BIOGRAPHY
1979 Born in Shanghai, China
2008 Received an MFA in photography from the University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Present Living and working in Tokyo, Japan
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
- People in mirror are closer than they appear, Stieglitz 19 Antwerp/Brussels, Belgium
- Pixy Liao: Relationship Material, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA
2024
- Between Us, curated by Sito Rozema, More Museum, Gorssel, Netherlands
- Opening, L21 Gallery, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
- Comfort Zone, Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong
2023
- Experimental Relationship, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, Australia
- Day Dream, Stieglitz 19, Antwerpen, Belgium
- The Woman who Clicks the Shutter, ⅔ Galeria, Bucharest, Romania
2022
- Piano Duet, L21 Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
- Your Gaze Belongs to Me, curated by Holly Roussell, Fotografiska, Tallinn, Estonia
- Futari (Two Persons), curated by Mary Lee Hodgens, Light Work, Syracuse, New York, USA
2021
- Your Gaze Belongs to Me, Fotografiska, Stockholm, Sweden; New York, USA
2020
- Choose Your Own Adventure, Scope Hannover Biennial, Hannover, Germany
- Experimental Relationship (for your eyes only, or maybe mine, too), curated by Henry Lu, Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Vancouver, Canada
- Two Heads, Stieglitz 19, Antwerpen, Belgium
2019
- Carry the Weight of You, Galleri Vasli Souza, Oslo, Norway
- Une Relation Experimentale, Les Rencontres d'Arles, Arles, France
- Experimental Relationship, Biel/Bienne Festival of Photography, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
- Experimental Relationship, Fotografia Europea, Reggio Emilia, Italy
- Open Kimono, Chambers Fine Art, New York, USA
2018
- Pixy Liao: Experimental Relationship, Jimei x Arles International Photo Festival, Xiamen, China
2017
- Lady and Gentleman, Galleri Vasli Souza, Malmö, Sweden
2016
- Venus as a Boy, Leo Xu Projects, Shanghai, China
- Some Words Are Just Between Us, First Draft Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2013
- Let’s Make Love, Camera Club of New York, New York, USA
2011
- Memphis, Tennessee, Chinese American Art Council, New York, USA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
- Pixy Liao and Ren Light Pan: Portraits, Alisan Fine Arts, New York, USA
- The Armory Show, Alisan Fine Arts, New York, USA
- Picasso for Asia—A Conversation, M+, Hong Kong
- Facial Recognition, curated by Barbara Pollack at Jane Lombard Gallery, New York, NY, USA
- Love, Maybe, Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung, Munich, Germany
- Snake Pints, Power Station of Art, Shanghai, China
2024
- Shanghai: Capital of Photography 1910s - 2020s, curated by Guzheng, Shanghai Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai, China
- Love is Louder, Bozar, Brussels, Belgium
- Hidden Stories, Alisan Fine Arts, New York, USA
- Cartier’s Trinity 100 Journey Exhibition, West Bund Artistic Center, Shanghai, China
- Redefine: Contemporary Portrait Photography, Fujifilm X-space, Shanghai, China
- Inside Views – Contemporary Photography from China, WestLicht Photography Museum in cooperation with Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung, Vienna, Austria
- We’re Home, Pace University Art Gallery, New York, USA
- Awakening, Capsule Shanghai, Shanghai, China
- When We Become Us, Capsule Venice, Venice, Italy
2023
- Each, Other, Griffith University Art Museum, Brisbane, Australia
- X Museum Triennial 2023: Home is Where the Haunt ia, X Museum, Beijing, China
- Between Performance and Documentation: Contemporary Photography and Video from China, Johnson Museum of Art, New York, USA
- Family (of Choice). Those Who We Are, Kunstmuseum Ravensburg, Germany
- Personal: A New Form of Documentary Photography, curated by Karen Smith, Shanghai Center of Photography, Shanghai, China
2022
- I have not loved (enough or worked), Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
- Unmasking Masculinity for the 21st Century, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Michigan, USA
- I Loved You, White Rabbit Gallery, Sydney, Australia
- Mirror Image: A Transformation of Chinese Identity, Asia Society, New York, USA
- Chosen Family – Less Alone Together, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
- You can call it love, Photolux Festival, Lucca, Italy
- Focus on Women Photographers, Foto Wien Festival, Vienna, Austria
2021
- Wide Open: INS OFFENE Contemporary Photography & Sculpture in Glass, Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung, Munich, Germany
- Rediscovery: A Selection of Jimei x Arles Awards, Shanghai, China
- This Mortal Coil, Zuckerman Museum of Art, Kennesaw, Georgia, USA
- What a Genderful World, Wereldmuseum, Rotterdam, Netherlands
- The Things I Tell You Will Not Be Wrong, Scope-Hannover Biennale, Hannover, Germany
- Closer, Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong
2020
- Propositions for Alternative Narratives, Photoworks Festival, Brighton, UK
- Home Sweet Home, Darmstadt Tage Der Photographie, Darmstadt, Germany
- China Reimagined, curated by He Yining and Ruben Lundgren, Breda Photo, The Netherlands
- A Room of Her Own, How Museum, Shanghai, China
- Collective Care: A House with Many Guests, M Woods Museum, Beijing, China
- The Body Electric curated by Dr. Shaune Lakin, National Gallery of Australia, Sydney, Australia
- Riso Bar, Pollock Gallery, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, USA
2019
- Holy Mosses, Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong
- Paris Photo 2019, Grand Palais, Paris, France
- Photography in Memphis, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, USA
- What a Genderful World, Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- The Kind Stranger, UN Art Center, Shanghai, China
- Tender Touches, AMP Gallery, London, UK
- Kinship, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, UK
- Chinese Contemporary Photobook works: Visual Narrative in Paper and Beyond, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China
- Elegy: Five Desire Mechanisms of Nostalgia, A+ Contemporary, Shanghai, China
2018
- San Gennaro 2018, Baxter Street Camera Club, New York, USA
- The California Sunday Magazine Presents - At Home: In the American West, Aperture Gallery, New York, USA
- Monroe/Monroe, Shang Ba Art Gallery, Beijing, China
- Be Strong and Do Not Betray Your Soul, Light Work, New York
- Muse Muse, Czech Center New York, New York, USA
- Disobedient Daughters, Metro Arts, Brisbane, Australia
2017
- Socially Engaged, ACP Festival, Atlanta, USA
- Discursive Selves, Westbeth Gallery, New York, USA
- NSFW: Female Gaze, Museum of Sex, New York, USA
- Mallory/Wurtzburger: A Retrospective, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, USA
2016
- Expectation, SVA-NYC Art Platform, Shanghai, China
- Out Frames, Museum of Modern Art in Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- Bagsim, chi K11 Art Museum in Shanghai, Shanghai, China
- Wechat–A Dialogue in Contemporary Chinese Art, Asia Society Texas Center, Houston, USA
2015
- No Holds Barred—Young Contemporary Art from China, curated by Boyi Feng and Lars Jonnson, OPEN ART Biennial, Örebro, Sweden
2014
- Double Vision, curated by Boyi Feng, He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
2012
- Span of Vision, VT Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
- Song of Ordinary Madness, Running Horse Contemporary Art Space, Beirut, Lebanon
- This Must Be the Place, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, USA
2011
- Flash Forward, Magenta Foundation, Toronto, Canada
2010
- Making the Leap: Crossing Borders, A.I.R Gallery, Brooklyn, USA
- Irrelevant: Local Emerging Asian Artists Who Don't Make Work About Being Asian, Arario Gallery, New York, USA
2009
- Photography Now 2009, Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, USA
2008
- Girl and Her Camera, Lianzhou Photo Festival, Lianzhou, China
- 4th Wall, 2008 China Pingyao International Photography Fest, Pingyao, China
SELECTED AWARDS, GRANTS & RESIDENCIES
2023 Artist in residence, La Residencia, Deia, Mallorca, Spain
2020 FCA Emergency Grants, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, USA
2019 Artist in residence, SVA RisoLAB, New York, NY, USA
2018 Individual Artist Awards, The Santo Foundation, USA
Madame Figaro Women Photographers Award, Jimei x Arles International Photo Festival
Artist Residency, University of the Arts London in collaboration with NYFA, USA
2016 Artist Residency, Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2015 Artist Residency, Light Work, Syracuse, NY, USA
2014 Prix Virginia Jury’s Choice, France
Latent Talent, SCAN-Tarragona, Spain
2013 Fellowship in photography, New York Foundation for the Arts, USA
Darkroom Residency, Camera Club of New York, New York, NY, USA
2012 New Works Awards Fellowship, En Foco, New York, NY, USA
Artist Residency, LMCC Workspace Residency Program, New York, NY, USA
2010 Artist Residency, Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY, USA
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
USA
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA
Franklin Furnace Archive, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Fort Wayne Museum of Arts, Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, New York, USA
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
Light Work, Syracuse, New York, USA
Memphis International Airport, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, USA
The Kinsey Institute, Bloomington, IN, USA
The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO, USA
The Center for Photography at Woodstock, Kingston, NY, USA
Europe
Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung, Munich, Germany
Fundació Carmen & Lluís Bassat, Spain
Fundación MEDIANOCHE0, Spain
Møllersamlingen (Møller collection), Oslo, Norway
Vontobel Art Collection, Zurich, Switzerland
White Villa Collection, France
Australia
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
White Rabbit Collection, Sydney, Australia
China
He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
Hong Kong
M+, Hong Kong
