Pixy Liao es una artista nacida y criada en Shanghai, China, que actualmente reside en Brooklyn, Nueva York. Obtuvo un máster en fotografía en la Universidad de Memphis en 2008. Su obra, aunque muy personal, es a menudo ingeniosa y humorística. Liao utiliza sus fotografías, vídeos e instalaciones para cuestionar conceptos contemporáneos estereotipados como la naturaleza de «la pareja», «el artista» y la «experiencia femenina».

Liao ha recibido la beca de fotografía de la NYFA, los premios para artistas individuales de la Fundación Santo, el premio Madame Figaro para mujeres fotógrafas del Festival Internacional de Fotografía Jimei x Arles, la beca para nuevas obras de En Foco y los premios LensCulture Exposure. Ha sido galardonada con residencias artísticas en la University of Arts London, Pioneer Works, Light Work, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Center for Photography at Woodstock y Camera Club of New York.

Entre las exposiciones individuales seleccionadas figuran «Your Gaze Belongs to Me», Fotografiska, Tallin, Estonia (2022); «Experimental Relationship (for your eyes only, or maybe mine, too)» Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Vancouver, Canadá (2020); «Two Heads», Stieglitz 19, Amberes, Bélgica (2020); «UNE RELATION EXPÉRIMENTALE», los Rencontres d’Arles, Arles, Francia (2019). Ha participado en exposiciones colectivas que han tenido lugar en PTT Gallery, Taipei, Taiwán; White Rabbit Gallery, Sydney, Australia; Fotomuseum Winterthur, Suiza; SCOPE Hannover Biennial, Hannover, Alemania, entre muchas otras.

Su obra se encuentra en las colecciones Alexander Tutsek – Stiftung, Franklin Furnace Archive, Møllersamlingen (colección Møller), Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Light Work, Syracuse (NY), The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO.

PIXY LIAO (Shanghai, China)

Reside en Brooklyn, NY (US)

EDUCACIÓN

MFA, Photography, University of Memphis

EXPOSICIONES INDIVIDUALES

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)

EXPOSICIONES COLECTIVAS

2023

Entre Cajas. L21 Home, Palma (ES)

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)

FERIAS DE ARTE

2023

CAN ART IBIZA 2023. L21 Gallery, Ibiza (ES)

ARCO 23. L21 Gallery, Madrid (ES)

2021

ARCO 21. L21 Gallery, Madrid (ES)

PREMIOS Y RESIDENCIAS

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  

COLECCIONES

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