Yi Ling has been living in the city of Melbourne for almost 30 years. She developed a passion for art at a very young age. During her teenage years, she had the opportunity to study drawing, watercolor and acrylic both through a private teacher and academically.
She graduated with a Diploma of Decorative Drawing from the Shanghai Light Industry College. She also worked and created images for the environment newspaper in Shanghai.
After migrating to Australia, she worked as a sewing machinist, photography printer and drawing teacher for young students.
She graduated with a Diploma in Arts Design (Graphic) at Swinburne University of Technology and graduated with a Degree in Contemporary Visual Arts at Deakin University.
About 20 years ago, she started learning oil colour painting. She is fascinated by the richness of color that can be developed through using this medium and is striving to become a good artist.
As she describes:
I intend to create paintings with joy, beauty and imagination. I enjoy taking original photos and using computer software such as Photoshop to create new images. Exploring new art mediums is exciting and is full of freshness. My purpose is to experiment in the use of digital art technology to manipulate photographs and create realistic art through using oil media on canvas.
She has been awarded the following prizes:
The best water colour painting in Hughesdale Art Show 2001
Highly commended oil painting in Hughesdale Art Show 2002
The Norma Bull scholarship for naturalistic portraiture in The Victorian Artists Society 2003
The best oil colour painting in Hughesdale Art Show 2006
The best portrait for oil colour painting in Hughesdale Art Show 2007
Highly commended for oil colour painting in Hughesdale Art Show 2008
Highly commended for oil colour painting in Hughesdale Art Show 2009
The Judge’s Choice for oil colour painting in Hughesdale Art Show 2010
The 4th best in show for oil colour painting in Hughesdale Art Show 2012
Highly commended for oil colour painting in Hughesdale Art Show 2013
Highly commended for oil colour painting in Hughesdale Art Show 2014
The Judge's Choice for best painting in Hughesdale Art Show 2015
The Heritage Award in The Box Hill Rotary Art Show 2015
Highly commended for oil colour painting in Box Hill Rotary Art Show 2015
The 4th best in show for oil colour painting in Hughesdale Art Show 2016
Highly commended for oil colour painting in Box Hill Rotary Art Show 2016
The kennett Builders Silver Award Prize in The Victor Harbor Art Show 2017 | 
Yi Ling Li in Camberwell Art Show