1991年毕业于中国广州美术学院油画系，1995-2003年，生活和工作于法国。曾任深圳画院客座画家、深圳大学设计艺术学院客座教授、深圳机场艺术顾问，在2015年被聘为中山大学艺术文化创新与发展研究中心、抽象与当代艺术研究所所长。2013年至今，受聘于广州美术学院客座教授。2015年至今，深圳OCAT欢乐海岸展区盒子艺术空间艺术总监；2017年至今，顺德华侨城盒子美术馆艺术总监；2019年至今，广州美术学院油画系第五工作室主任，坪山美术馆学术委员。
近期重要个展：2020年，“格林迷踪”，广东美术馆，广州；2019年，“我站在窗的中间－心原”，白立方柏蒙塞，伦敦，英国；2017年，“生生如環：周力个展”，蜂巢当代艺术中心，北京；2017年，“白影”，余德耀美术馆，上海。作品被众多美术馆、机构及重要收藏家收藏。
Graduated in 1991 from Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Department of oil painting. Lived and worked in France during 1995-2003. Former titles: Guest Artist of Shenzhen Art Academies; Guest Professor in Art Design College of Shenzhen University; Artistic Consultant of Shenzhen Airport. Current titles: Director of the Institute of Abstraction and Contemporary Arts, in the Centre of Research on Artistic and Cultural Innovation and Development, Sun Yat-sen University since 2015; Guest Professor in Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Department of oil painting since 2013; Art Director of Boxes Art Space of OCAT Shenzhen since 2015; Art Director of Boxes Art Museum since 2017; Director of No.5 Studio in the Department of oil painting of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts; Academic committee member of Pingshan Art Museum since 2019.
Latest solo exhibitions: “Lost in Green”, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou (2020); “Standing in the Middle of the Window” , White Cube Bermondsey, London, UK (2019); “The Ring of Life: Zhou Li Solo Exhibition”, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing (2017); “Shadow of the Wind”, Yuz Museum, Shanghai (2017). Collectors of her works include museums, groups and individuals.
