Timjune Tianjun Li
李天竣
Tianjun Li (Timjune, CN/FI) is a Finland-based artist and musician working across moving image, extended vocal technique, photography, performance, sound and spatial installation. Their practice forms synesthetic correspondences across dispersed geographies and time, transforming language, sound and image into signals transmitted between human and more-than-human bodies.
Li’s recent solo exhibitions include exhibitions at prominent Finnish art institutions such as Forum Box and MUU Helsinki Contemporary Art Centre, alongside an upcoming solo exhibition commissioned by Fruitmarket Gallery (UK), supported by the Finnish Institute in the UK and Ireland. Their practice has received support from Saastamoinen Foundation, Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Goethe-Institut, Finnish Cultural Foundation and Frame Contemporary Art Finland, with residencies including Kone Foundation’s Saari Residence, Nordic Culture Point’s B28 Residency and Hugo Burge Foundation.
Under the artistic identity Timjune, Li develops a public-facing practice across collective performance and networked media. The Bird Song Choir brings vocal practice into different communities and geographies, while non-verbal vocal experiments constitute a practice beyond digital borders, reaching tens of millions of viewers across distinct digital environments.
Education
2022-2024 MA Visual Cultures, Curating, and Contemporary Art (ViCCA), Minor in Sound in New Media, Aalto University, FI
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2027-2028 Times Museum, Guangzhou, CN (Upcoming)
2026-2027 i am, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, UK (Upcoming, Commissioned by Fruitmarket Gallery and the Finnish Institute in the UK and Ireland)
2026 Bird Collisions, Forum Box, Helsinki, FI
2026 Echo, Echo, Echo, MUU Helsinki Contemporary Art Center, FI
2026 Of Wind, Of Wing, Photographic Centre Nykyaika, Tampere, FI
2024 Today, Tomorrow, and the Tales from the Wind, Photo North - Northern Photographic Centre, Oulu, FI
Selected Group Exhibitions
2026 […]; TA VARE; […], Kunsthall Oslo, NO
2026 Cerveira Art Biennial, Museu Bienal de Cerveira, PT
2026-2027 Culture Trail Commission, Saari Residence, Kone Foundation, FI
2025 Onboards Biennale, Antwerpen, BE
2025 Copenhagen Photo Festival, DK
2024 Aavistus Biennial of Audiovisual Art, Helsinki City Museum, FI
2024 Africa Foto Fair, MuCAT Museum, IC & Galerie Studer, Abidjan
2024 International Photography and Media Art Festival, M. Žilinskas Art Museum, Kaunas, LT
2023 Past & Present: Der Greif 15 Anniversary, Pinakothek der Moderne & ZIRKA, Munich, DE
2023 New Talents (1st Place Winner), Belgrade Photo Month, RS
2023 1839 Photography Award, Contemporary Image Museum, Chengdu, CN
2023 Buffalo Arts Studio, New York
Selected Performances & Concerts
2026 Nordic House, Reykjavik (Supported by Icelandic-Finnish Culture Foundation), IS
2026 Arctic Sounds Festival (Supported by NAPA & Danish-Finnish Culture Foundation), GL
2025 MANIFEST: IO: Symposium for New Media and Electronic Art, Berlin, DE
2025 La Nature Festival and Photographic Exploration Project, BE
2025 Solo Concert at Aranya 阿那亚礼堂个人音乐会, CN
2025 A! Festival, Akureyri Art Museum, IS
2024 Rendered Voice, Skissernas Museum, Lund, SE
2024 Intent: Practice, Research, and Togetherness, Helsinki International Artist Programme (HIAP), Helsinki
2024 ADCE, Design Museum of Barcelona
2024 Solo Concert, Stockholm Fringe Festival, SE
2024 Outsider Art Festival, Mad House, Helsinki, FI
Selected Grants, Residencies & Fellowships
2027
Artica Svalbard, Supported by Finnish Cultural Foundation, NO
2026 Solo Exhibition Commission, Fruitmarket Gallery and Finnish Institute in the UK and Ireland, UK&FI
2026 Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Working Grant for Public Display, FI
2026 Project and Exhibition Grant, Saastamoinen Foundation, FI
2026 Culture Moves Europe / Goethe-Institut / European Union, EU
2026
Mobility Grant, Finnish Cultural Foundation, FI
2026 Hugo Burge Foundation Residency, UK
2026 Saari Residence by KONE Foundation, FI
2026 B28 Residency by Nordic Culture Point, FI
2026 IN SITU PLATFORM, EU
2026 Áras Éanna Arts Centre Residency, IRE
2026 Nordic Institute in Greenland (NAPA), Project Grant
2025 Art & Tech Award, Aalto Studios and Genelec, FI
2025 Artist Grant, Espoo City, FI
2025 Island Connect, Creative Europe Residency for Performing Arts, FR & ES
2025 Öre Residency Summer Artist, FI
2025 E75 Art Bus, Cultural Captial of Europe, MUU Contemporary Art Centre Helsinki, EU
2024 Travel Grant, Frame Contemporary Art Finland, FI
2023 SIM Artist Residency (Aalto Art and Media Grant), IS
Selected Press & Talks
2026 Artist Talk, Times Museum, Guangzhou, CN
2026 Cerveira Art Biennial Exhibition Feature, Portugal National TV Channel
2026 Artist Talk, Finnish Museum of Photography & Nordic Culture Point
2025 Artist Interview, Yle (Finnish National TV Channel)
2025 Almanac, Struer Tracks: Biennial for Sound and Listening, Sound Art Lab,
2024 Der Greif, Curated by Torbjørn Rødland (Launch during Paris Photo Fair)
2023 Cover Artist & Interview, Modern Weekly 周末画报;
2023
NOWNESS Asia
Archives & Distribution
2026 — AV-arkki, Centre for Finnish Media Art
Tianjun Li’s Artist Talk at Finnish Museum of Photography, Nordic Culture Point, 2026
In conversation with Orlan Ohtonen (Chief-Curator of Exhibitions at the Finnish Museum of Photography)
Art Inside Out, Episode 17: Tianjun Li, Interview on Bird Collisions, Solo Exhibition at Forum Box, Helsinki, 2026
Artist Interview with Tianjun Li (Timjune) - YLE (Finnish National TV Channel) (Excerpt, 2025)
Artist Feature on Der Greif, 2024