PIXY LIAO
Born in Shanghai, China, 1979. Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY, USA
EDUCATION
2008
MFA Photography, University of Memphis, Memphis, USA
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
Piano Duet, L21 BARCELONA, Spain
Your Gaze Belongs to Me, curated by Holly Roussell, Fotografiska, Tallinn, Estonia
Futari (Two Persons), curated by Mary Lee Hodgens, Lightwork, Syracuse, NY
2021
Your Gaze Belongs to Me, curated by Holly Roussell, Fotografiska, Stockholm, Sweden
Your Gaze Belongs to Me, curated by Holly Roussell, Fotografiska, New York, NY
2020
New Wife, Old House, Chambers Fine Art, New York, NY, USA (online)
Choose Your Own Adventure, Scope 2020 Biennale for Photography in Hannover, Hannover, Germany
Experimental Relationship (for your eyes only, or maybe mine, too), curated by Henry Lu, Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Vancouver, Canada
Two Heads, Stieglitz 19, Antwerp, Belgium
2019
Carry the Weight of You, Galleri Vasli Souza, Oslo, Norway
UNE RELATION EXPÉRIMENTALE, the Rencontres d'Arles, Arles, France
Experimental Relationship, FOTOGRAFIA EUROPEA, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Open Kimono, Chambers Fine Art, New York, NY, USA
Temple for Her, Flyweight Project, New York, NY, USA
2018
Pixy Liao, curated by Holly Roussell, Jimei x Arles International Photo Festival, Xiamen, China
2017
Lady and Gentleman, Galleri Vasli Souza, Malmö, Sweden
2016
Venus as a Boy, Leo Xu Projects, Shanghai, China
Some Words are Just Between Us, First Draft Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2013
Let's Make Love, Camera Club of New York, New York, NY, USA
2011
Memphis, Tennessee, Chinese American Art Council, New York, NY, USA
2008
Experimental Relationship, Adam Shaw Gallery, Memphis, TN, USA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Awakening, Capsule Shanghai, Shanghai, China
When We Become Us², Capsule Venice, Venice, Italy (curated by Manuela Lietti)
2023
Personal: A New Form of Documentary Photography, Shanghai Center of Photography, Shanghai, China
Bodies and Souls, Cassina Projects, Milan, Italy (curated by Manuela Lietti in collaboration with Capsule Shanghai)
L21 Broadcasting from Paris, JPS Gallery, Paris, France
2022
I have not loved (enough or worked), Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
Unmasking Masculinity for the 21st Century, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Michigan, USA
I LOVED YOU, White Rabbit Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Mirror Image: A Transformation of Chinese Identity, curated by Babara Pollack with Han Hongzheng, Asia Society, New York, USA
CHOSEN FAMILY – LESS ALONE TOGETHER, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
You can call it love, Photolux Festival, Lucca, Italy
Focus on Women Photographers, Foto Wien Festival, Vienna, Austria
2021
Eating Sugar? No, Papa!, L21 Gallery, Palma Islas Baleares, Spain
The Things I Tell You Will Not Be Wrong, SCOPE Hannover Biennial, Hannover, Germany
Closer, Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong, China
2020
Propositions for Alternative Narratives, Photoworks Festival, Brighton, UK
Home Sweet Home, Darmstadt Tage Der Photographie, Darmstadt, Germany
China Reimagined, curated by He Yining and Ruben Lundgren, Breda Photo, Netherland
A Room of HER Own, How Museum, Shanghai, China
Collective Care: A House with Many Guests, M Woods Museum, Beijing, China
The Body Electric, curated by Dr. Shaune Lakin, National Gallery of Australia, Sydney, Australia
2019
Holy Mosses, curated by Nick Yu, Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong, China
Photography in Memphis, Brooks Museum in Memphis, Memphis, TN, USA
What a Genderful World, Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
The Kind Stranger, curated by Xiaodong Yan, UNart Center, Shanghai, China
Kinship, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, UK
2018
MUSE MUSE, Czech Center New York, New York, NY, USA
Disobedient Daughters, Metro Arts, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
2017
NSFW: FEMALE GAZE, Museum of Sex, in collaboration with Vice's Creators Project, New York, NY, USA
A New Ballardian Vision, curated by Leo Xu, Metro Pictures, New York, NY, USA
2016
Out Frames, Museum of Modern Art in Bologna, Bologna, Italy
When We Become Us, Capsule Gallery, Shanghai, China
Bagism, chi K11 Art Museum, Shanghai, China
WECHAT - A Dialogue in Contemporary Chinese Art, curated by Barbara Pollack, Asia Society Texas Center, Houston, TX, USA
The Real Thing, Flowers Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2015
No Holds Barred-Young Contemporary Art from China, curated by Boyi Feng and Lars Jonnson, OPEN ART Biennial, Örebro, Sweden
2014
Double Vision, curated by Boyi Feng, He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
2012
Span of Vision, VT Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan, China
Song of Ordinary Madness, Running Horse Contemporary Art Space, Beirut, Lebanon
2011
Flash Forward, Magenta, Toronto, Canada
2010
Making the Leap: Crossing Borders, A.I.R Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Irrelevant: Local Emerging Asian Artists Who Don't Make Work About Being Asian, Arario Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2009
Photography Now 2009, juried by Charlotte Cotton, Center of Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY, USA
SELECTED AWARDS, GRANTS AND RESIDENCIES
2019
Artist in Residence, SVA RisoLAB, New York, NY, USA
2018
Individual Artist Awards, The Santo Foundation
Madame Figaro Women Photographers Award, Jimei x Arles International Photo Festival
Jury's Special Mention for Aperture/Paris Photo First PhotoBook Award
Shortlisted for Arles Author Book Award
Artist Residency, University of the Arts London in Collaboration with NYFA
2016
Artist Residency, Pioneer Works, New York, NY, USA
2015
Artist Residency, Light Work, New York, NY, USA
2014
2nd Prize Winner, LensCulture Exposure Awards, London, UK
2013
Fellowship in photography, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY, USA
Darkroom Residency, Camera Club of New York, New York, NY, USA
2012
New Works Awards Fellowship, En Foco, NY, USA
Artist Residency, LMCC Workspace Residency Program, NY, USA
2010
Artist Residency, Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY, USA
COLLECTION
Alexander Tutsek - Stiung, München, Germany
Franklin Furnace Archive, NY, USA
He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
Fundación MEDIANOCHE0
Fort Wayne Museum of Arts, Indiana, USA
Light Work, Syracuse, New York, USA
Memphis International Airport permanent collection, Memphis, USA
Møllersamlingen (Møller collection), Oslo, Norway
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA
The Kinsey Institute, Indiana, USA
The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO, USA
The Center of Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY, USA
Vontobel Art Collection, Zurich, Switzerland
White Rabbit Collection, Sydney, Australia
White Villa Collection
