Biography - Beili Liu
web: beililiu.com
Exhibitions and Provenance
Solo Exhibitions
| 2012 |
Rise and Fall, Hua Gallery, London, UK Between Wind and Water, Vessel Gallery, Oakland, CA |
| 2011 |
Installationen & Wandarbeiten, Galerie An Der Pinakothek Der Moderne in Munich, Germany Recall, Hå gamle prestegard, Norwegian National Art and Culture Center, Norway Drawn, Robert HillestadTextiles Gallery,University of Nebraska, Lincoln The Mending Project, Women and Their Work Gallery, Austin TX Extent, Form/Space Atelier, Seattle, WA |
| 2010 |
Fray, Asia Unlimited Gallery, Forum für Internationalen Kulturaustausch, Berlin, Germany half empty . half full, Nordisk Kunst Plattform Gallery, Brusand, Norway One, Another, Buffalo Arts Studio, Buffalo, NY |
| 2009 |
Mapping Memories, Beili Liu and Takafumi Ide, (two person exhibition), Castle Gallery, The College of New Rochelle, NY Bound, d berman Gallery, Austin, TX In Between, 之间，Elisabeth de Brabant Gallery Shanghai, China Three Thousand Troubled Threads, Tarryn Teresa Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Miasma, Three Walls Gallery, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, San Antonio, TX |
| 2008 |
LURE / 惑, Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA Beili Liu: LURE, Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI |
| 2006 |
Recall (shadow), Gallery One, Ann Arbor, MI Recall (barn), A site-specific installation, Djerassi Foundation, Woodside, CA Aline, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI |
| 2005 | Breadth, A site-specific installation, Lloyd Hall Scholars Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
| 2004 | The little House Stands on the Prairie, A site-specific installation, Art Farm, NE |
| 2003 |
In-prints—Recent 2-D work by Beili Liu, Center for the Education of Women, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Fixtures, in collaboration with Kendall Babl, The Institute for the Humanities, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
| 2002 | Beili Liu: Wayfinding, Michigan Guild Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI |
| Beili Liu: Solid State, Warren Robbins Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2012 | Texas Draws II, Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, TX |
| 2011 |
Across the Divide, Crossman Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater Kaunas Biennial TEXTILE 11, National Art Museum, Kaunas, Lithuania Obsessive Worlds, Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, TX The Mona Lisa Project, Austin Museum of Art, and Grand Rapids Museum of Art |
| 2010 |
Combined, Visual Arts Center, University of Texas at Austin ArtPrize Exhibition, Urban Institute of Contemporary Art,Grand Rapids, MI Nature/Culture, Castle Gallery, New Rochelle, NY Unraveling Tradition, 516 ARTS, Albuquerque, NM Mind, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, Michigan By A Thread, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, CA |
| 2009 |
IT IS BEAUTIFUL HERE, Granary Gallery, Fiskars, Finland Fall Faculty Exhibition, Creative Research Lab, University of Texas at Austin IF/ELSE, Detroit Industrial Project,Detroit, MI A Strange Land, Creative Research Lab, Austin, TX The Storm Show, Work Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI |
| 2008 |
San Francisco International Arts Festival, San Francisco, CA 11th Annual United States of Asian America Festival, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA Ying-Inspired by Chinese art ad History, Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA Aging with Attitude, Slusser Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
| 2007 |
Crisis, Detroit Industrial Project, MI Earth World, Bu-Con, Russell Industrial Center, Detroit, MI Turning Point, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI Transparent, Granary Gallery, Onoma foundation of Finland, Fiskars, Finland in.stal.la.tion, Anton Art Center, Mount Clements, MI |
| 2006 |
12+12, Washington Street Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI Minimal and Maximum, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI Just a squirrel, trying to find a nut, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield, MI Adam and Eve, Holland Arts Council, MI, Creative Arts Center, Pontiac, MI, Riverside Arts Center, Ypsilanti, MI |
| 2005 |
Collaborators’ 2, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI The Nature of Paper, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL Plexus, 4731 Gallery, Detroit, MI |
| 2004 |
Art Harvest, Art Farm, Marquette, NE 42nd Annual Ann Arbor Film Festival installations, Historical Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor, MI |
| 2003 |
Sound, Image, Story, Media Union Art Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI MFA Thesis: Above, Below, J. P. Slusser Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
| 2002 |
A Room of Your Own, Michigan Guild Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI Works in Progress: Spiral, J. P. Slusser Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Earplay, Media Union, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Individual’s Culture, Warren Robbins Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
| 2001 |
Revisioning the Great Lakes, Media Union Art Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
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Selected Awards and Prizes
| 2011 |
Walter and Gina Ducloux Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin Distinction Award, Kaunas Biennale, TEXTILE 11, Kaunas Lithuania Austin Critics Table Award: Outstanding Artist Austin Critics Table Award: Out Standing Works of Art: Installation |
| 2010 |
3rd Prize, ArtPRIZE 2010, Grand Rapids, MI Austin Critics Table Awards— Outstanding Solo Exhibition, Bound, D Berman Gallery |
| 2009 |
Artist of the Year Award, 3D Medium, Presented by the Austin Museum of Art and Austin Visual Arts Association Artist Residency Fellowship, Fundación Valparaíso, Spain |
| 2008 |
Certificate of Honor, San Francisco Major’s award City of San Jose San Jose Commendation, presented by Kensen Chu, Council member Ronald Colins Distinguished Faculty Award, Eastern Michigan University Josephine Nevins Keal Fellowship, Eastern Michigan University |
| 2007 |
Artist Residency Fellowship, Onoma Foundation Fiskars Artist Residency, Finland Best of Show—75th Anniversary All-Media Exhibition, Detroit Artist Market |
| 2006 |
Artist Residency Fellowship, Djerassi Foundation, CA Efellows Grant Award, Eastern Michigan University Josephine Nevins Keal Fellowship, Eastern Michigan University |
| 2004 | Artist Residency Fellowship, Art Farm Artist residency, NE |
| 2002 |
Barbour Scholarship, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Elsie Choy Lee Scholarship, Center for the Education of Women, University of Michigan, MI |
| 2001 | Best of Show Awardand Fine Art Purchase Award, 54th Annual School of Art Competition, University of Tennessee, Knoxville |
| 2000 | First Prize, 2-D Exhibition Competition, Union Center, University of Tennessee, Knoxville |
Press and Reviews
| 2011 |
Step into Obsessive Worlds, Steve Junious, 09.22.11,Beaumont Enterprise, Beaumont TX |
| 2010 |
Art Now—The Regionalism of American Contemporary Art Environment, Abby Chen, ArtChina 艺术当代Magazine |
| 2009 |
Beili Liu, Top 10 Exhibitions in Shanghai 2009, Chris Moore, December, Saatchi Online Review, UK |
| 2008 |
Don’t Miss, Featured Exhibition “Lure”, June, San Francisco Chronicle |
| 2007 |
Fiskars summer exhibitions, 05.17.2007, Turun Sanomat, Finland |
| 2006 |
On Display—Liu at WCC, John Carlos Cantu, 10.08.06, Ann Arbor News |
| 2005 |
“Breadth” at U-M, Susan Selasky, 09.27.05, Detroit Free Press |
| 2004 |
A Path to Her Past, Chinese artist building a replica of her parent’s home at Art Farm, Krystal Overmyer |
| 2003 | Inventive work involve shifting physical elements, John Carlos Cantu, 11.23.03, Ann Arbor News |
| 2002 | Wayfinding through space and time, John Carlos Cantu, 11.23.03, Ann Arbor News |
Degrees
| 2003 | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor | MFA | Mixed Media |
| 2001 | University of Tennessee, Knoxville | BA, Magna Cum Laude | Graphic Design |
| 1994 | Shenzhen University, China | Assoc. BA | Chinese Literature and Communication |