Jen Liu | |
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 Jen Liu talking with the New York Arts Practicum | |
| Born | 1976 (age 47–48) |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Oberlin College, California Institute of the Arts |
| Known for | Visual Art |
| Awards | Creative Capital, Guggenheim Fellowship |
| Website | jenliu |
Jen Liu (born 1976) is an American visual artist. [1] [2] She works with video, performance, and painting and creates pieces about labor, economy and national identity. [3] She was awarded a Guggenheim and a Creative Capital award. [1] [4]
She received a BA from Oberlin College, [5] and an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts, [6] and is a full-time faculty member at Bennington College. [7] Liu is represented by Upstream Gallery. [8]
Liu's work explore labor and gender. [3] Her 2016 video, The Pink Detachment, is a reinterpretation of The Red Detachment of Women (1970), a Model Opera ballet from China’s Cultural Revolution. [9] It premiered at the Berlinale Forum Expanded exhibition.
Her Pink Slime Caesar Shift series contains videos and animations that tell a story of female factory workers in South China altering the DNA of cow cells to transmit messages. [10] [11] Liu was awarded grants for this series from Creative Capital, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. It was featured in a solo exhibition at Upstream Gallery. [11]
Liu has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship (2017), [1] NYFA Fellowship, [12] Los Angeles County Museum of Art Art+Technology Award (2018), [13] a Creative Capital Award (2019), [4] and a Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant. [14]
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