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

Biography

Liao was born in

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. She currently lives in

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. Liao received an MFA in photography from the

University of Memphis } The University of Memphis (UofM) is a public university, public research university in Memphis, Tennessee. Founded in 1912, the university has an enrollment of more than 22,000 students. The university maintains the Herff College of Engineering ...

. 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. Liao is a recipient of a

New York Foundation for the Arts The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) is an independent 501(c)(3) charity, funded through government, foundation, corporate, and individual support, established in 1971. It is part of a network of national not-for-profit arts organizations ...

Fellowship, Santo Foundation Individual Artist Awards, Jimei x Arles International Photo Festival

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Women Photographers Award, En Foco's New Works Fellowship and LensCulture Exposure Awards. She has been an

artist in residence Artist-in-residence, or artist residencies, encompass a wide spectrum of artistic programs which involve a collaboration between artists and hosting organisations, institutions, or communities. They are programs which provide artists with space a ...

for University of Arts London,

School of Visual Arts The School of Visual Arts New York City (SVA NYC) is a private for-profit art school in New York City. It was founded in 1947 and is a member of the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design. History This school was started by ...

RISO Lab,

Pioneer Works Pioneer Works is a non-profit cultural center in Red Hook, Brooklyn, Red Hook, New York City. The center builds community through the arts and sciences to create an open and inspired world. It encourages radical thinking across disciplines by provi ...

Light Work Light Work is a photography center in Syracuse, New York. The artist-run nonprofit supports photographers through a community-access digital lab facility, residencies, exhibitions, and publications. History The organization is housed at Syra ...

, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council,

Center for Photography at Woodstock The Center for Photography at Woodstock (CPW) is a not-for-profit artist-centered organization to develop and promote contemporary photography, located in Woodstock, New York. It began operations in 1977 under the name ''Catskill Center for Photogr ...

and Camera Club of New York.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

* 2008 ''Experimental Relationship,'' Adam Shaw Studio, Memphis, TN * 2011 ''Memphis, Tennessee,'' Chinese American Art Council, New York City * 2013 ''The Second Story of Two Stories,'' Kips Gallery, Seoul, Korea * 2013 ''Let's Make Love,''

the Camera Club of New York Since 1884, The Camera Club of New York has been a forum to explore photography. Though the Club was created by well-to-do 'gentlemen' photography enthusiasts seeking a refuge from the mass popularization of the medium in the 1880s, it accepted i ...

, New York City * 2015 ''Experimental Relationship,'' Circuitous Succession Gallery, Memphis, TN * 2016 ''Some Words are just between Us,'' curated by Sophia Cai, First Draft Gallery, Sydney, Austra * 2016 ''Venus As A Boy,'' LEO XU Projects, Shanghai, China * 2017 ''Lady and Gentleman,'' Galleri Vasli Souza, Malmö, Sweden * 2018 ''Pixy Liao,'' curated by Roussell, Jimei x Arles International Photo Festival, Xiamen, China * 2019 ''Une Relation Expérimentale'' the

Rencontres d'Arles The Rencontres d’Arles (formerly called ''Rencontres internationales de la photographie d’Arles'') is an annual summer photography festival founded in 1970 by the Arles photographer Lucien Clergue, the writer Michel Tournier and the historia ...

, Arles, France * 2019 ''Experimental Relationship'' Fotografia Europea, Reggio Emilia, Italy * 2019 ''Open Kimono''

Chambers Fine Art Chambers Fine Art is an art gallery based in New York City and Beijing that specializes in Chinese contemporary art. Opened in New York in 2000 by Christophe Mao. Notable Chinese artists who had their first solo show in the United States at Chamb ...

, New York City * 2019 ''Carry the Weight of You'' Galleri Vasli Souza, Oslo, Norway * 2020 ''Two Heads'' Stieglitz 19, Antwerp, Belgium * 2020 ''Experimental Relationship (for your eyes only, or maybe mine, too)'' curated by Henry Lu

Centre A Centre A (Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art) is a non-profit public art gallery in Vancouver committed to the research, production, presentation and interpretation of Contemporary Art, contemporary Asian art. It is the onl ...

, Vancouver, Canada *2021 ''Your Gaze Belongs To Me'' curated by Holly Roussell,

Fotografiska Fotografiska is a centre for contemporary photography in the Södermalm district of Stockholm, Sweden that was founded by brothers Jan and Per Broman and opened on 21 May 2010. In March 2021, it merged with NeueHouse and is operated by Yoram Roth ...

, New York

Group exhibitions

* 2015 ''Evidence,''

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, Derby, UK * 2015 ''No Holds Barred—Young Contemporary Art from China,'' curated by Boyi Feng and Lars Jonnson, OPEN ART Biennial, Örebro, Sweden * 2016 ''The Real Thing,''

Flowers Gallery The Flowers Galleries are two galleries in London (on Cork Street in the West End, and in Shoreditch in the East End) and a third in the Chelsea district of New York City. The three galleries represent over 60 artists. History The first F ...

, New York City * 2016 ''WECHAT - A Dialogue in Contemporary Chinese Art,'' curated by Barbara Pollack,

Asia Society The Asia Society is a non-profit organization that focuses on educating the world about Asia. It has several centers in the United States (Manhattan, Washington, D.C., Houston, Los Angeles, and San Francisco) and around the world (Hong Kong, Man ...

Texas Center, Houston, TX * 2016 ''Bagsim,'' chi K11 Art Museum in Shanghai, Shanghai, China *2016 "When We Become Us", Capsule Shanghai * 2017 ''NSFW: Female Gaze,''

Museum of Sex The Museum of Sex, also known as MoSex, is a sex museum located at 233 Fifth Avenue at the corner of East 27th Street in Manhattan, New York City. It opened on October 5, 2002. History Founder Daniel Gluck wanted to start a museum dedicated t ...

, New York * 2019 ''Holly Mosses,'' curated by Nick Yu, Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong * 2020 ''The Body Electric,'' curated by Dr Shaune Lakin,

National Gallery of Australia The National Gallery of Australia (NGA), formerly the Australian National Gallery, is the national art museum of Australia as well as one of the largest art museums in Australia, holding more than 166,000 works of art. Located in Canberra in th ...

, Sydney * 2020 ''HOME SWEET HOME'', curated by Julia Reichelt, Kunstforum der TU Darmstadt * 2022 '' I have not loved (enough or worked)'', curated by Rachel Cieśla,

Art Gallery of Western Australia The Art Gallery of Western Australia (AGWA) is a public art gallery that is part of the Perth Cultural Centre, in Perth. It is located near the Western Australian Museum and State Library of Western Australia and is supported and managed by the ...

, Perth, Australia

Publications

*''Experimental Relationship Vol.1 2007–2017.'' Jiazazhi, 2018. . Edition of 500 copies.

References

External links

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Huffington Post: Couple's Gender-Bending Photo Series Challenges Our View Of Traditional Relationships

Dazed: What happens when men and women switch roles?

Vice: 'MATTE' Magazine Presents Pixy (Yijun Liao)

British Journal of Photography: Pixy Liao's Experimental Relationship charts a decade of love

Pixy Yijun Liao on Artsy

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