Yijun Liao
| Pixy Liao (Yijun Liao) | |
|---|---|
 It's never been easy to carry you | |
| Born | Shanghai, China |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Education | University of Memphis |
| Known for | Photography |
| Notable work | Experimental Relationship |
| Movement | Photography, art |
| Awards | Fellowship in photography, New York Foundation for the Arts, Enfoco New Works Awards Fellowship, LensCulture Exposure Awards, Lucie Awards] |
Yijun (Pixy) Liao is a Chinese artist, living in United States.
Biography
Yijun Liao, aka Pixy Liao, was born in Shanghai. Liao currently lives in Brooklyn.[1] Liao received a MFA in photography from University of Memphis.
She is mostly known for her series "Experimental Relationship". The series depicts her with her younger Japanese boyfriend.[2][3]
Liao received NYFA Fellowship, En Foco's New Works Fellowship. She won Second Place LensCulture Exposure Awards in Portfolio Category.[4] She had been an artist in residence for Pioneer Works, Light Work, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Center for Photography at Woodstock and Camera Club of New York.[5]
Liao's works are in public collections around the world, including Museum of Modern Art Artist Book Collection, Franklin Furnace Archive, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, The Kinsey Institute, Center for Photography at Woodstock, etc.
Exhibitions
Solo
- 2008 “Experimental Relationship”, Adam Shaw Gallery, Memphis, TN
- 2011 “Memphis, Tennessee”, Chinese American Art Council, New York, NY
- 2013 “Let’s Make Love”, Camera Club of New York, New York, NY
- 2013 “The Second Story of Two Stories”, Kips Gallery, Seoul, Korea
- 2015 "Experimental Relationship”, Circuitous Succession Gallery, Memphis, TN[6]
- 2016 "Some Words are just between Us”, Curated by Sophia Cai, First Draft Gallery, Sydney, Austra[7][8][9]
- 2016 "Venus As A Boy”, Leo Xu Projects, Shanghai, China[10][11][12]
- 2017 “Lady and Gentleman”, Galleri Vasli Souza, Malmö, Sweden[13]
Group
- 2008 “4th Wall”, 2008 China Pingyao International Photography Fest, Pingyao, China
- 2008 “Girl’s Club”, L Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN
- 2009 “Photography Now 2009” juried by Charlotte Cotton, Center of Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY
- 2010 "Making the Leap: Crossing Borders", A.I.R Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
- 2019 “Irrelevant: Local Emerging Asian Artists Who Don't Make Work About Being Asian”, Arario Gallery, New York, NY
- 2011 "Flash Forward", Magenta, Toronto, Canada
- 2011 "ITS#PHOTO", International Talent Support, Trieste, Italy
- 2011 "nextkunst.licht", Kunst Licht Gallery, Shanghai, China
- 2012 "Span of Vision", VT Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
- 2012 "Song of Ordinary Madness", Running Horse Contemporary Art Space, Beirut, Lebanon
- 2012 "This Must Be the Place: Contemporary Photography in Memphis", Dixon Gallery, Memphis, TN
- 2013 “Musings” juried by John Bennett, Photo Center NW, Seattle, WA
- 2013 “En Foco New Works Exhibition” curated by Natasha Egan, Longwood Art Gallery, Bronx, NY
- 2014 “Small is Beautiful”, Flowers Gallery, New York, NY
- 2014 "Double Vision", curated by Boyi Feng, He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
- 2014 "Latent Talent", curated by Jesús Micó, SCAN-Tarragona 2014, Tarragona, Spain
- 2014 “An Ocean of Possibilities”, Noorderlicht Photo Festival, Fries Museum, the Netherlands
- 2014 "RACE, LOVE, AND LABOR" curated by Sarah Lewis, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, NY
- 2014 “Summer Open”, Aperture Foundation, New York, NY
- 2014 “20th Juried Exhibition” curated by Aline Smithson, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
- 2014 “The National”, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
- 2014 “THREE” curated by Elisabeth Biondi, Hagedorn Foundation Gallery, Atlanta, GA
- 2015 “No Holds Barred—Young Contemporary Art from China” curated by Boyi Feng and Lars Jonnson, OPEN ART Biennial, Örebro, Sweden[14]
- 2015 “Evidence”, Obscura Festival, Malaysia
- 2015 “Container City”, Triennial of Photography Hamburg, Hamburg
- 2015 "EVIDENCE", FORMAT Festival, Derby, UK[15]
- 2015 "Engendered", Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
- 2016 “Bagsim”, chi K11 Art Museum in Shanghai, Shanghai, China[16]
- 2016 “WECHAT - A Dialogue in Contemporary Chinese Art” curated by Barbara Pollack, Asia Society Texas Center, Houston, TX[17][18]
- 2016 “The Real Thing”, Flowers Gallery, New York, NY[19][20][21]
- 2017 “A New Ballardian Vision”, Metro Pictures, New Yokr, NY
- 2017 “NSFW: FEMALE GAZE”, Museum of Sex, in collaboration with Vice's Creators, New York, NY
- 2017 "Please fasten your seatbelt as we are experiencing some turbulence”, Leo Xu Projects, Shanghai, China
References
- ↑ http://www.lightwork.org/archive/pixy-yijun-liao/
- ↑ Annie Stevens. "Artist subverts gender norms with clever photography series". Retrieved 9 December 2015.
- ↑ "Couple's Gender-Bending Photo Series Challenges Our View Of Traditional Relationships". Retrieved 9 December 2015.
- ↑ https://www.lensculture.com/2013-lensculture-exposure-award-winners
- ↑ http://lenscratch.com/2013/08/yijun-liao-experimental-relationship/
- ↑ Mark Richens. "Pixy Liao explores gender roles in art, relationships in "Experimental Relationship" at Circuitous". Retrieved 9 December 2015.
- ↑ Sophia Cai. "Some words are just between us". Retrieved 1 August 2016.
- ↑ Lachlan Herd. "THE HANGING: SOME WORDS ARE JUST BETWEEN US BY PIXY LIAO". Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ↑ Kathleen Linn. "LOCATION, THE FEMALE GAZE AND THE WARMTH OF THE INTERNET". Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- ↑ Arthur Solway. "Pixy Liao at Leo Xu Projects" (PDF). Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- ↑ Jiahuan Li. "Yijun Liao, Venus As A Boy". Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ↑ Wenqian. "Artist Yijun Liao’s first solo show in her hometown". Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ↑ Ashleigh Kane. "See men and women exchange roles of sex and power in China". Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ↑ Boyi Feng. "Pixy Yijun Liao".
- ↑ "Derby stages top international photographic festival, Format 15". Retrieved 9 December 2015.
- ↑ Gary Zhexi Zhang. "Critic's Guide: Shanghai". Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- ↑ Nikki Tripp. "Chinese Artist Challenges Gender Identities through 'Experimental Relationship'". Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ↑ Cindy Lisica. "We Chat: A Dialogue in Contemporary Chinese Art". Retrieved 6 July 2017.
- ↑ Lara Atallah. "The Real Thing". Retrieved 28 January 2016.
- ↑ "Juxtapoz: "THE REAL THING" @ FLOWERS GALERY". Retrieved 28 January 2016.
- ↑ Rebecca Robertson. "PDN: Constructing and Deconstructing Romance". Retrieved 1 February 2016.
External links
- Pixy Liao website
- Huffington Post: Couple’s Gender-Bending Photo Series Challenges Our View Of Traditional Relationships
- Dazed: What happens when men and women switch roles?
- Vice: 'MATTE' Magazine Presents Pixy (Yijun Liao)
- Pixy Yijun Liao on Artsy
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