Born in Hong Kong, J Bi Li Chan is a multidisciplinary artist, poet, writer and researcher based in Sydney. For many years she has been an academic sociologist, researching on topics such as policing, culture, creativity, and technology. She was awarded an MFA in 2009 at the College of Fine Arts, UNSW. She also completed a graduate certificate in media arts and production at University of Technology Sydney. She has taken part in a number of group and solo exhibitions. In her art practice, she has explored issues of surveillance and control through data and technology. More recently she has started to work with text and poetry.