Jiabao Li is an artist, inventor, and professor whose work explores more-than-human ecologies, feminist biotech, multispecies intelligence, and how technology reshapes perception. She uses technology to uncover problems and art to invent solutions. Through installations, XR, AI, bio-art, performance, and scientific experiment, she creates works that shift perception across bodies, species, and environments.
Her work has been exhibited internationally at venues including the Venice Architecture Biennale, MoMA, Ars Electronica, Exploratorium, Milan and Dubai Design Week, and The Contemporary Austin. She has received awards from Forbes China 30 Under 30, iF Design, Falling Walls, NEA, STARTS Prize, Fast Company, Core77, IDSA, A’ Design Award, and Outstanding Professor Award. Her papers have been published at SIGGRAPH, CHI, ISEA, and IEEE VIS, and her work has been featured in Fast Company, Artforum, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, Domus, and Leonardo. In Jiabao’s TED Talk, she uncovered how technology mediates the way we perceive reality. Her solo exhibitions include “You Can’t Fire Your Mom”, “Chill Out: The Arctic Couldn’t”, “Progenitorial Hysteresis”, “Perception Omnifold”, and “Ecological Soup: Interspecies Encounters”.
She is Associate Professor at Northeastern University, artist-in-residence at Exploratorium, and co-founder and Chief Design Officer of Endless Health. She was previously Visiting Professor at Stanford, Assistant Professor at UT Austin, and a designer and inventor at Apple, where she explored future technologies including Apple Vision Pro. She has served on juries for D&AD, Ars Electronica, IDSA, Biodesign Challenge, and SIGGRAPH. She is a member of Onassis Foundation and NEW INC at the New Museum, and a Fellow at Ars Electronica Founding Lab. She holds a Master of Design in Technology with Distinction from Harvard GSD.