Angelika Li, a Hong Kong curator based in Basel, is dedicated to engaging with the essence of place and the connections formed through culture, heritage, and storytelling. As the co-founder of PF25 cultural projects, a non-profit arts and cultural organisation bridging Hong Kong and Basel — and extending to other regions in Switzerland, Europe, and beyond — she actively fosters a continuous dialogue between international communities. Her research focus encompasses diaspora, identities, colonial ideologies, and displacement, integral to the ongoing exhibition series 'Homeland in Transit' (HiT).

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Inaugurated in Basel in 2019, the HiT series has since unfolded across twelve editions through to 2024, reaching cities including Berlin, Freiburg, Murrhardt, Hong Kong, Zurich, Zollikon, Ishigaki, and Helsinki. The current book project, scheduled to be launched in 2026, binds these twelve chapters together as a space for reflection and continued conversation.

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Recent curatorial work includes Isaac Chong Wai’s performance 'Difference /Indifference' (2022) at the Basler Münster, commissioned by the Kunsttage Basel; the public programme for 'Brice Marden: Inner Space' at Kunstmuseum Basel (2022); Ellen Pau’s Basel debut in 'Speculative Generations of Flora Zero' (2023); Dorothee Sauter’s solo exhibitions 'Tumbling through Time' (2024) and 'Geology, Cooking Heart, Curious and Other Stories' (2021); Hedy Leung’s 'Menhir Tapestry 1' (2023) for the opening performance of Radio X X_ARTS Festival; and the ikebana performance and programme 'Ethno-Botanic Resonance' (2024), presented in collaboration with Chelsea Physic Garden and London Metropolitan University. As part of her residency at the Helsinki International Artist Programme, she curated 'Assemble: Hong Kong in Helsinki' at Galerie Augusta, Suomenlinna Island. She is the curator of Oscar Chan Yik-long's first solo presentation in Switzerland 'To Sleep and Wake Unafraid' (2025).

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Angelika is a active speaker and has been invited by institutions including Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Asia Society Switzerland, sinokultur, Kunstverein Freiburg, Hong Kong Cultural Leadership Summit, the University of Hong Kong, and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She holds a BA in History of Art and Architecture from the University of Reading and an MA in Cultural Management from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

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Notable curatorial projects in Hong Kong include 'Chim↑Pom – It’s the Wall World', The Mills Heritage Project, VHILS’s urban murals on The Mills façade, 'Tracing Some Places. Leung Chi Wo' in 2015, 'Social Fabric. New Works by Kwan Sheung Chi and Mariana Hahn' in collaboration with David Elliott (2016).

 

Before relocating to Switzerland in 2017, Angelika was the founding director of MILL6 Foundation in Hong Kong, bringing it to ICOM museum status and achieving the Award for Arts Promotion by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council in 2016. Angelika was on the public art advisory panel of Mass Transit Railway Hong Kong between 2013 and 2017.