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| name = Pixy Liao (Yijun Liao)
| name = Pixy Liao (Yijun Liao)
| birth_place = [[Shanghai]], [[China]]
| birth_place = [[Shanghai]], [[China]]
| nationality = [[China|Chinese]]
| field = [[Photography]], [[art]]
| field = [[Photography]], [[art]]
| training = [[University of Memphis]]
| training = [[University of Memphis]]
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| caption= "The Woman Who Clicks The Shutter, 2018"}}


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


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Liao was born in [[Shanghai]]. She currently lives in [[Brooklyn]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lightwork.org/archive/pixy-yijun-liao/|title = Pixy Liao &#124; Light Work|date = 14 May 2015}}</ref> Liao received an [[Master of Fine Arts|MFA]] in photography from the [[University of Memphis]].
Liao was born in [[Shanghai]]. She currently lives in [[Brooklyn]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lightwork.org/archive/pixy-yijun-liao/|title = Pixy Liao &#124; Light Work|date = 14 May 2015}}</ref> Liao received an [[Master of Fine Arts|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 boyfriend, Moro. The elaborate photography depicted challenges gender norms in regards to media and sexual expression. The boyfriend is often depicted with nudity, but uses censorship and posture in ways that are mainly used by female models and actresses. Her photography attempts to change the way society sees nudity and media through the lens of a whole new perspective.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.dailylife.com.au/dl-people/celebrity-news/artist-subverts-gender-norms-with-clever-photography-series-20140123-31chm.html | title=Artist subverts gender norms with clever photography series | access-date=9 December 2015 | author=Annie Stevens}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/03/lijun-liao_n_4689642.html | title=Couple's Gender-Bending Photo Series Challenges Our View Of Traditional Relationships | website=[[HuffPost]] | date=3 February 2014 | access-date=9 December 2015}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.dailylife.com.au/dl-people/celebrity-news/artist-subverts-gender-norms-with-clever-photography-series-20140123-31chm.html | title=Artist subverts gender norms with clever photography series | access-date=9 December 2015 | author=Annie Stevens}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/03/lijun-liao_n_4689642.html | title=Couple's Gender-Bending Photo Series Challenges Our View Of Traditional Relationships | website=[[HuffPost]] | date=3 February 2014 | access-date=9 December 2015}}</ref>


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|date=July 2020}} 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|LMCC]], [[Center for Photography at Woodstock]] and [[Camera Club of New York]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lenscratch.com/2013/08/yijun-liao-experimental-relationship/|title = Yijun Liao: Experimental Relationship|date = 8 August 2013}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=February 2018}}
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|date=July 2020}} 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]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lenscratch.com/2013/08/yijun-liao-experimental-relationship/|title = Yijun Liao: Experimental Relationship|date = 8 August 2013}}</ref>
In 2021, she gave an interview for [[Vanity Teen]] magazine talking about her career and her fight against heteronormativity in art and fashion.<ref>[https://www.vanityteen.com/pixy-liao-its-time-to-make-our-voices-be-heard/ Pixy Liao: It’s time to make our voices be heard] 30 April 2021. ''Vanity Teen.''</ref>


== Exhibitions ==
== Exhibitions ==
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* 2013 ''Let's Make Love,'' [[the Camera Club of New York]], New York City{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}
* 2013 ''Let's Make Love,'' [[the Camera Club of New York]], New York City{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}
* 2015 ''Experimental Relationship,'' Circuitous Succession Gallery, Memphis, TN<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.commercialappeal.com/entertainment/arts/visual/pixy-liao-explores-gender-roles-in-art-relationships-in-experimental-relationship-at-circuitous-ep-1-324158641.html | title=Pixy Liao explores gender roles in art, relationships in "Experimental Relationship" at Circuitous | access-date=9 December 2015 | author=Mark Richens}}</ref>
* 2015 ''Experimental Relationship,'' Circuitous Succession Gallery, Memphis, TN<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.commercialappeal.com/entertainment/arts/visual/pixy-liao-explores-gender-roles-in-art-relationships-in-experimental-relationship-at-circuitous-ep-1-324158641.html | title=Pixy Liao explores gender roles in art, relationships in "Experimental Relationship" at Circuitous | access-date=9 December 2015 | author=Mark Richens}}</ref>
* 2016 ''Some Words are just between Us,'' curated by Sophia Cai, First Draft Gallery, Sydney, Austra<ref>{{cite web | url=https://sophiacai.info/2016/08/09/some-words-are-just-between-us/ | title=Some words are just between us | access-date=1 August 2016 | author=Sophia Cai}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://fbiradio.com/the-hanging-some-words-are-just-between-us-by-pixy-liao/ | title=THE HANGING: SOME WORDS ARE JUST BETWEEN US BY PIXY LIAO | access-date=9 August 2016 | author=Lachlan Herd| date=9 August 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://peril.com.au/topics/visual-arts/location-the-female-gaze/ | title=LOCATION, THE FEMALE GAZE AND THE WARMTH OF THE INTERNET | access-date=12 August 2016 | author=Kathleen Linn| date=11 August 2016 }}</ref>
* 2016 ''Some Words are just between Us,'' curated by Sophia Cai, First Draft Gallery, Sydney, Austra<ref>{{cite web | url=https://sophiacai.info/2016/08/09/some-words-are-just-between-us/ | title=Some words are just between us | access-date=1 August 2016 | author=Sophia Cai}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://fbiradio.com/the-hanging-some-words-are-just-between-us-by-pixy-liao/ | title=The Hanging: Some Words Are Just Between Us by Pixy Liao | access-date=9 August 2016 | author=Lachlan Herd| date=9 August 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://peril.com.au/topics/visual-arts/location-the-female-gaze/ | title=Location, The Female Gaze and the Warmth of the Internet | access-date=12 August 2016 | author=Kathleen Linn| date=11 August 2016 }}</ref>
* 2016 ''Venus As A Boy,'' [[LEO XU Projects]], Shanghai, China<ref>{{cite web | url=http://leoxuprojects.com/wp-content/upload/PixyLiao.pdf | title= Pixy Liao at Leo Xu Projects | access-date=1 November 2016 | author=Arthur Solway}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://artforum.com.cn/archive/9973 | title= Yijun Liao, Venus As A Boy | access-date=6 October 2016 | author=Jiahuan Li}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://thecreatorsproject.vice.cn/read/VENUS-AS-A-BOY-Pixy-Liao-at-leo-xu-projects | title= Artist Yijun Liao's first solo show in her hometown | access-date=6 October 2016 | author=Wenqian}}</ref>
* 2016 ''Venus As A Boy,'' [[LEO XU Projects]], Shanghai, China<ref>{{cite web | url=http://leoxuprojects.com/wp-content/upload/PixyLiao.pdf | title= Pixy Liao at Leo Xu Projects | access-date=1 November 2016 | author=Arthur Solway}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://artforum.com.cn/archive/9973 | title= Yijun Liao, Venus As A Boy | access-date=6 October 2016 | author=Jiahuan Li}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://thecreatorsproject.vice.cn/read/VENUS-AS-A-BOY-Pixy-Liao-at-leo-xu-projects | title= Artist Yijun Liao's first solo show in her hometown | access-date=6 October 2016 | author=Wenqian}}</ref>
* 2017 ''Lady and Gentleman,'' Galleri Vasli Souza, Malmö, Sweden<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.dazeddigital.com/photography/article/35311/1/pixy-liao-photos-of-chinas-traditional-gender-roles | title= See men and women exchange roles of sex and power in China | access-date=1 March 2017 | author=Ashleigh Kane}}</ref>
* 2017 ''Lady and Gentleman,'' Galleri Vasli Souza, Malmö, Sweden<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.dazeddigital.com/photography/article/35311/1/pixy-liao-photos-of-chinas-traditional-gender-roles | title= See men and women exchange roles of sex and power in China | access-date=1 March 2017 | author=Ashleigh Kane}}</ref>
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* 2019 ''Experimental Relationship'' Fotografia Europea, Reggio Emilia, Italy<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2019-05-14|title=Fotografia Europea : Pixy Liao|url=https://loeildelaphotographie.com/en/pixy-liao-bb/|website=www.loeildelaphotographie.com|date=14 May 2019}}</ref>
* 2019 ''Experimental Relationship'' Fotografia Europea, Reggio Emilia, Italy<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2019-05-14|title=Fotografia Europea : Pixy Liao|url=https://loeildelaphotographie.com/en/pixy-liao-bb/|website=www.loeildelaphotographie.com|date=14 May 2019}}</ref>
* 2019 ''Open Kimono'' [[Chambers Fine Art]], New York City<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2019-03-11|title=Pixy Liao: Open Kimono - Exhibitions - Chambers Fine Art|url=http://www.chambersfineart.com/exhibitions/pixy-liao-open-kimono|website=www.chambersfineart.com}}</ref>
* 2019 ''Open Kimono'' [[Chambers Fine Art]], New York City<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2019-03-11|title=Pixy Liao: Open Kimono - Exhibitions - Chambers Fine Art|url=http://www.chambersfineart.com/exhibitions/pixy-liao-open-kimono|website=www.chambersfineart.com}}</ref>
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* 2020 ''Experimental Relationship (for your eyes only, or maybe mine, too)'' curated by Henry Lu [[Centre A]], Vancouver, Canada<ref>{{cite web|access-date=18 June 2020|title=Pixy Liao's Radical Intimacy: "Experimental Relationship (For Your Eyes Only, Or Maybe Mine, Too)"|url=http://artasiapacific.com/Magazine/WebExclusives/PixyLiaoExperimentalRelationshipForYourEyesOnlyOrMaybeMineToo}}</ref>
* 2019 ''Carry the Weight of You'' Galleri Vasli Souza, Oslo, Norway{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}
*2021 ''Your Gaze Belongs To Me'' curated by Holly Roussell, [[Fotografiska]], New York<ref>{{cite web|access-date=18 June 2021|title=Pixy Liao, Your Gaze Belongs to Me @Fotografiska|url=https://collectordaily.com/pixy-liao-your-gaze-belongs-to-me-fotografiska/}}</ref>
* 2020 ''Two Heads'' Stieglitz 19, Antwerp, Belgium{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}
*2021 ''Your Gaze Belongs To Me'' curated by Holly Roussell, [[Fotografiska]], Stockholm
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* 2020 ''Experimental Relationship (for your eyes only, or maybe mine, too)'' curated by Henry Lu [[Centre A]], Vancouver, Canada<ref>{{cite web|access-date=18 June 2020|title=PIXY LIAO'S RADICAL INTIMACY: "EXPERIMENTAL RELATIONSHIP (FOR YOUR EYES ONLY, OR MAYBE MINE, TOO)"|url=http://artasiapacific.com/Magazine/WebExclusives/PixyLiaoExperimentalRelationshipForYourEyesOnlyOrMaybeMineToo}}</ref>
*2021 ''Your Gaze Belongs To Me'' curated by Holly Roussell, [[Fotografiska]], New York
*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<ref>{{cite web|date=February 2022|title=Futari exhibit serves as mirror into 16-year artistic relationship|url=https://dailyorange.com/2022/02/futari-exhibit-serves-mirror-16-year-artistic-relationship/ |access-date=September 4, 2024}}</ref>
*2023 ''Experimental Relationship'', [[Centre for Contemporary Photography]], Melbourne, Australia<ref>{{cite web|access-date=16 April 2023|title=Pixy Liao’s cheeky photo series Experimental Relationship flips the artist-muse dynamic|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-17/chinese-photographer-pixy-liao-experimental-relationship/102210122}}</ref>


=== Group exhibitions ===
=== Group exhibitions ===
* 2015 ''Evidence,'' [[Format International Photography Festival]], Derby, UK<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/Derby-stages-international-photographic-festival/story-26054439-detail/story.html | title=Derby stages top international photographic festival, Format 15 | access-date=9 December 2015}}</ref>
* 2015 ''Evidence,'' [[Format International Photography Festival]], Derby, UK<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/Derby-stages-international-photographic-festival/story-26054439-detail/story.html | title=Derby stages top international photographic festival, Format 15 | access-date=9 December 2015}}</ref>
* 2015 ''No Holds Barred—Young Contemporary Art from China,'' curated by Boyi Feng and Lars Jonnson, OPEN ART Biennial, Örebro, Sweden<ref>{{cite web | url=http://openart.se/2015/en/artists/pixy-yijun-liao/ | title=Pixy Yijun Liao | author=Boyi Feng}}</ref>
* 2015 ''No Holds Barred—Young Contemporary Art from China,'' curated by Boyi Feng and Lars Jonnson, OPEN ART Biennial, Örebro, Sweden<ref>{{cite web | url=http://openart.se/2015/en/artists/pixy-yijun-liao/ | title=Pixy Yijun Liao | author=Boyi Feng}}</ref>
* 2016 ''The Real Thing,'' [[Flowers Gallery]], New York City<ref>{{cite web | url=http://artforum.com/picks/id=58060/ | title=The Real Thing | access-date=28 January 2016 | author=Lara Atallah}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.juxtapoz.com/news/photography/the-real-thing-flowers-galery/ | title=Juxtapoz: "THE REAL THING" @ FLOWERS GALERY | access-date=28 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://potd.pdnonline.com/2016/02/36458/ | title=PDN: Constructing and Deconstructing Romance | access-date=1 February 2016 | author=Rebecca Robertson}}</ref>
* 2016 ''The Real Thing,'' [[Flowers Gallery]], New York City<ref>{{cite web | url=http://artforum.com/picks/id=58060/ | title=The Real Thing | access-date=28 January 2016 | author=Lara Atallah}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.juxtapoz.com/news/photography/the-real-thing-flowers-galery/ | title=Juxtapoz: "The Real Thing" @ Flowers Galery | access-date=28 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://potd.pdnonline.com/2016/02/36458/ | title=PDN: Constructing and Deconstructing Romance | access-date=1 February 2016 | author=Rebecca Robertson}}</ref>
* 2016 ''WECHAT - A Dialogue in Contemporary Chinese Art,'' curated by Barbara Pollack, [[Asia Society]] Texas Center, Houston, TX<ref>{{cite web | url=http://asiasociety.org/blog/asia/chinese-artist-challenges-gender-identities-through-experimental-relationship/ | title=Chinese Artist Challenges Gender Identities through 'Experimental Relationship' | access-date=21 April 2016 | author=Nikki Tripp}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.caareviews.org/reviews/2993#.WV_kidPytT4 | title=We Chat: A Dialogue in Contemporary Chinese Art | access-date=6 July 2017 | author=Cindy Lisica}}</ref>
* 2016 ''WECHAT - A Dialogue in Contemporary Chinese Art,'' curated by Barbara Pollack, [[Asia Society]] Texas Center, Houston, TX<ref>{{cite web | url=http://asiasociety.org/blog/asia/chinese-artist-challenges-gender-identities-through-experimental-relationship/ | title=Chinese Artist Challenges Gender Identities through 'Experimental Relationship' | access-date=21 April 2016 | author=Nikki Tripp}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.caareviews.org/reviews/2993#.WV_kidPytT4 | title=We Chat: A Dialogue in Contemporary Chinese Art | access-date=6 July 2017 | author=Cindy Lisica}}</ref>
* 2016 ''Bagsim,'' chi K11 Art Museum in Shanghai, Shanghai, China<ref>{{cite web | url=https://frieze.com/article/critics-guide-shanghai | title=Critic's Guide: Shanghai | access-date=16 August 2016 | author=Gary Zhexi Zhang| date=16 August 2016 }}</ref>
* 2016 ''Bagsim,'' chi K11 Art Museum in Shanghai, Shanghai, China<ref>{{cite web | url=https://frieze.com/article/critics-guide-shanghai | title=Critic's Guide: Shanghai | access-date=16 August 2016 | author=Gary Zhexi Zhang| date=16 August 2016 }}</ref>
*2016 "When We Become Us", Capsule Shanghai<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://capsuleshanghai.com/exhibitions/7/works/|title=When We Become Us|website=Capsule Shanghai}}</ref>
*2016 "When We Become Us", Capsule Shanghai<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://capsuleshanghai.com/exhibitions/7/works/|title=When We Become Us|website=Capsule Shanghai}}</ref>
* 2017 ''NSFW: Female Gaze,'' [[Museum of Sex]], New York<ref>{{cite web | url=https://news.artnet.com/exhibitions/museum-of-sex-nsfw-female-gaze-993902 | title=The Art of NSFW? See Provocative Works of Feminist Erotica From the Museum of Sex | access-date=17 June 2017 | author=Sarah Cascone| date=10 June 2017 }}</ref>
* 2017 ''NSFW: Female Gaze,'' [[Museum of Sex]], New York<ref>{{cite web | url=https://news.artnet.com/exhibitions/museum-of-sex-nsfw-female-gaze-993902 | title=The Art of NSFW? See Provocative Works of Feminist Erotica From the Museum of Sex | access-date=17 June 2017 | author=Sarah Cascone| date=10 June 2017 }}</ref>
* 2019 ''Holly Mosses,'' curated by Nick Yu, Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong<ref>{{cite web | url=http://artasiapacific.com/Magazine/WebExclusives/HolyMosses | title=HOLY MOSSES | access-date=1 March 2021 | author=KAITLIN CHAN}}</ref>
* 2019 ''Holly Mosses,'' curated by Nick Yu, Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong<ref>{{cite web | url=http://artasiapacific.com/Magazine/WebExclusives/HolyMosses | title=Holy Mosses | access-date=1 March 2021 | author=Kaitlin Chan}}</ref>
* 2020 ''The Body Electric,'' curated by Dr Shaune Lakin, [[National Gallery of Australia]], Sydney{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}
* 2020 ''The Body Electric,'' curated by Dr Shaune Lakin, [[National Gallery of Australia]], Sydney{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}
* 2020 ''HOME SWEET HOME'', curated by Julia Reichelt, [[:de:Kunstforum der TU Darmstadt|Kunstforum der TU Darmstadt]]<ref>{{cite web|title=TRAUTES HEIM|url=https://www.tu-darmstadt.de/kunstforum/exhibitions/current_exhibitions/trautes_heim/index.en.jsp|date=2020-09-01}}</ref>
* 2020 ''Home Sweet Home'', curated by Julia Reichelt, [[:de:Kunstforum der TU Darmstadt|Kunstforum der TU Darmstadt]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Trautes Heim|url=https://www.tu-darmstadt.de/kunstforum/exhibitions/current_exhibitions/trautes_heim/index.en.jsp|date=2020-09-01}}</ref>
* 2022 '' I have not loved (enough or worked)'', curated by Rachel Cieśla, [[Art Gallery of Western Australia]], Perth, Australia <ref>{{cite web|title=TRAUTES HEIM|url=https://www.artshub.com.au/news/reviews/exhibition-review-i-have-not-loved-enough-or-worked-2600505/|date=2022-12-12}}</ref>
* 2022 '' I have not loved (enough or worked)'', curated by Rachel Cieśla, [[Art Gallery of Western Australia]], Perth, Australia <ref>{{cite web|title=Exhibition review: I have not loved (enough or worked)|url=https://www.artshub.com.au/news/reviews/exhibition-review-i-have-not-loved-enough-or-worked-2600505/|date=2022-12-12}}</ref>

==Publications==
*''Experimental Relationship Vol.1 2007–2017.'' Jiazazhi, 2018. {{ISBN|978-988-14575-7-8}}. Edition of 500 copies.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://cphmag.com/experimental-relationship/ | title=Conscientious: Experimental Relationship | access-date=3 September 2018 | author=Jörg Colberg}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://collectordaily.com/pixy-liao-experimental-relationship-vol-1-2007-2017/ | title=Collector Daily: Pixy Liao, Experimental Relationship Vol 1. (2007-2017)| access-date=14 August 2018 | author=Olga Yatskevich| date=14 August 2018}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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Pixy Liao (Yijun Liao)
"The Woman Who Clicks The Shutter, 2018"
Born
Shanghai, China
EducationUniversity of Memphis
Known forPhotography, 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-American artist, living in New York City.

Biography

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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

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Solo exhibitions

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  • 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

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References

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