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@designedbylili

lili is a multimedia artist, photographer, and organizer based in NYC and San Francisco. Her work, firmly rooted in research and theory, explores concepts of the body, beauty, perception of reality, and feminism.

Born and raised in San Francisco, Lili Price (aka Lili Bradford, she/her) studied photography, illustration, and art history at Parsons School of Design in NYC.

 

Much of her photographic work aligns with that of the Surrealists, both in mission to disorient and question subconscious norms and in aesthetics of distortion and mirror imagery. She uses practical or naturally-occuring distortions to point out the blurred line between what is considered Reality versus Alternate. This often exists in combination with her interest in the concept of beauty (both popular and aesthetic) and the female subject – both of which are scrutinized as having a standard ideal. Whenever working with imagery of women, nuance of the female persona through nonmale eyes is top of mind; her goal is to find spaces for women to pictorially exist outside of the fem archetypes (that of Mother, Damsel, Venus, and Monster).

Her most recent work interrogates the body as a concept: what makes a body normal or able, cultural experiences of having particular bodies, gendered body parts, and the relationship between the Self and its container. As an invisibly-disabled young woman, her own life has triggered her to deeply consider mental-physical existence and the significance of the body as home, object, and self. Given the 21st Century’s emphasis on decorporealization (elimination of human physical labor, focus on virtual presences), such exploration is relevant and vital.

Lili also works in ceramic sculpture and commercial illustration, and is an avid curator of knowledge in Modern Art and Women Artists history (subjects she has taught via nonprofits). She works in VE at the International Center of Photography, is Head Assistant for Unsigned Models LLC, and founded/runs Quiddity Collective (a bimonthly illustration zine and artist collective, nonprofit).

Learning

2019-2024

PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN - BFA: major in illustration, minors in photography & art/design history

2021-2023

SMITHSONIAN ASSOCIATES - World Art History Certificate

2018

ACADEMY OF ART - Precollege Program

2018

SADIE VALERI ATELIER

2017

SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO - ECP Intensive (Experimental Drawing)

Employment + Experience

2025-P

UNSIGNED MODELS: Head Assistant

2024-P

INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF PHOTOGRAPHY - Visitor Experience Associate

2024-P

FOTOLAB NYC - Studio Manager

2024-P

QUIDDITY COLLECTIVE - Founder, Organizer, Editor

2024-2025

LAHN - Sales Associate

2014-2019

DESIGNED BY LILI - Founder, Illustrator

2017-2018

TANTRUM - Salesperson

Teaching

2020-P

FREELANCE Art College Application/Portfolio Advisor

2020-2021

LEARNING UNLIMITED / SPLASH RAINSTORM - "History of Western Modern Art (1850-1950): Journey to Abstraction" + "History of Western Modern Art (Post-War): Artist as Activist"

2021

UNITED UNDER ARTS Visiting Lecturer

2020-2022

WAVE LEARNING FESTIVAL - "History of Western Modern Art" + "Portfolio Development: Applying to Art Colleges" + "Know Their Names: Female Artists Throughout History"

Group Shows

2024

AGORA GALLERY: NY ILY

2024

2023, 2024

PARSONS ILLUSTRATION: Senior Show

PHOTOFEAST Biannual Pinup

2019

INCLINE GALLERY: Ugly - Curator, Installer, Artist

2017

ADOBE BOOKS GALLERY

Publication (Selection)

Specialties & Skills

Extensive knowledge of: modern art history (1850-1980), female artists, feminist theory, philosophy

Mental health & disability advocacy, CBT & MBSR skills

Mediums of specialty: digital photography, charcoal, ceramics

Classically trained pianist

2024

AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY 40 Book: AI-AP Award Winner

2021

ONLY CHILD "1 BY 1" Biannual Book: Cover

2021

POZA Magazine

2021

2021

MARIKA Magazine

ART OF PORTRAIT Magazine

2021

2021

MOB JOURNAL: Cover Story

TOP POSTERS Magazine: Cover

2021

HORIZONT Magazine, 2x

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