LIAO WEN
Born in 1994 in Chengdu
Currently lives and works in Hong Kong
EDUCATION
2012-2016
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Printmaking, Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Chongqing, China
2016-2019
Master of Fine Arts in Experimental Art, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
2017
Studied puppets in Prague, Czech Republic as the awardee of the Grant of Wang Shikuo Foundation
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
By devouring it, I learn about the world, Capsule Venice, Venice, Italy (curated by Manuela Lietti)
2021
Almost Collapsing Balance, Capsule Shanghai, Shanghai, China
The Body Knows Silently, Cai Jin Space, Beijing, China
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
One Way Ashore, a Thousand Channels, Times Museum, Guangdong, China
Young Artist Nomination Exhibition, Ennova Art Museum, Hebei, China
When We Become Us², Capsule Venice, Venice, Italy (curated by Manuela Lietti)
2023
Dust Piles Us Up, Longlati, Shanghai, China
The Ducato Prize Exhibition, Volumnia Space, Piacenza, Italy
Durian-Durian: Southeast Asian Studies as a Methodology, The First Trans-Southeast Asia Triennial, Guangzhou, China
Bodies and Souls, Cassina Projects, Milan, Italy (curated by Manuela Lietti in collaboration with Capsule Shanghai)
2022
Durian on the Skin, François Ghebaly Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2021
BOOMERANG-OCAT Biennale 2021 (Chief curator Feng Boyi, co-curator Mia Yu), OCT Art & Design Gallery, Shenzhen, China
2020
2nd Women Artists International Biennial of Macao, Macao, China
2019
On the Road (in collaboration with Sally Project), Guan Shanyue Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
She Says, Chengdu Contemporary Image Museum, Chengdu, China
Cabinet of Curiosities 3 - An Exhibition About Dolls, Duo Yun Xuan Art Center, Shanghai, China
Postgraduate Students' Graduation Artwork Exhibition of CAFA, CAFA Art Museum. Beijing, China
2016
Beijing. Living, The International Performing Festival, Working out & Working in the studio, Beijing, China
ART FAIR SOLO PROJECTS
2023
Naked, Frame section at Frieze New York, New York, USA (presented by Capsule Shanghai)
RESIDENCIES
2025
Pro Helvetia 2025 Residency Program
2019
Sally Project in collaboration with Guan Shanyue Art Museum, Shenzhen
HONORS AND AWARDS
2023
The Ducato Prize, Finalist
2017
National Scholarship, Central Academy of Fine Arts China, Beijing
Wang Shikuo Foundation Fellowship, Central Academy of Fine Arts China, Beijing
INSTITUTIONAL COLLECTIONS
Xiao Museum of Contemporary Art, Rizhao, Shandong, China
Longlati Foundation, Shanghai / Hong Kong, China
Luo Zhongli Art Museum, Chongqing, China (*Lost in Wonderland)
