Yijun Liao

Pixy Liao (Yijun Liao)
Pixy Liao (Yijun Liao)
	"The Woman Who Clicks The Shutter, 2018"
Born	Shanghai, China
Education	University of Memphis
Known for	Photography, art
Notable work	Experimental Relationship
Awards	NYFA 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-American artist, living in New York City.

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

2008 Experimental Relationship, Adam Shaw Studio, Memphis, TN^{[citation needed]}
2011 Memphis, Tennessee, Chinese American Art Council, New York City^{[citation needed]}
2013 The Second Story of Two Stories, Kips Gallery, Seoul, Korea^{[citation needed]}
2013 Let's Make Love, the Camera Club of New York, New York City^{[citation needed]}
2015 Experimental Relationship, Circuitous Succession Gallery, Memphis, TN^[5]
2016 Some Words are just between Us, curated by Sophia Cai, First Draft Gallery, Sydney, Austra^[6]^[7]^[8]
2016 Venus As A Boy, LEO XU Projects, Shanghai, China^[9]^[10]^[11]
2017 Lady and Gentleman, Galleri Vasli Souza, Malmö, Sweden^[12]
2018 Pixy Liao, curated by Roussell, Jimei x Arles International Photo Festival, Xiamen, China^[13]
2019 Une Relation Expérimentale the Rencontres d'Arles, Arles, France^[14]
2019 Experimental Relationship Fotografia Europea, Reggio Emilia, Italy^[15]
2019 Open Kimono Chambers Fine Art, New York City^[16]
2020 Experimental Relationship (for your eyes only, or maybe mine, too) curated by Henry Lu Centre A, Vancouver, Canada^[17]
2021 Your Gaze Belongs To Me curated by Holly Roussell, Fotografiska, New York^[18]
2021 Your Gaze Belongs To Me curated by Holly Roussell, Fotografiska, Stockholm
2022 Your Gaze Belongs To Me curated by Holly Roussell, Fotografiska, Tallin
2022 Futari (Two Persons) curated by Mary Lee Hodgens, Light Work, Syracuse, NY^[19]
2023 Experimental Relationship, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, Australia^[20]

Group exhibitions

2015 Evidence, Format International Photography Festival, Derby, UK^[21]
2015 No Holds Barred—Young Contemporary Art from China, curated by Boyi Feng and Lars Jonnson, OPEN ART Biennial, Örebro, Sweden^[22]
2016 The Real Thing, Flowers Gallery, New York City^[23]^[24]^[25]
2016 WECHAT - A Dialogue in Contemporary Chinese Art, curated by Barbara Pollack, Asia Society Texas Center, Houston, TX^[26]^[27]
2016 Bagsim, chi K11 Art Museum in Shanghai, Shanghai, China^[28]
2016 "When We Become Us", Capsule Shanghai^[29]
2017 NSFW: Female Gaze, Museum of Sex, New York^[30]
2019 Holly Mosses, curated by Nick Yu, Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong^[31]
2020 The Body Electric, curated by Dr Shaune Lakin, National Gallery of Australia, Sydney^{[citation needed]}
2020 Home Sweet Home, curated by Julia Reichelt, Kunstforum der TU Darmstadt^[32]
2022 I have not loved (enough or worked), curated by Rachel Cieśla, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia ^[33]

References

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

External links

[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". 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.

[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". 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. 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)"". 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". Retrieved 9 December 2015.

[22] Boyi Feng. "Pixy Yijun Liao".

[23] Lara Atallah. "The Real Thing". Retrieved 28 January 2016.

[24] "Juxtapoz: "The Real Thing" @ Flowers Galery". Retrieved 28 January 2016.

[25] Rebecca Robertson. "PDN: Constructing and Deconstructing Romance". 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". 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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