1979
born in Shanghai, CN
Now
lives and works in Tokyo, JP
EDUCATION
2008
MFA, Photography, University of Memphis, Memphis, US
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
Pixy Liao: Relationship Material, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, US (curated by Yechen Zhao)
2024
Between Us, Museum MORE, Gorssel, NL (curated by Sito Rozema)
Opening, L21 Gallery, Palma, ES
Pixy Liao: Comfort Zone, Blindspot Gallery, HK
2023
Pixy Liao: Experimental Relationship, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, AU
Day Dream, Stieglitz 19, Antwerpen, BE
The woman who clicks the shutter, Galeria, Bucharest, RO
2022
Piano Duet, L21 Gallery, Barcelona, ES
Your Gaze Belongs to Me, Fotografiska, Tallinn, EE (curated by Holly Roussell)
Futari (Two Persons), Light Work, Syracuse, US (curated by Mary Lee Hodgens)
2021
Your Gaze Belongs to Me, Stockholm, SE (curated by Holly Roussell)
Your Gaze Belongs to Me, Fotografiska, New York, US (curated by Holly Roussell)
2020
Choose Your Own Adventure, SCOPE Hannover Biennial, Hannover, DE
Experimental Relationship (for your eyes only, or maybe mine, too), Centre A: Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Vancouver, CA (curated by Henry Lu)
Two Heads, Stieglitz 19, Antwerpen, BE
2019
Carry the Weight of You, Galleri Vasli Souza, Oslo, NO
UNE RELATION EXPÉRIMENTALE, the Rencontres d’Arles, Arles, FR
Experimental Relationship, Fotografia Europea, Reggio Emilia, IT
Open Kimono, Chambers Fine Art, New York, US
2018
Pixy Liao, Jimei x Arles International Photo Festival, Xiamen, CN (curated by Holly Roussell)
2017
Lady and Gentleman, Galleri Vasli Souza, Malmö, SE
2016
Venus as a Boy, Leo Xu Projects, Shanghai, CN
Some Words Are Just Between Us, First Draft Gallery, Sydney, AU
2013
Let’s Make Love, Camera Club of New York, New York, US
2011
Memphis, Tennessee, Chinese American Art Council, New York, US
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
Primera Prueba – Collective Exhibition, Pixy Liao, Jordi Ribes, Álvaro Gil, Jan Hakon Erichsen and Óscar Florit, La Caja, Madrid, ES
Tender Comrade, White Rabbit, Sydney, AU
Picasso for Asia—A Conversation, M+ Museum, HK
Facial Recognition, Jane Lombard Gallery, New York, US (curated by Barbara Pollack)
2024
Shanghai: Capital of Photography 1910s – 2020s, Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai, CN (curated by Guzheng)
Love is Louder, Bozar, Brussels, BE
INSIDE VIEWS. CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY FROM CHINA, WestLicht Photography Museum in cooperation with Alexander Tutsek Stiftung, Vienna, AT
2023
X MUSEUM TRIENNIAL 2023: HOME IS WHERE THE HAUNT IS, X Museum, Beijing, CN
FAMILY (OF CHOICE). THOSE WHO WE ARE, Kunstmuseum Ravensburg, Ravensburg, DE
Personal: A New Form of Documentary Photography, Shanghai Center of Photography, Shanghai, CN (curated by Karen Smith)
2022
I have not loved (enough or worked), Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, AU
Unmasking Masculinity for the 21st Century, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Michigan, US
I LOVED YOU, White Rabbit Gallery, Sydney, AU
Mirror Image: A Transformation of Chinese Identity, Asia Society, New York, US (curated by Babara Pollack and Han Hongzheng)
CHOSEN FAMILY – LESS ALONE TOGETHER, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Zurich, CH
You can call it love, Photolux Festival, Lucca, IT
Focus on Women Photographers, Foto Wien Festival, Vienna, AT
2020
Propositions for Alternative Narratives, Photoworks Festival, Brighton, UK
Home Sweet Home, Kunstforum der TU Darmstadt, Darmstadt, DE
China Reimagined, Breda Photo, Breda, NL (curated by He Yining and Ruben Lundgren)
The Body Electric, National Gallery of Australia, Sydney, AU (curated by Dr. Shaune Lakin)
2019
Photography in Memphis, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, US
What a Genderful World, Wereldmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NL
The Kind Stranger, UNArt Center, Shanghai, CN (curated by Xiaodong Yan)
Kinship, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, UK
2018
MUSE MUSE, Czech Center New York, New York, US
Disobedient Daughters, Metro Arts, Brisbane, AU
2017
NSFW: FEMALE GAZE, Museum of Sex, New York, US
A New Ballardian Vision, Chapter 1, Metro Pictures, New York, US (curated by Leo Xu)
2016
Out Frames, Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna, Bologna, IT
Bagism, chi K11 Art Museum, Shanghai, CN
WECHAT: A Dialogue in Contemporary Chinese Art, Asia Society Texas Center, Houston, US (curated by Barbara Pollack)
2015
No Holds Barred—Young Contemporary Art from China, OPEN ART Biennial, Örebro, SE (curated by Boyi Feng and Lars Jonnson)
2014
Double Vision, He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, CN (curated by Boyi Feng)
2012
Span of Vision, VT Gallery, Taipei, TW
2010
Irrelevant: Local Emerging Asian Artists Who Don’t Make Work About Being Asian, Arario Gallery, New York, US
RESIDENCIES
2023
Artist in Residence, La Residencia, Mallorca, ES
2019
Artist in Residence, SVA RisoLAB, New York, US
2018
Artist Residency, University of the Arts London in collaboration with NYFA, London, UK
2016
Artist Residency, Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, US
2015
Artist Residency, Light Work, Syracuse, US
2013
Darkroom Residency, Camera Club of New York, US
2012
Artist Residency, LMCC Workspace Residency Program, New York, US
2010
Artist Residency, Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, US
AWARDS
2020
FCA Emergency Grants, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, US
2018
Individual Artist Awards, The Santo Foundation, US
Madame Figaro Women Photographers Award, Jimei x Arles International Photo Festival, FR
2014
Prix Virginia Jury’s Choice, FR
Latent Talent, SCAN-Tarragona, ES
2013
Fellowship in Photography, New York Foundation for the Arts, US
2012
New Works Awards Fellowship, En Foco, New York, US
COLLECTION
Alexander Tutsek – Stiftung, Munich
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
Franklin Furnace Archive, New York
Fundació Carmen & Lluís Bassat, Barcelona
Fundación MEDIANOCHE0, Granada
Fort Wayne Museum of Arts, Fort Wayne
He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo
Light Work, Syracuse
M+, Hong Kong
Memphis International Airport, Memphis
Møllersamlingen, Oslo
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston