collaborated with the artist and exhibiton designer closely on the identity and graphics, as well as the arched entryway of the show which connects to the 90s TV soap, Santa Barbara, highlighted in the show. Playful, humorous, and kitsch.
Chloë Bass: Soft Services
Henry Art Gallery
Visual identity, exhibitions graphics, publication
2022
Interplay of the weaving type conveying the contrast between traditional healthcare and “soft services”, efforts made during AIDS epidemic that were not covered by traditional healthcare. Color palette draws from the metallic tinge of the light-responsive pigment on the stones as well as the natural colors of the city’s native flora.
East Bay Alternative Book + Zine Fest
Custom type, graphite drawings digitally colored
2020
Featured artist for the virtual 2020 East Bay Alternative Zine + Book Festival, typically held in Oakland, CA; designed the poster for the festival capturing the scrappy and playful spirit of DIY publishing.
Just a Dream: Kandi Archives 2007–2011
Digitally printed pages spiral bound with the neon yellow coil
2023
A love letter to my younger self. Featuring my personal kandi collection from raves attended in my youth. Not only was I able to remember and process those formative years, I also hope that the book gives a glimpse into rave culture in the late aughts/early 2010s.
This book was created for and debuted at the Seattle Art Book Fair in 2023.
Brassaï
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Visual identity, exhibition graphics
2018
Worked with a local sign fabricator to create large hanging metal letters, playing with light and shadow—themes in the artist’s works—directly on the walls.