The Last Sunset
Free as Birds
Today, Tomorrow, and the Tales from the Wind
©2026 Timjune Tianjun Li
Timjune Tianjun Li
李天竣
Tianjun Li (Timjune, CN/FI) is a Finland-based interdisciplinary artist working across moving image, extended vocal technique, photography, performance, sound and spatial installation. Li uses their four-octave voice as a signalling instrument, translating signals across bodies, environments and media. Their practice develops synesthetic approaches to communication across dispersed geographies, with ecological semiotics opening onto relations between living systems, environments and technology.
Li’s recent solo exhibitions include Bird Collisions, Forum Box, Helsinki (2026); Echo, Echo, Echo, MUU Helsinki Contemporary Art Centre, Helsinki (2026); and i am, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh (2026–27, upcoming), commissioned by Fruitmarket and supported by the Finnish Institute in the UK and Ireland. Their performances have been presented at institutions and festivals including Nordic House (IS); Arctic Sounds (GL); Akureyri Art Museum (IS); Skissernas Museum (SE); Design Museum of Barcelona (ES); HIAP (FI), and Aranya (CN). 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 (FI), Nordic Culture Point’s B28 Residency (FI), and Hugo Burge Foundation (UK) .
Under the artistic identity Timjune, Li extends their practice through collective performance and networked media. Working with non-verbal voice across different communities, geographies and digital platforms, their practice has reached tens of millions of views, extending questions of communication beyond shared language and geographical borders.
2022-2024 MA Visual Cultures, Curating, and Contemporary Art (ViCCA), Minor in Sound in New Media, Aalto University, FI
2017-2021 BA Communication, South China Normal University, CN
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
2025 Onboards Biennale, Antwerpen, BE
2025 Copenhagen Photo Festival, DK
2025 BOOKED, MUU Helsinki COntemporary Art Centre, FI
2024 Aavistus Biennial of Audiovisual Art, Helsinki City Museum, FI
2024 Africa Foto Fair, invited and curated by Aida Muluneh, MuCAT Museum, CI
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 (curated by Mikael Lind, Supported by Icelandic-Finnish Culture Foundation), IS
2026 Organum Scores for Visitors, curated by Antye Greie-Ripatti, European Capital of Culture, Oulu
2026 Performance at USF Verftet, NO
2026 Arctic Sounds Festival (Supported by NAPA & Danish-Finnish Culture Foundation), GL
2026 Oerol Festival / IN SITU Immersive Lab, NL
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, Awards & Funding
2026 Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Working Grant for Public Display, FI
2026 Culture Moves Europe / Goethe-Institut / European Union, EU
2026 Finnish Cultural Foundation, Mobility Grant, FI
2026 Saastamoinen Foundation, Project Grant, FI
2026 Danish-Finnish Cultural Foundation, Project Grant, FI & DK
2025 Art & Tech Award, Aalto University × Genelec, FI
2025 3-month Artist Grant, Espoo City, FI
2024 Travel Grant, Frame Contemporary Art Finland, FI
Selected Residencies
2027 Artica Svalbard, NO, Supported by the Finnish Cultural Foundation
2027 Nordic Artists’ Centre Dale, NO
2026 Saari Residence, Kone Foundation, FI
2026 Hugo Burge Foundation Residency, UK
2026 B28 Residency, Nordic Culture Point, FI
2026 Áras Éanna Arts Centre Residency, IE
2025 Öre Residency Summer Artist, FI
2023 SIM Residency, Aalto Art and Media Grant, IS
Selected Commissions & Projects
2026–2027 i am, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
2026 Anonymous Tides, Culture Trail, Saari Residence, Kone Foundation, FI
2026 Selected Artist, IN SITU PLATFORM, EU
2025–2026 Selected Artist, E75 Art Bus, Oulu2026 / MUU Contemporary Art Centre, FI
2025 Island Connect, Creative Europe Residency for Performing Arts, FR & ES
2025 Co-Author, Forms of presence - best practices for media use from artists to artists in Europe, published by Lapland University of Applied Sciences Ltd, Funded by European Union
Selected Press & Talks2026 Artist Talk, Times Museum, Guangzhou, CN
2026 Cerveira Art Biennial Feature, RTP 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
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)
In conversation with Orlan Ohtonen (Chief-Curator of Exhibitions at the Finnish Museum of Photography)
Artist Interview with Tianjun Li (Timjune) - YLE (Finnish National TV Channel) (Excerpt, 2025)
Artist Feature on Der Greif, 2024