Bio: Born in Guangzhou, China, moved to Canada when I was 15 years old. I am a non-binary lesbian digital and conceptual artist. Graduated from Emily Carr University of Art + Design, majored in Visual Arts (BFA). Primarily practicing Digital & Video Art, Photography, Text, Sculpture, and Graphic design. My style is surrealist with playfulness and humour, using my subconscious, emotions, and personal experiences as the sources of inspiration. I use both original and found images, videos, and objects for manipulation and juxtaposition to create visual aesthetics and meanings. I often wrote poetry and text when strong feelings emerged, and took photographs as a record of everyday dreams.
Contact
Yan Liang
They/Them
yanliangstudio@gmail.com
www.instagram.com/cloudinhiseyes/
Education
2024 - Currenly
Royal College of Art, London, United Kingdom. Mater of Arts, Digital Direction
2022 - 2023
British Columbia Institute of Technology, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Associate Certificate, Graphic Design
2019 - 2022
Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Bachelor of Fine Arts, Visual Arts
2018 - 2019
Grant MacEwan University, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Fine Arts
Selected Exhibition
2021 - 2022 Video art screening “The Collection of Thoughts”. Grunt Gallery, Mount Pleasant Community Art Screen, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
2020 Screening self-directed experimental short film titled “Sandwiches”. The Polygon Gallery, North Vancouver, BC, Canada. “Third Realm Filmmaking Workshop”, presented by The Cinematheque and The Polygon Gallery.
2020 “Her Story”, Virtual reality exhibition, present by CRN (Chinese Rainbow Network) and BroadAR. Website: https://her-story.glitch.me/
2020 Galleria TRART, Rome, Italy. “Art Virus”, Virtual reality exhibition, Website: www.artvrpro.com/exhibition/14293/detail?from=groupmessage&isappinstalled=0
2020 Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, United States. “Chase the Light 2020”, Virtual Pop-up Exhibition, Website: www.pcnwchasethelight.org/
2018 The Gray Gallery, “Tiny Art”, Grant MacEwan University, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Experience
2021 Research script development assistant, Art Apprenticeship Network (Shumka Centre) with renowned visual and media artist Paul Wong. Assisted sound installation project: Be Like Sound at Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Garden, Vancouver, BC
Volunteer
2018 The John & Maggie Mitchell Art Gallery, Grant MacEwan University, Edmonton, AB
Awards/Grants
2021 Brissenden Scholarship
2018 Aaron Michael Memorial Scholarship
Collections
2021 Art print, “Composition Monday II”, Private Collection, Vancouver, BC
2021 Art print, “Untitled (Olive)”, Private Collection, Montreal, Quebec
2021 Art print, “Untitled (Orange)”, Private Collection, Montreal, Quebec
2020 Art print, “I Had a Dream Last Night”, Private Collection, Vancouver, BC
2020 Digital photo print, “Composition III” Private Collection, Seattle, WA, United States
2019 Poetry book, “Dopamine”, Private Collection, Vancouver, BC
2018 Analog cigarette boxes collage, “Untitled”, Private Collection, Edmonton, AB
Publication
Online Feature – Sensual to Visceral, Queer Art and Artists Worth Exploring in 2019, by Andy Carr, August 2019. Website: instinctmagazine.com/sensual-to-visceral-queer-art-and-artists-worth-exploring-in-2019/
Collaboration
2020 I Would Tell You The Unhidden Truth, Director/Photographer, 25 instructional photographs collaborated with models: Lien, Iisa Pappi, and 8 strangers
2019 All About Us Is Noise, 3.11 Minutes, Experimental analog film, Director/Cinematographer, collaborated with performance artist: Yumeng Cai
2019 Dream, 9:00 Minutes, Director/Editor/Landscape cinematographer/Poet, Poetic Experimental Documentary collaborated with Nanxi Feng
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