TIAN LIU
Based in Los Angeles, California, USA and Shanghai, China
tianliuphotography@gmail.com
EDUCATION
2024 M.F.A. Photography and Media, Concentration in Integrated Media, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, U.S.
2019 B.A. Journalism and Mass Communication; B.A. Studio Art; Writing Certificate; The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, U.S.
2018 Study Abroad - Semester At Sea, Colorado State University, Institute For Shipboard Education
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS/SCREENINGS
2025 To Frida, digital photography, The Face, The Figure – 2025, Las Laguna Art Gallery, Online Exhibition
2025 What Remains, installation, Work from Home: A CalArts Post-Grad Exhibition, Group Exhibition, The Reef, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.
2024 Flooding, 13 Love Songs, Group Performance, Thymele Arts, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.
2024 My Name Is, video, collaboration w/ Emiko Wilks, Where's the BEEF? Group Exhibition, GOES TO OCEAN, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.
2024 tián, sculpture, moving installation, Solo Exhibition, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, U.S.
2024 Endless, ink print, The Golden Apple was an Orange, Group Exhibition, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, U.S.
2024 Dining, sculpture, installation, Solo Exhibition, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, U.S.
2024 fú píng, video, installation, Thesis Show, Solo Exhibition, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, U.S.
2023 Fragment, photographic installation, Group Exhibition, Late for the Party, School of Art MFA2 Group Show, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, U.S.
2023 Untitled, photographic installation, Group Exhibition, The Archive, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, U.S.
2023 cái zhū, performance, single channel audio recording, video, installation, Mid Residency Show, Solo Exhibition, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, U.S.
2022 Give Away, performance, Group Exhibition, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, U.S.
2022 anonymous interview, installation, collaboration w/ Ali Vanderkruyk, Group Exhibition, We need to have a talk, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, U.S.
2018 Emptiness, performance, audio recording, 2018, Group Performance, It's Time We Talk, Public Space One, Iowa City, IA, U.S.
SELECTED SCREENINGS
2023 Pink, Screening, Bijou Festival 2023, Bijou Theater, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, U.S.
AWARDS
2025 Official Selection – Professional Category, International Photography Awards (IPA), USA
2024 Winner – Women Seen by Women (Professional Series), 24th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, Spain
2024 Honorable Mention – Professional, Fine Art (People), PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris, France
2024 Certificate of Artistic Achievement, Luxembourg Art Prize, Luxembourg
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
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
2019 Featured in CalArts Art School Project Archive, fú píng
2019 Published in Fools Magazine, Photography, 01
2018 Featured in The Daily Palette, Iowa City, Performance Art, Emptiness