She was born in Beijing, China in 1985. She earned an MFA degree in Photography, Video and Related Media from New York City School of Visual Arts, and a bachelor's degree from Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing.
Career
Born in 1985 in Beijing, Liu Shiyuan lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark after having studied in New York and Beijing. Travelling and living between cities and across multiple cultures, Liu has developed an artistic sensibility in response to the contemporary Chinese diaspora, and its ensuing pattern of cultural shock. Manipulating everyday objects, stock images, and theatrical gestures, her practice navigates the subtle borderline between rationality and mystery, reality and fiction.
Liu graduated from the School of Visual Art in New York with MFA in Photography, 2012; Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing with BFA in New Media Art, 2009. Her work has been featured in many exhibitions; recent group shows include “The King and the Mockingbird”, Vermillion Sands, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2016; “For an Image, Faster Than Light: Yinchuan Biennale 2016”, Museum of Contemporary Art Yinchuan, Ningxia, China, 2016; “SHE — International Women Artists Exhibition”, Long Museum, Shanghai, China, 2016; “Tutorials”, Pino Pascali Foundation Museum, Polignano, 2016; “Bentu, Chinese Artists In A Time Of Turbulence And Transformation”, Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, 2016; “Unordinary Space”, Aurora Museum, Shanghai, 2015; CAFAM Future, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, 2015; “Second Thought”, Flower Gallery, New York, 2015; “Now You See”, Whitebox Art Center, New York, 2014; 7th Shenzhen Sculpture Biennale, OCT- Contemporary Art Terminal, Shenzhen, 2012; “stillspotting nyc“, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, among others.
In 2014 she received Honorary AIR Awards from Kala Art Institute, San Francisco, and in 2012, the Paula Rhodes Memorial Award, New York.
She was invited by Carol Yinghua Lu to spend three months at the OCAT International Artist Residency in Shenzhen.
Education background
2010–2012 The School of Visual Art, MFA in Photography, Video and Related Media. New York, US.
2005–2009 Central Academy of Fine Arts, BFA in New Media Art. Beijing, China.
2001–2005 High School of Central Academy of Fine Arts. Beijing, China.
Selected solo exhibitions
2015 As Simple As Clay, YUZ Museum, Shanghai, China.
2015 From "Happiness" To "Whatever", Leo Xu Projects, Shanghai, China.
2015 Lost In Export, White Space Beijing, Beijing, China.
2014 Present Future section at Artissima. Oval, Lingotto in Turin, Italy.
2014 "My Paper Knife", "Local Futures, Alter-Circuit", Asian Contemporary Arts Consortium and Et al. gallery, San Francisco, US.
2014 "Beyond The Pale", Andersen´s Contemporary. Copenhagen, Denmark.
2013 "The Edge of Vision, or the Edge of the Earth". White Space Beijing gallery, Beijing, China.
Selected group exhibitions
2016 New Order: Altermondialisme, Just Space & UCCA, Sanya, China.
2016 Yinchuan Biennale 2016 - For an Image, Faster Than Light, Out There, Museum of Contemporary Art Yinchuan, China.
2016 SHE - International Woman Artists Exhibition, Long museum, Shanghai, China.
2016 The King And The Mockingbird, Copenhagen, Denmark.Curated by: Pierre Alexandre Mateos & Charles Teyssou.
2016 The Exhibition of Annual of Contemporary Art of China, Beijing Minsheng Art Museum, Beijing, China.
2016 TUTORIALS – Moving images and instructions for use from China, Pino Pascali Foundation Museum, Polignano, Italy. Curated by Mariagrazia Costantino.
2016 (film screening), ArtBasel Hong Kong- Film, Hong Kong. Curated by Li Zhenhua.
2016 The Mud of Compound Experience, Mother´s Tankstation & Leo Xu Projects, Hong Kong.
2016 Bentu-Chinese artists in a time of turbulence and transformation, Foundation Louis Vitton, Paris, France. Curated by: Suzanne Pagé, Laurence Bossé & Philip Tinari with Claire Staebler.
2016 Unlimited Space: The Re-imagination of Everyday Life, Star Projects, Hong Kong. Curated by Leo Li Chen, Qu Chang, Wenqi Zeng.
2015 青年的尺度, Sanya, China. Curated by Sun Dongdong.
2015 (film screening), ArtBasel Miami - Film, New World Center, Miami, USA. Curated by David Gryn.
