TIAN LIU
Based in Los Angeles, California, USA and Shanghai, China
tianliuphotography@gmail.com
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS/SCREENINGS/PERFORMANCE
2025 Screening, Antimatter [media art], Deluge Contemporary Art, Victoria, BC, Canada
2025 Celebrate! Juried Group Exhibition, Juried by Holly Jerger, Southern California Women’s Caucus for Art, Betsy Lueke Creative Arts Center Gallery, Burbank, CA, U.S.
2025 Utopian Her, Juried Group Exhibition, Hera Hub Carlsbad, Presented by San Diego Art Directory, Carlsbad, CA, U.S.
2025 Self Portrait, Juried Group Exhibition, Juried by Odeta Xheka, Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL, U.S.
2025 Work from Home: A CalArts Post-Grad Exhibition, Group Exhibition, The Reef, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.
2024 13 Love Songs, Group Performance, Curated by Alex Sherman, Thymele Arts, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.
2024 Where's the BEEF? Group Exhibition, Curated by Alex Sherman, GOES TO OCEAN, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.
2024 fú píng, Thesis, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, U.S.
2023 cái zhū, Mid-Residency, California Institute of the Arts
2018 It's Time We Talk, Group Performance, Curated by Melissa Airy, Public Space One, Iowa City, IA, U.S.
AWARDS & Recognitions
2025 Honorable Mention, Tokyo International Foto Awards (TIFA)
2025 Honorable Mention, ND Awards
2025 Honorable Mention, Budapest International Foto Awards (BIFA)
2025 Honorable Mention, PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris
2025 Official Selection, International Photography Awards (IPA)
2024 Winner, Julia Margaret Cameron Awards (Women Seen by Women, Series)
2024 Certificate of Artistic Achievement, Luxembourg Art Prize
CURATING
2023 Venue Curator and Creative Director, CalArts Expo, Santa Clarita, CA, U.S.
TEACHING
2024 Graduate Teaching Assistant, “The Garden: Landscape – Problems in Photo Practice,” California Institute of the Arts, Santa Clarita, CA, U.S.
2023 Graduate Teaching Assistant, “Landscape: The Wilderness,” California Institute of the Arts, Santa Clarita, CA, U.S.
MEDIA
2025 Featured in Automat 2025, Video, Automat: Tian Liu
2025 Featured in F-Stop Magazine, Issue #133, Online Group Exhibition, October/November 2025
2025 Interviewed in CanvasRebel, Meet Tian Liu
2024 Interviewed in Bold Journey Magazine, Meet Tian Liu
2024 Interviewed in Voyagela Magazine, Local Stories: Daily Inspiration: Meet Tian Liu
2024 Interviewed in ShoutoutLA Magazine, Local Stories: Meet Tian Liu | A Multimedia Storyteller
2024 Featured in CalArts Art School Project Archive, fú píng
EDUCATION
2024 M.F.A. in Photography and Media, Integrated Media Concentration
California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, U.S.
2019 B.A. in Journalism and Mass Communication
B.A. in Studio Art; Certificate in Writing
The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, U.S.
2018 Study Abroad, Semester at Sea
Colorado State University, Institute for Shipboard Education