Tian Liu 刘 田
Artist, Photographer, Filmmaker, Producer
Base in Los Angeles, California
@tian_liu_photo/@tianliuphoto
EDUCATION
M.F.A. Photography and Media, Concentration in Integrated Media, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, 2022-2024
B.A. Journalism and Mass Communication; B.A. Studio Art; Writing Certificate; The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 2015-2019
Study Abroad, Semester At Sea, Colorado State University, Institute For Shipboard Education, 2018
EXHIBITIONS/SCREENINGS
2024
My Name Is, video, 2023, collaboration w/ Emiko Wilks, Where's the BEEF? Group Exhibition, GOES TO OCEAN, Los Angeles, CA, USA
tián, sculpture, moving installation, 2024, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, USA
Endless, ink print, 2024, The Golden Apple was an Orange, Group Exhibition, Main Gallery, California Institute of the Arts
Dining, sculpture, installation, 2024, C108, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, USA
fú píng, video, installation, 2024, Thesis Show, D300, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, USA
2023
Fragment, photographic installation, 2023, Group Exhibition, Late for the Party, MFA2 Group Show School of Art, L-shape, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, USA
Untitled, photographic installation, 2023, Group Exhibition, The Archive, BB5-1, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, USA
Pink, Screening, Bijou Festival 2023, Bijou Theater, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, USA
cái zhū, performance, single channel audio recording, video, installation, 2023, Mid Residency Show, A402, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, USA
2022
Give Away, performance, 2022, Group Exhibition, Main Gallery, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, USA
anonymous interview, installation, 2022, collaboration w/ Ali Vanderkruyk, Group Exhibition, We need to have a talk, Stevenson Blanche, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, USA
2018
Emptiness, performance, audio recording, 2018, Group Performance, It's Time We Talk, Public Space One, Iowa City, IA, USA
AWARDS
24th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards 24th Professional / CATEGORY WOMEN SEEN BY WOMEN - SERIES PRO SECTION - CATEGORY WINNER https://www.fotonostrummag.com/24th-jmca-awards
PX3 PRIX DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE PARIES 2024 Honorable Mention / 2024 / Fine Art / People https://px3.fr/winners/hm/2024/1-117520-24/
TEACHING
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Landscape: The Wilderness, and The Garden: Landscape - Problems in Photo Practice, Photography and Media Program, School of Art, California Institute of the Arts, Santa Clarita, CA, Fall 2023 - Spring 2024
MEDIA
Interviewed on Bold Journey Magazine, Meet Tian Liu, October 2024
Interviewed on Voyagela Magazine, Local Stories: Daily Inspiration: Meet Tian Liu, September 2024
Interviewed on ShoutoutLA Magazine, Local Stories: Meet Tian Liu | A Multimedia Storyteller, August 2024
Featured on CalArts Art School Project Archive, fú píng, May 2024
Published on Fools Magazine, Photography, 01, Aug 2019
Featured on The Daily Palette, Iowa City, Performance Art, Emptiness, Apr 2018
Published Magazine
Amare Magazine/ SELIN Magazine/ GOJI Magazine/ GEZNO Magazine/ MALVIE Magazine/ 1723 Magazine/ New Wave Magazine/ The First Magazine/ L’ATTIRANCE/ OFF TOWN Magazine/ POZA Magazine