Dai Li
Echoes
2 – 16 July 2026
Echoes “Marking my 20th solo exhibition, this latest body of work, Echoes, acts as a big milestone in my art practice. My work serves as a quiet mirror to the internal landscapes of the human condition—capturing the micro-expressions, silent doubts, and private daydreams that colour our everyday lives. Having worked with stoneware for many years, the physical making process has become like muscle memory; yet, the true work remains the journey of inspiration travelling from the brain, down through the hands, and into the raw clay. The collection explores lingering thoughts, repetitive behaviours, and the quiet internal answers we formulate in response to a changing outside world. Through rigid postures, tightly folded arms, or subtle glances out of frame, each character holds a secret dialogue with the past. Over the course of my career, these figures have evolved not as direct portraits or caricatures, but as entirely fictional entities that embody deeply familiar human qualities. Unlike portraits and caricatures, I regard my ceramic creations as fictional. They are not you or me, or anyone we know, but they may contain qualities you and I are familiar with. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.” Dai Li
Girl and Fox Stoneware with Glaze 26cm x 18cm x 13cm SOLD
The Swan #I Stoneware with Glaze 18cm x 25cm x 12cm SOLD
The Swan #2 Stoneware with Glaze 14cm x 24cm x 14cm $2,200
Girl in Warm Jumper Stoneware with Glaze 26cm x 16cm x 12cm SOLD
Smoking Jenny Stoneware with Glaze 24cm x 14cm x 11cm SOLD
Smoking Susie Stoneware with Glaze 23cm x 15cm x 11cm $1,800
Fox Mask Stoneware with Glaze 23cm x 15cm x 11cm $1,800
Sunday Driver Stoneware with Glaze 24cm x 15cm x 10cm $1,800
The Little Visitor Stoneware with Glaze 28cm x 15cm x 11cm SOLD
The Traveler Stoneware with Glaze 25cm x 15cm x 11cm SOLD
Attentive Stoneware with Glaze 24cm x 13cm x 10cm $1,800
Cat with Wings Stoneware with Glaze 30cm x 12cm x 16cm $1,800
Girl with Roses Stoneware with Glaze 33cm x 11cm x 12cm SOLD
Almost Convinced Stoneware with Glaze 34cm x 11cm x 11cm SOLD
The Orange Stoneware with Glaze 34cm x 9cm x 9cm $1,800
Mildly Amused Stoneware with Glaze 34cm x 9cm x 9cm $1,800
Resolved Stoneware with Glaze 33cm x 12cm x 11cm SOLD
The Long Cat Stoneware with Glaze 33cm x 13cm x 12cm SOLD
The Over-thinker Stoneware with Glaze 32cm x 11cm x 10cm SOLD
The Standing Sleep Stoneware with Glaze 32cm x 10cm x 9cm $1,800
The Stargazer Stoneware with Glaze 33cm x 10cm x 9cm SOLD
The Story Keeper Stoneware with Glaze 33cm x 13cm x 12cm SOLD
The Yellow Bird Stoneware with Glaze 35cm x 11cm x 10cm SOLD
The G Contemporary 6/32 Hastings Street Laguna on Hastings Noosa Heads QLD 4567 art@thegcontemporary.com www.thegcontemporary.com @thegcontemporary
Directors Karen Beardsley +61 400 716 553 Steve Beardsley +61 400 716 526