PIXY LIAO (Shanghai, China)
Resides in Brooklyn, NY (US)
EDUCATION
MFA, Photography, University of Memphis
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
Piano Duet. L21 BARCELONA (ES)
Your Gaze Belongs to Me curated by Holly Roussell. Fotografiska, Tallinn (EE)
Futari (Two Persons) curated by Mary Lee Hodgens. Lightwork, Syracuse, NY (US)
2021
Your Gaze Belongs to Me curated by Holly Roussell. Fotografiska, Stockholm (SV)
Your Gaze Belongs to Me curated by Holly Roussell. Fotografiska, New York, NY (US)
2020
Choose Your Own Adventure. SCOPE Hannover Biennial, Hannover, Germany (DEU)
Experimental Relationship (for your eyes only, or maybe mine, too) curated by Henry Lu. Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art. Vancouver (CA)
Two Heads. Stieglitz 19, Antwerp, Belgium (BEL)
2019
Carry the Weight of You. Galleri Vasli Souza, Oslo (NO)
UNE RELATION EXPÉRIMENTALE. The Rencontres d’Arles, Arles (FR)
Experimental Relationship. FOTOGRAFIA EUROPEA, Reggio Emilia (IT)
Open Kimono. Chambers Fine Art, New York, NY (US)
2018
Pixy Liao curated by Holly Roussell. Jimei x Arles International Photo Festival, Xiamen (CN)
2017
Lady and Gentleman. Galleri Vasli Souza, Malmö (SV)
2016
Venus as a Boy. Leo Xu Projects, Shanghai (CN)
Some Words Are Just Between Us. First Draft Gallery, Sydney (AUS)
2013
Let’s Make Love. Camera Club of New York, New York (US)
2011
Memphis, Tennessee. Chinese American Art Council, New York (US)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Bodies & Souls in collaboration with Capsule Shanghai. curated by Manuela Lietti, Cassina Projects, Milan (IT)
L21 Broadcasting from Paris. JPS Gallery, Paris (FR)
2022
I have not loved (enough or worked). Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth (AUS)
Unmasking Masculinity for the 21st Century. Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Michigan (US)
I LOVED YOU. White Rabbit Gallery, Sydney (AUS)
Mirror Image: A Transformation of Chinese Identity curated by Babara Pollack with Han Hongzheng. Asia Society, New York (US)
CHOSEN FAMILY – LESS ALONE TOGETHER. Fotomuseum Winterthur (CH)
You can call it love. Photolux Festival, Lucca (IT)
Focus on Women Photographers. Foto Wien Festival, Vienna (AUT)
2021
Eating Sugar? No, Papa!. L21 Gallery, Palma Islas Baleares (ES)
The Things I Tell You Will Not Be Wrong. SCOPE Hannover Biennial, Hannover (DEU)
Closer. Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong (HKG)
2020
Propositions for Alternative Narratives. Photoworks Festival, Brighton (UK)
Home Sweet Home. Darmstadt Tage Der Photographie, Darmstadt (DEU)
China Reimagined curated by He Yining and Ruben Lundgren. Breda Photo (NL)
The Body Electric curated by Dr. Shaune Lakin. National Gallery of Australia, Sydney (AUS)
2019
Holly Mosses curated by Nick Yu. Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong (HKG)
Photography in Memphis. Brooks Museum in Memphis (US)
What a Genderful World. Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam (NL)
The Kind Stranger curated by Xiaodong Yan. UNArt Center, Shanghai (CN)
Kinship. Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool (UK)
2018
MUSE MUSE. Czech Center New York, New York (US)
Disobedient Daughters. Metro Arts, Brisbane, Queensland (AUS)
2017
NSFW: FEMALE GAZE. Museum of Sex, in collaboration with Vice’s Creators Project, New York (US)
A New Ballardian Vision curated by Leo Xu. Metro Pictures, New York (US)
2016
Out Frames. Museum of Modern Art in Bologna, Bologna (IT)
When We Become Us. Capsule Shanghai, Shanghai (CN)
Bagsim. chi K11 Art Museum in Shanghai, Shanghai (CN)
WECHAT – A Dialogue in Contemporary Chinese Art curated by Barbara Pollack. Asia Society Texas Center, Houston (US)
The Real Thing. Flowers Gallery, New York, NY (US)
2015
No Holds Barred—Young Contemporary Art from China curated by Boyi Feng and Lars Jonnson. OPEN ART Biennial, Örebro (SWE)
2014
Double Vision curated by Boyi Feng. He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen (CN)
2012
Span of Vision. VT Gallery, Taipei (CN)
2010
Making the Leap: Crossing Borders. A.I.R Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (US)
Irrelevant: Local Emerging Asian Artists Who Don’t Make Work About Being Asian. Arario Gallery, New York, NY (US)
ART FAIRS
2023
ARCO 23. L21 Gallery, Madrid (ES)
2021
ARCO 21. L21 Gallery, Madrid (ES)
AWARDS, GRANTS & RESIDENCIES
2019
Artist in residence. SVA RisoLAB, New York, NY (US)
2018
Madame Figaro Women Photographers Award. Jimei x Arles International Photo Festival (FR)
Jury’s Special Mention for Aperture/Paris Photo First PhotoBook Award (FR)
Artist Residency, University of the Arts London in collaboration with NYFA (UK)
2016
Artist Residency. Pioneer Works
2015
Artist Residency. Light Work
2013
Fellowship in photography. New York Foundation for the Arts (US)
Darkroom Residency. Camera Club of New York (US)
2012
New Works Awards Fellowship. En Foco
Artist Residency. LMCC Workspace Residency Program
2010
Artist Residency. Center for Photography at Woodstock
COLLECTION
Alexander Tutsek – Stiftung
Franklin Furnace Archive
He Xiangning Art Museum
Fundación MEDIANOCHE0
Fort Wayne Museum of Arts
Light Work, Syracuse, NY
Memphis International Airport permanent collection
Møllersamlingen (Møller collection)
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The Kinsey Institute
The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
The Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY
Vontobel Art Collection
White Rabbit Collection
White Villa Collection
