刘元 Yuan Liu
b. 1999
Born in Jiaxing

Tel: (+1) 661-373-8544
E-mail: lyzqzs@gmail.com

Education

2025–present
California Institute of the Arts (MFA)

2022
Graduated in Denison University (BFA)

Solo Show

2026
There Was a Box Man, CalArts Midres, L-shape Gallery, Valencia

2025
They Have No Names, Three Shadow Running Program, Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Beijing

2022
山木 "Mountain Tree", BFA Thesis Show, Bryant Art Center, Granville

2020
In Columbus, Art Residency Display, Bryant Art Center, Granville

Group Show

2026
Skipping the Future, Dorado 806 Projects, California

2025
Breakdown Playlist, Inside-Out Art Museum, Beijing

2023
This is not here, 新港西路82号交易园, Guangzhou
Wet Dreams, 笋岗楼尚文化创意园, Shenzhen
非秩序：空间即展场, SHUNDOH SPACE, Shanghai

2022
Chasing Pigeons, Denison Museum, Granville

2020
新生派对 REBIRTH: welcome to the new body, 崽崽 ZEPETO, Shanghai

Awards

2023/2024
Three Shadows Running Program Finalist Awards, Three Shadows Photography Art Center, Beijing

2021/2022
Through the Light of Malaga Finalist Awards, Picasso's Birthplace Art Sponsorship Foundation, Shanghai

"Not Really Pictures", Nomination Award, 4th 1839 Photography Award

Mary & Harold Osborne Scholar, Denison University, Granville

The Mary K Campbell & Caroline W. Deckman Studio Arts Scholarship, Denison University, Granville

2020
Vail Award, Denison University, Granville

Artist Residency

2024
Artist in Residence Program, Aomori Contemporary Art Centre, Aomori

2020
Denison Studio Art Department Summer On-site Project, Columbus