Yijun Liao

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Pixy Liao (Yijun Liao)
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"The Woman Who Clicks The Shutter, 2018"
Born
Shanghai, China
Education University of Memphis
Known for Photography, art
Notable workExperimental Relationship
AwardsNYFA Fellowship in photography, Santo Foundation Individual Artist Awards, Jimei x Arles International Photo Festival Madame Figaro Women Photographers Award, Enfoco New Works Awards Fellowship, LensCulture Exposure Awards, etc

Yijun Liao, also known as Pixy Liao, is a Chinese artist, living in New York City.

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Biography

Liao was born in Shanghai. She currently lives in Brooklyn. [1] Liao received an MFA in photography from the University of Memphis.

She is mostly known for her series Experimental Relationship. The series depicts her with her younger Japanese partner, Moro. The elaborate photography depicted challenges gender norms in regards to media and sexual expression. Her photography attempts to change the way society sees nudity and media through the lens of a whole new perspective. [2] [3]

Liao is a recipient of a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, Santo Foundation Individual Artist Awards, Jimei x Arles International Photo Festival Madame Figaro Women Photographers Award, En Foco's New Works Fellowship and LensCulture Exposure Awards.[ citation needed ] She has been an artist in residence for University of Arts London, School of Visual Arts RISO Lab, Pioneer Works, Light Work, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Center for Photography at Woodstock and Camera Club of New York. [4]

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions

References

  1. ↑ "Pixy Liao | Light Work". 14 May 2015.
  2. ↑ Annie Stevens. "Artist subverts gender norms with clever photography series" . Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  3. ↑ "Couple's Gender-Bending Photo Series Challenges Our View Of Traditional Relationships". HuffPost . 3 February 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "Yijun Liao: Experimental Relationship". 8 August 2013.
  5. ↑ Mark Richens. "Pixy Liao explores gender roles in art, relationships in "Experimental Relationship" at Circuitous" . Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  6. ↑ Sophia Cai. "Some words are just between us". Archived from the original on 17 September 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  7. ↑ Lachlan Herd (9 August 2016). "The Hanging: Some Words Are Just Between Us by Pixy Liao" . Retrieved 9 August 2016.[ permanent dead link ]
  8. ↑ Kathleen Linn (11 August 2016). "Location, The Female Gaze and the Warmth of the Internet" . Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  9. ↑ Arthur Solway. "Pixy Liao at Leo Xu Projects" (PDF). Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  10. ↑ Jiahuan Li. "Yijun Liao, Venus As A Boy" . Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  11. ↑ Wenqian. "Artist Yijun Liao's first solo show in her hometown". Archived from the original on 30 June 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  12. ↑ Ashleigh Kane. "See men and women exchange roles of sex and power in China" . Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  13. ↑ "Pixy Liao - Experimental Relationship". Jimei x Arles International Photography Festival. Archived from the original on 2019-10-12. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  14. ↑ Anglès, Daphné (23 July 2019). "6 Photographers to Look Out For at the Arles Festival By Daphné Anglès". The New York Times. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
  15. ↑ "Fotografia Europea : Pixy Liao". www.loeildelaphotographie.com. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
  16. ↑ "Pixy Liao: Open Kimono - Exhibitions - Chambers Fine Art". www.chambersfineart.com. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  17. ↑ "Pixy Liao's Radical Intimacy: "Experimental Relationship (For Your Eyes Only, Or Maybe Mine, Too)"". Archived from the original on 1 December 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  18. ↑ "Pixy Liao, Your Gaze Belongs to Me @Fotografiska" . Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  19. ↑ "Futari exhibit serves as mirror into 16-year artistic relationship". February 2022. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
  20. ↑ "Pixy Liao's cheeky photo series Experimental Relationship flips the artist-muse dynamic" . Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  21. ↑ "Derby stages top international photographic festival, Format 15". Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  22. ↑ Boyi Feng. "Pixy Yijun Liao". Archived from the original on 2019-12-29. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
  23. ↑ Lara Atallah. "The Real Thing" . Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  24. ↑ "Juxtapoz: "The Real Thing" @ Flowers Galery". Archived from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  25. ↑ Rebecca Robertson. "PDN: Constructing and Deconstructing Romance". Archived from the original on 11 July 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  26. ↑ Nikki Tripp. "Chinese Artist Challenges Gender Identities through 'Experimental Relationship'" . Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  27. ↑ Cindy Lisica. "We Chat: A Dialogue in Contemporary Chinese Art" . Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  28. ↑ Gary Zhexi Zhang (16 August 2016). "Critic's Guide: Shanghai" . Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  29. ↑ "When We Become Us". Capsule Shanghai.
  30. ↑ Sarah Cascone (10 June 2017). "The Art of NSFW? See Provocative Works of Feminist Erotica From the Museum of Sex" . Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  31. ↑ Kaitlin Chan. "Holy Mosses". Archived from the original on 1 December 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  32. ↑ "Trautes Heim". 2020-09-01.
  33. ↑ "Exhibition review: I have not loved (enough or worked)". 2022-12-12.
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