Yijun Liao

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

Biography
Liao was born in Shanghai. She currently lives in Brooklyn. 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.

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. 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.

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, 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, Arles, France
 * 2019 Experimental Relationship Fotografia Europea, Reggio Emilia, Italy
 * 2019 Open Kimono Chambers Fine Art, 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, Vancouver, Canada
 * 2021 Your Gaze Belongs To Me curated by Holly Roussell, Fotografiska, New York

Group exhibitions

 * 2015 Evidence, Format International Photography Festival, 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, New York City
 * 2016 WECHAT - A Dialogue in Contemporary Chinese Art, curated by Barbara Pollack, Asia Society 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, 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, 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, Perth, Australia

Publications

 * Experimental Relationship Vol.1 2007–2017. Jiazazhi, 2018. ISBN 978-988-14575-7-8. Edition of 500 copies.