AKI LEE was born in Changsha, grew up in Shenzhen and is currently based in Vienna. As a practitioner, she has been actively engaged in socially engaged art within the context of urban renewal since 2014. With a nuanced understanding of power dynamics and the interplay between bureaucracy and society, her artistic and social practices often delve into issues of diaspora, locality, the production of space, and invisibilities, as well as the intricate dynamics of community building and collaboration, particularly within the broader context of social transformation.