ARTIST BIOGRAPHY

Born in Sichuan, China, Liu Yujia currently lives and works in Beijing. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute and her Master of Fine Arts from the University of the Arts London, London College of Communication. Her practice unfolds as a philosophical experiment on the boundary between reality and fiction, subverting conventional modes of narrative and spectatorship. Staging her works within the natural and cultural landscapes of Asia, she deconstructs and reconfigures elements of documentary, literature, ethnography, and travel writing, creating an embodied and affective experience for the viewer.

Liu Yujia has held numerous solo exhibitions, including MadeIn Art Museum (Shanghai, 2023), Tang Contemporary Art Center (Beijing, 2023/2017/2016), DRC No. 12 (Beijing, 2021), and Shanghai Gallery of Art (Shanghai, 2015). Her work has been extensively exhibited in major biennials, triennials, and art institutions, including: "Ecologyof Sensitivity"—2025 Guangzhou Image Triennial; "Cosmos Cinema"—The 14th Shanghai Biennale (2023); "Being Theoria"—The 4th Hangzhou Triennial of Fiber Art (2022); and "Why Not Ask Again"—The 11th Shanghai Biennale (2016). Other exhibiting institutions include: Tacoma Art Museum (USA); KADIST (San Francisco); University of Pittsburgh Art Gallery; Ulsan Art Museum (South Korea); Sprüth Magers (Germany); Julia Stoschek Collection (Düsseldorf); Museum Sinclair-Haus (Bad Homburg, Germany); MACT/CACT Museum and Center of Contemporary Art in Canton Ticino (Switzerland); Kunsthaus Baselland (Switzerland); White Rabbit Gallery (Sydney); Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art (CFCCA, Manchester); Troy House Art Foundation (London); CAFA Art Museum; Power Station of Art (PSA, Shanghai); Tank Shanghai; Start Museum (Shanghai); BY ART MATTERS (Hangzhou); Guangdong Museum of Art; HE Art Museum (Shunde); Guangdong Times Museum; UCCA Dune Art Museum; OCAT (Shanghai/Shenzhen/Beijing); Shanghai Minsheng Art Museum; Lushun Museum; and China Port Museum, among other major organizations.

Her artistic practice has received sustained attention from the international academic community, and her work has been included in several significant research publications: these include Life on Earth: Art & Ecofeminism, edited by Catherine Taft and Jane McFadden, published by The BRICK / Inventory Press as a vital component of the Getty "PST ART: Art & Science Collide" initiative (forthcoming, 2026); the scholarly volume Stay Connected: Art and China Since 2008, edited by Pi Li, Ying Kwok, and Anthony Yung, jointly published by Tai Kwun Contemporary, Asia Art Archive (AAA), and the renowned art publisher Hatje Cantz (forthcoming, 2026); and the 14th Shanghai Biennale catalogue Cosmos Cinema, edited by Anton Vidokle, Zairong Xiang, Hallie Ayres, and Lukas Brasiskis, and jointly published by Sternberg Press (Berlin) and the Power Station of Art (2024);and Millennium Film Journal (No. 76, "WORLDS"), guest edited by Barbara London (2022). Additionally, her project archives are permanently held in the Asia Art Archive (AAA) in Hong Kong.

Liu Yujia’s moving image works have been screened at prominent institutions such as the Centre Pompidou (Paris), M+ Museum (Hong Kong), and Tai Kwun Contemporary (Hong Kong). She was nominated for the 2018–2019 Porsche "Young Chinese Artist of the Year" and the "2022 OCAT × KADIST Emerging Media Artist Program". Her moving image works are in the permanent collections of elite institutions including the Centre Pompidou (Paris), KADIST, Power Station of Art (PSA, Shanghai), White Rabbit Gallery (Sydney), and the Troy House Art Foundation in London.

刘雨佳生于中国四川,现工作生活于北京。她本科毕业于四川美术学院,研究生毕业于伦敦艺术大学,伦敦传媒学院。她的创作如同一场对现实与虚构界限的哲学实验,颠覆了传统的叙事逻辑与观看方式。其艺术实践以亚洲自然与人文景观为舞台,将纪实、文学、民族志与游记等多元素解构并重组,创造出一种具身性、情动式的体验。

刘雨佳曾多次举办个展,包括没顶美术馆(上海,2023)、当代唐人艺术中心(北京,2023/2017/2016)、外交公寓 12 号(北京,2021)、以及上海外滩三号沪申画廊(上海,2015)。其作品广泛展出于各大双/三年展及艺术机构,包括:“感知生态学”—2025 年广州影像三年展;“宇宙电影”—2023 年第十四届上海双年展;“缓存在”—2022 年第四届杭州纤维艺术三年展;“何不再问”—2016 年第十一届上海双年展。其他展出机构包括:美国华盛顿塔科马艺术博物馆、KADIST 艺术基金会(旧金山)、匹兹堡大学美术馆、韩国蔚山市立美术馆、德国施布特·玛格画廊(Sprüth Magers)、德国杜塞尔多夫尤莉娅·施托舍克收藏(Julia Stoschek Collection)、德国巴特洪堡辛克莱尔之家、瑞士提契诺州当代艺术博物馆(MACT/CACT)、瑞士巴塞尔乡村州美术馆(Kunsthaus Baselland)、澳大利亚白兔美术馆、英国曼彻斯特 CFCCA、英国伦敦 Troy House 艺术基金会、中央美术学院美术馆、上海当代艺术博物馆(PSA)、上海油罐艺术中心、上海星美术馆、杭州天目里美术馆、广东美术馆、广东顺德和美术馆、广州时代美术馆、UCCA 沙丘美术馆、OCAT(上海/深圳/北京)、上海民生现代美术馆、旅顺博物馆、中国港口博物馆等。

她的艺术实践受到了国际学术界的持续关注,作品被收录于多部重要的研究性出版物:包括由 Catherine Taft 与 Jane McFadden 编著、作为 Getty “PST ART: Art & Science Collide” 倡议项目重要组成部分、并由 The BRICK / Inventory Press 出版的《地球上的生命:艺术与生态女性主义》(Life on Earth: Art & Ecofeminism,2026年即出);由皮力、郭瑛与翁子健 编著、由大馆当代美术馆、亚洲艺术文献库(AAA)与德国著名艺术出版社 Hatje Cantz 联合出版的学术文献《保持在线:2008年以来的艺术与中国》(Stay Connected: Art and China Since 2008,2026年即出);由 Anton Vidokle、向在荣、Hallie Ayres 与 Lukas Brasiskis 联合编著,并由 Sternberg Press (柏林) 与上海当代艺术博物馆联合出版的第十四届上海双年展文献《宇宙电影》(Cosmos Cinema,2024年);以及由Barbara London 担任客座编辑的 《千年电影期刊》 (Millennium Film Journal,第76期“WORLDS”,2022年);同时,其作品档案已被香港亚洲艺术文献库(AAA)永久收录。

刘雨佳的影像作品曾于法国巴黎蓬皮杜艺术中心、香港 M+ 视觉文化博物馆、香港大馆当代美术馆等重要机构进行放映。她曾获得 2018-2019 保时捷“中国青年艺术家年度评选”及“2022 OCAT × KADIST 青年媒体艺术家项目”提名。其影像作品被法国巴黎蓬皮杜艺术中心、KADIST艺术基金会、上海当代艺术博物馆(PSA)、澳大利亚白兔美术馆、以及伦敦 Troy House 艺术基金会等机构永久收藏。