Wa Liu (b. 1994) is an interdisciplinary artist working across video, painting, interactive installations and VR. She holds a B.A. in Anthropology and Art from Yale University with distinction and an M.S. in Art, Culture and Technology from MIT. Her research-driven, experiential artworks explore the power dynamics and entanglements between humans, nature and technology. She integrates multispecies ethnography, global history and the pressing issues of the Anthropocene into riveting, multi-sensory experiences. Grounded in field research, her videos examine how human ambitions, military technologies and geopolitics reshape our planet and ourselves. Her suspenseful, mystical paintings use luminous colors and vibrant momentum to engage with the agency of nonhumans as they navigate human-altered landscapes. Her neuroscience-informed interactive installations question how technology redefines agency by quantifying and manipulating emotions and desires.
Her major solo shows include MADLANDS (Long Museum, Shanghai, 2024), Late Night Savage (Cc Foundation, Shanghai, 2021), Glimpse: a passing look (Sabsay Gallery, Copenhagen, 2018). She received the International Emmy Awards Young Creatives Award, Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia and China Lists, Porsche’s Young Chinese Artist of the Year, Robb Report’s Young Artist of the Year, etc. Her works are in the permanent collections of Long Museum, Guangdong Museum of Art, and others, and have been exhibited globally at Busan Biennale, Guangzhou Triennial, MIT Museum, UCCA Center for Contemporary Art, TANK Shanghai, Minsheng Art Museum, etc.
EDUCATION
2020-2023 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, M.S. in Art, Culture, and Technology, Cambridge, USA
2013-2017 Yale University, B.A. in Anthropology & B.A. in Art with distinction, New Haven, USA
SOLO SHOWS & PROJECTS
2024
“MADLANDS”, Long Museum (West Bund), Shanghai, China
2022
“Gamma Garden” (public screening), MIT Museum, Cambridge, USA
“Savage Confessions”, Goethe-Institut, Boston, USA
2021
“Hear A Century Ahead”, former British Consulate, Shanghai, China
“Late Night Savage”, Cc Foundation & Art Centre, Shanghai, China
“Soundmass”, TANK Shanghai, Shanghai, China
2020
“Moon Milk” (joint exhibition), MadeIn Gallery, Shanghai, China
2019
“Glimpse”, Asia Now, Paris, France
“Moon Milk”, ART021, Shanghai, China
2018
“Glimpse: a passing look”, Sabsay Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2017
“Still”, Arts First Festival, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
2015
“Tree of Life” (performance), Yale University, New Haven, USA
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2024
“Time of Alloy—Porsche Young Chinese Artist of the Year”, Phillips Asia HQ, Hong Kong
“50——90: The Tenth Anniversary of the Long Museum”, Long Museum, Shanghai, China
“Wuhan Biennale—Urban Fluidity”, Wuhan Art Museum, Wuhan, China
“L'or De Dior”, Guardian Art Centre, Beijing China
2023
“Chengdu Biennale—Time Gravity”, Chengdu Art Museum, Chengdu, China
“Bordercrossing: Possibilities and Interactions”, Yuz Museum Shanghai, China
“Pixel Row”, West Bund Museum, Shanghai, China
2022
“The 1st Beijing Biennial—Symbiosis”, Beijing, China
“Lady Dior As Seen By”, West Bund Art Center, Shanghai, China
“ART'N DIOR”, Deji Art Museum, Nanjing, China
“ReBirth: Encounter with Nature”, Choi Centre Cloud House, Beijing, China
2021
“Duration: Chinese Art in Transformation”, Beijing Minsheng Art Museum, Beijing, China
“Incredible Female Artist Award 2021”, Beijing Exhibition Center, Beijing, China
“New Driving Force—The Collision of Art and Science”, chi K11 art space, Shenyang, China
2020
“Busan Biennale 2020—Words at an Exhibition an exhibition in ten chapters and five poems”, Museum of Contemporary Art Busan, Busan, South Korea
“Immaterial/Re-material: A Brief History of Computing Art”, UCCA Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
“Digital Dreams”, Emerson Contemporary, Boston, USA
“The New Reality——2018-2019 Porsche Young Chinese Artist of the Year Honoree’s Show”, iag, Shanghai, China
“Asia Digital Art Exhibition”, Beijing Times Art Museum, Beijing, China
“Fortune Teller”, Wanying Art Museum, Shijiazhuang, China
2019
“Porsche Young Chinese Artist of the Year 2018-2019”, Beijing Exhibition Centre, Beijing, China
“Enter”, Refshaleoen, Copenhagen, Denmark
“The Variable and The Generating”, MadeIn Gallery, Shanghai, China
“40 Years of Humanizing Technology—Ars Electronica in Shenzhen”, Sea World Culture and Arts Center, Shenzhen, China
“Nana Power”, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
“The 13th National Exhibition of Fine Arts”, The Silk Road International Cultural Center, Lang Fang, China
“The Generation Y of Contemporary Chinese Art”, National Agriculture Exhibition Center, Beijing, China
“The Secret of the Brain”, China International Neuroscience Institute, Beijing, China
“Quasi-Nature”, Hyundai Motorstudio, Beijing, China
2018
“The 6th Guangzhou Triennial—As We May Think: Feedforward”, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
“After Sunset”, Galerie Liusa Wang, Paris, France
“Life of the True”, Martin Goya Business, Hangzhou, China
2017
“Heart of the Tin Man”, M Woods Museum, Beijing, China
“I Do (Not) Want To Be Part Of Your Celebration”, TANK Shanghai & Qiao Space , Shanghai, China
“Undergraduate Thesis Exhibition”, Yale School of Art, New Haven, USA
“Art Above the Sofa: Next Generation”, New York, USA
“All happens after sunset”, Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai, Shanghai, China
“Art Nova 100”, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
“Time Dividuals”, Screenroom, Beijing, China
2016
“Art Utopia”, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
“Nature Unbound”, Yale University, New Haven, USA
“Art Nova 100”, National Agriculture Exhibition Center, Beijing, China
“Fantastic Art China—International Creative Festival”, Javits Convention Center, New York, USA
2015
“Tree of Life”, Arts First Festival, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
“Narrative Ballade”, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
2014
“Art Exhibitions”, Yale University Green Hall Gallery, New Haven, USA
“Photo Exhibition”, Yale University, New Haven, USA
2013
“The Process—Thinking and Observation”, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
“Post-Nuclear Exhibition”, Yale University, New Haven, USA
AWARDS & HONORS
2023
Forbes China Contemporary Young Artists
2021
Harold Horowitz Research Fund Award, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2020
International Emmy Awards, Young Creatives Award
The Lumen Prize for Art and Technology
Ida M. Green Fellowship, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2019
Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia and China Lists
Porsche Young Chinese Artist of the Year
Robb Report Best of the Best Young Artist of the Year
2018
Generation T Leaders of Tomorrow List
2016
First Place, Art Above the Sofa: Next Generation, New York
Interdisciplinary Arts Awards, Yale University
2015
Creative and Performing Arts Award, Yale University
刘娃（1994年）是一位跨学科艺术家，媒介涵盖影像、绘画、交互装置与虚拟现实。她在耶鲁大学获得人类学与艺术双专业荣誉学士学位，在麻省理工学院获得艺术文化与科技硕士学位。她研究性与体验式的多元创作，探究人类、自然与科技之间相互渗透的边界和权力关系。她将多物种民族志、世界史与人类世的紧迫议题融汇为引人入胜的多感官体验。她的影像根植于田野调查，探究人类野心、军事科技和地缘政治如何重塑地球与人类自身。她的绘画极具悬念与神秘感，色彩奇异诡谲且动势迅猛，聚焦非人类物种在被人类改造的环境中展现的能动性和生存状态。她基于神经科学的交互装置探讨了技术如何在量化和操控人类情感与欲望的过程中，重新定义了能动性。
她的重要个展包括：狂幻之野（龙美术馆，上海，2024）、午夜魑魅（Cc基金会，上海，2021）、 Glimpse: a passing look（Sabsay Gallery，哥本哈根，2018）。她曾荣获国际艾美奖青年创意奖、福布斯 30 under 30 亚洲区和中国区榜单、保时捷中国青年艺术家、罗博报告年度青年艺术家等。其作品永久收藏于龙美术馆和广东美术馆等机构，并参展于釜山双年展、广州三年展、麻省理工学院美术馆、尤伦斯当代艺术中心、油罐艺术中心、民生现代美术馆等。
教育经历
2020-2023 麻省理工学院，艺术文化与科技硕士学位，美国剑桥
2013-2017 耶鲁大学，人类学与艺术双专业荣誉学士学位，美国纽黑文
个展及项目
2024
“狂幻之野”，龙美术馆（西岸馆），中国上海
2022
“伽马花园”（放映），麻省理工学院美术馆，美国剑桥
“末日告解”，歌德学院，美国波士顿
2021
“Hear A Century Ahead”，原英国驻沪总领事馆，中国上海
“午夜魑魅”，Cc基金会&艺术中心，中国上海
“超声物”，上海油罐艺术中心，中国上海
2020
“月乳”（联展），没顶画廊，中国上海
2019
“Glimpse”，Asia Now，法国巴黎
“月乳”，上海廿一当代艺术博览会，中国上海
2018
“Glimpse: a passing look”，Sabsay Gallery，丹麦哥本哈根
2017
“Still”，Arts First Festival，哈佛大学，美国剑桥
2015
“Tree of Life”（表演），耶鲁大学，美国纽黑文
重要群展
2024
“合金时代——保时捷中国青年艺术家双年评选特别邀请展”，富艺斯亚洲总部，香港
“50——90：龙美术馆十周年特展”，龙美术馆，中国上海
“武汉双年展——城市流体”，武汉美术馆，中国武汉
“迪奥倾世之金”，嘉德艺术中心，中国北京
2023
“成都双年展——时间引力”，成都美术馆，中国成都
“跨界：可能与回响”，余德耀美术馆，中国上海
“像素计划”，西岸美术馆，中国上海
2022
“首届北京艺术双年展——共生”，中国北京
“LADY DIOR我之所见”，上海西岸艺术中心，中国上海
“迪奥与艺术”，德基美术馆，中国南京
“重生：邂逅自然”，蔡冠深文化交流中心 · 白云馆，中国北京
2021
“绵延：变动中的中国艺术”，北京民生现代美术馆，中国北京
“非凡女性艺术家奖”，北京展览馆，中国北京
“新驱力——艺术与科技的碰撞”，chi K11艺术空间，中国沈阳
2020
“釜山双年展：展览中的文字—— 十个篇章和五首诗中的展览”，釜山当代美术馆，韩国釜山
“非物质 / 再物质：计算机艺术简史”，尤伦斯当代艺术中心，中国北京
“Digital Dreams”， 爱默生学院，美国波士顿
“愈见心境——2018-2019 保时捷中国青年艺术家双年评选获奖者作品展”，iag，中国上海
“亚洲数字艺术展”，北京时代美术馆，中国北京
“预言学家”，万营艺术空间，中国石家庄
2019
“保时捷中国青年艺术家双年评选 2018–2019”，北京展览馆，中国北京
“Enter”，Refshaleoen，丹麦哥本哈根
“变量与供养”，没顶画廊，中国上海
“科技艺术40年：从林茨到深圳暨奥地利林茨电子艺术节四十年文献展”，海上世界文化艺术中心，中国深圳
“怒放”，今日美术馆，中国北京
“第十三届全国美术作品展览”，丝绸之路国际文化交流中心，中国廊坊
“85后的八五：中国当代艺术新世代”，全国农业展览馆，中国北京
“大脑的秘密”，中国国际神经科学研究所，中国北京
“准自然”，现代汽车艺术中心，中国北京
2018
“第六届广州三年展——诚如所思：加速的未来”，广东美术馆，中国广州
“After Sunset”, Galerie Liusa Wang，法国巴黎
“真实的人生”，马丁戈雅生意，中国杭州
2017
“锡人的心脏”，木木美术馆，中国北京
“全球定位”，油罐艺术中心与乔空间，中国上海
“本科生毕业展”，耶鲁大学，美国纽黑文
“Art Above the Sofa: Next Generation”，美国纽约
“在日落后发生”，上海当代艺术馆，中国上海
“青年艺术100”，今日美术馆，中国北京
“时间粉末”，屏幕间，中国北京
2016
“艺术理想国”，尤伦斯当代艺术中心，中国北京
“Nature Unbound”，耶鲁大学，美国纽黑文
“青年艺术100”，全国农业展览馆，中国北京
“艺术中国汇”，贾维茨会展中心，美国纽约
2015
“Tree of Life（行为表演）”，Arts First Festival，哈佛大学，美国剑桥
“叙事曲”，清华大学美术学院，中国北京
2014
“Art Exhibition”，耶鲁大学美术馆，美国纽黑文
“Photo Exhibition”，耶鲁大学，美国纽黑文
2013
“过程——观看中的思考”，清华大学美术学院，中国北京
“Post-Nuclear Exhibition”，耶鲁大学，美国纽黑文
奖项与荣誉
2023
福布斯中国当代青年艺术家影响力榜单
2021
Harold Horowitz Research Fund Award，麻省理工学院
2020
国际艾美奖，青年创意奖
The Lumen Prize，艺术与科技奖
Ida M. Green Fellowship，麻省理工学院
2019
福布斯 30 Under 30 亚洲与中国区榜单
保时捷中国青年艺术家双年评选获奖艺术家
罗博报告罗博之选年度青年艺术家奖
2018
Generation T 新锐青年榜单
2016
一等奖，Art Above the Sofa: Next Generation，美国纽约
Interdisciplinary Arts Awards，耶鲁大学
2015
Creative and Performing Arts Award，耶鲁大学
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