About
Mia Liu
Through the traverse and collision of various psychological and physical experiences in life with the things in contact in the moment, she catalyzes a series of creations in search for “dialogues,” producing poetic scenes where everything is connected.
| Medium | Mixed Media |
|---|---|
| Location | Taiwan |
| Date of birth | 1980 |
Mia LIU is a visual artist who lives and creates in Taipei. After receiving her B.F.A. from San Francisco Art institute, she enrolled in the M.F.A program, Hunter College of the City University of New York. Her works have been exhibited across major art museums and art spaces and collected by many throughout Europe, America, and Asia, including the Uli Sigg Collection (Switzerland) and the Emile Hermès Collection (Taiwan).
Her art focuses on finding poetry in the ordinary, exploring the mysterious connections of sensation, memory, nature, and culture, using material-sensitive techniques to give form. It embodies both the philosophical contemplation of the present and a subtle exploration of the delicate connection between the "past" and the "possable future" through a reexamination of art history. While the artistic forms appear diverse, they are not constrained by any medium, forming a unique Drawing system.
The "Ink Dialogue" project initiated in 2019 blends anonymous Chinese painting, pencil drawings, contemparay fabrics, and framing craftsmanship, paving the way for a new direction in contemporary ink painting. The 2022 "Scapes in the Mist" series integrates imagery with paper sculpture, engaging in a dialogue between my past unique forms and the history of photography. The purpose of these dialogical works is not historical excavation but to extract new cultural values from tradition, invoking a pure aesthetic sense—a crucial exploration in her personal artistic journey amid the fading trends of contemporary art discourse.
Death is a Dialogue Between the Spirit and the Dust
Acrylic paint on paper
130 x 130 x 30 cm
2015
Queenie
Paper on acrylic
35 x 35 x 35 cm
2015
Tower of Knowledge
Printing on Shanghai library index card
150 x 150 x 300 cm
2022
I Can't Stop Rolling It Up
Ink, Pencil, Watercolor and Acrylic paint on paper
180 x 1080 x 17 cm
2010
In Her Dream
Blank tickets of the Guggenheim Museum New York and Plywood
87 x 87 x 15 cm
2009
Curriculum vitae
Mia Liu (1980- )
EDUCATION
2007-2008 Hunter College of The City University of New York, M.F.A program
2007 San Francisco Art institute, B.F.A
AWARDS / GRANTS
2019 National Culture and Arts Foundation Large Project Grant, Taiwan
2019 Taipei Culture Foundation Artist Grant, Taiwan
2019 Taipei Culture Foundation Artist Grant, Taiwan
2019 National Culture and Arts Foundation Exhibition Grant, Taiwan
2016 Finalist, Sovereign Asian Art Prize, Hong Kong, China
2016 National Culture and Arts Foundation Exhibition Grant, Taiwan
2014 Nominated, 13th Taishin Arts Award (Solo exhibition Dialogue among Bamboos - Drawing with Liu, Liang Ling-Fang)
2011 Nominated, 10th Taishin Arts Award (Solo exhibition I can't tell you, but you feel it)
2010 National Culture and Arts Foundation Artist Grant, Taiwan
2009 Taipei Culture Foundation Exhibition Grant, Taiwan
2009 Selected artists for Art Taipei 2009 Made in Taiwan (Sponsored by The Council for Cultural Affairs, Taiwan)
2009 First Prize, Kaohsiung Award 2009, Taiwan
2009 Geisai 12 Sponsorship, FuBon Art Foundation, Taiwan
2008 National Culture and Arts Foundation Artist Grant, Taiwan
SOLO EXHIBITION
2019 I dwell in Possibility, Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
2016 A Perhaps Hand, IT Park Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2014 Dialogue among Bamboos - Drawing with Liu, Liang Ling-Fang, Absolute Art Space, Tainan, Taiwan
2013 The Black Reading Room, Eslite Art Studio, Taipei, Taiwan
2012 Invisible Light, Accton Art Space, Hsinchu, Taiwan
2011 I can't tell you, but you feel it, IT Park Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2009 The Third Side of Paper, SuHo Paper Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
2006 We are not recyclable, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, United States
GROUP EXHIBITION
2021 Sub-existence - Those We Aren't Always Aware of, Tao Art Space, Taipei, Taiwan
2021 The 31th Anniversary Group Exhibition, Galerie Pierre, Taichung, Taiwan
2021 Open Art Bank, Art Bank, Taichung, Taiwan
2021 Taiwan House, The Terminal KYOTO, Kyoto, Japan
2021 Taiwan House, Good Design Marunouchi，Tokyo, Japan
2021 Constructed Realities: Mia Liu & Sameer Tawde, UP Gallery, Hsinchu, Taiwan
2020 Florae: The Women Artists-The Special Project for MSAC 10th Anniversary III, Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
2020 On Wings of Mr. Wing, Infinitely, Mr. Wing Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan
2020 Reopen: Future Reading, Hsinchu State Library, Hsinchu, Taiwan
2019 HOT BLOOD, White Rabbit Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2019 Kid Flavors, Hsinchu 241 Art Gallery, Hsinchu, Taiwan
2018 Creative 8, OCI Museum, Seoul, Korea
2017 M Space Sculpture Biennial, The Pier-2 Art Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2017 Tropical Cyclone, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
2017 CODA Paper Art, CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, Holland
2016 Springs Eternal : Glenfiddich Artists in Residence - 12 Years from Taiwan, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
2016 Transition of Times, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2016 The Sovereign Asian Art Prize 2016 Finalist Exhibition, Hong Kong, China
2016 The Road Not Taken, MSAC, Taipei, Taiwan
2016 Playlist, VT art salon, Taipei, Taiwan
2015 Paradi$e Bitch, White Rabbit Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2015 Subsurface Inclination: Joint Exhibition by Hsu Yunghsu and Mia Wen-Hsuan Liu, Kalos Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2015 ReVision II, MSAC, Taipei, Taiwan
2015 Yi Jing: The art dialogue between different generation and regions, Da Xiang Art Space, Taichung, Taiwan
2015 Together we build a factory, Yonghe Arts and Education Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan
2014 Body/Narraor, Silverlens Gallery, Manila
2013 With my <>, trade your <>, Taipei Artist Village, Taipei, Taiwan
2013 Gazing into freedom: Taiwan Contemporary Art Exhibition, Vojvodina Contemporary Art Museum, Republic of Serbia
2013 CODA Paper Art, CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, Holland
2013 A Contemporary Art Exhibition Across the Strait, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
2013 A Contemporary Art Exhibition Across the Strait, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
2013 Here!, FreeS Art Space, Taipei, Taiwan
2013 Collection of Taiwanese Emerging Artist, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
2012 Very Fun Park, Fubon Art Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan
2012 Inside, Jendela Art Space, Singapore
2012 Polyphony Beat, Kalos Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2011 Artists at Glenfiddich, Glenfiddich Distillery Gallery, Dufftown, UK
2010 Taiwan Calling: Phantom of Liberty, Műcsarnok Museum, Budapest, Hungary
2010 Taiwan Calling: No Man's Land, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary
2010 Variations of Geometric Abstraction in Taiwan's Contemporary Art, Eslite Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2010 Key Words, Juming Art Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
2010 Drawing Out Conversations: Taipei Setting Up, Nan Hai Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2010 Contemporary airy craft from Japan and Taiwan Part 2, Project Fulfill Art Space, Taipei, Taiwan
2009 Viewpoints and Viewing Points: Asian Art 2009 Biennial, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
2009 Comedies, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
2009 Kaohsiung Awards, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2007 Ourselves&Each Other, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, United States
2006 The World Domination of Painting and Drawing, Ego Park Gallery, Oakland, United States
2006 Shifting Landscapes: A Topographical Study, Aftermodern Contemporary Fine Art, San Francisco, United States
ART FAIR
2020 Taipei Dangdai, represented by Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
2019 Artisstma Fair, represented by Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
2019 Art Future Artfair, represented by Absolute Space for the Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
2017 Art Central 2017, represented by Galerie OVO, Central Harbourfont, Hong Kong
2014 Art Stage Singapore, represented by Liang Gallery, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
2013 Art Taipei, represented by Liang Gallery, Taipei World Trade Center, Taipei, Taiwan
2013 Artshow Busan, represented by FreeS Art Space, BEXCO, Busan, Korea
2011 Art Osaka, represented by Galerie Grand Siècle, Hotel Granvia Osaka, Osaka, Japan
2011 Tokyo Frontline Art Fair, represented by Galerie Grand Siècle, 331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
2011 Young Art Taipei, represented by MOT/ARTS, Taipei, Taiwan
2009 Art Taipei, represented by The Council for Cultural Affairs, World Trade Center, Taipei, Taiwan
2009 Geisai 12 art fair, represented by FuBon Art Foundation, Tokyo Big Sight Convention Center, Tokyo, Japan
2006 ART(212) Contemporary Art Fair, represented by Aftermodern Contemporary Fine Art, New York, United States
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2019 Art Chishang, Taitung, Taiwan
2018 OCI Museum, Seoul, Korea
2013 Cité Internationale Des Arts, Paris, France
2012 National Taiwan University of Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
2011 Glenfiddich Distillery, Dufftown, UK
2009 Banqiao 435 International Artist Village, Taipei, Taiwan
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Shanghai East Library, China
Emile Hermès Collection, Taiwan
Uli Sigg Collection, Swiss
OCI Musuem, Korea
White Rabbit Gallery, Australia
National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan
William Grant & Sons, UK
Raffles Family Office Co., HK
Art Bank, Taiwan
Fubon Financial Holding Co., Taiwan
Accton Art Foundation, Taiwan
Kempinski Hotels, China
Yonghe Arts and Education Foundation, Taiwan
Fabulous Group, Taiwan
Jiu Yu Property Co., Taiwan
Lovely Taiwan Foundation, Taiwan
