Illustration
Keyi Liu is a Multimedia artist, Curator and Illustrator. She holds a BFA Honors degree in fine arts from the School of Visual Arts in New York. She is taking a Design for Performance & Interaction MArch degree at University College London. Keyi’s practice spans interactive installation, 3D animation, illustration, etc. Her works focus on creating creatures, and fantasy worlds and depicting the relationship between social development and people’s inner states through complex narratives.
EXPERIENCES
(Present - Oct 2024) Curator
THINK-1 Gallery - Shanghai, China
(July 2024 - Sep 2024) Curator Assistant
SongZhuang Art Center - Beijing, China
(Jun 2024 - Jun 2021) Visual Designer (Part-time)
Armstrong International Corporate Identity Co, Ltd
Client: VALORANT / United Nations
Education
2022-2023 MArch Design for Performance & Interaction, Bartlett, University College London, London
2017-2021 BFA Illustration, School of Visual Arts, New York
Intern
Awards
2024 Doordom Art Prize Vol III, Finalist2022 Communication Arts Award, Shortlist
2021 Young Blood Award, Nomination
2021 Jack Endewelt Memorial Award
Interviews2024
Publications
2024
Special Special Studio 4N Magazine, Issue2Artist talk Magazine, Issue31
Goddessarts Magazine, Issue14
AI-Tiba9 Contemporary Art Magazine, Issue15
Artwork Gallery Contemporary Art Magazine, Issue6
2023
“Who Owns the Truth”, Publication of ARS ELECTRONICA Festival for Arts
2021
Visual Opinion Magazine Volume27, Issue4
Exhibitions
2024
11 “The Poem of Future” Exhibition, Think-1 Gallery, Shanghai
11 “Voice2024” Exhibition, CICA Museum, Korean
09 “The Art of the Future”, SongZhuang Art Museum, Beijing
07 “Drifting Vision”, The eARTH Gallery, London
06 “Infinity” Exhibition, Florence Contemporary Gallery
05 Art Prize Vol III “STRUCTURES”, Doordom Gallery
05 “Existing in Shadowland”, Artsect Gallery, London
03 “Heterotopias | Of Other Places”, Sojourner Gallery，New York
03 Future Stars, The Holy Art Gallery, London & Greece
01 The Dark Side, Boomer Gallery, London
2023
12 Bartlett Fifteen Show, The Bartlett School of Architecture, London
08 ARS ELECTRONICA Festival for Arts, Technology & Society, Linz
06 London Festival of Architecture, Here East London, London
06 Lighthouse Art Festival, Brick Lane, London
2022
12 The Bartlett Fifteen show, University College London, London
01 “Material Utopia” Natural Art Exhibition, Reptile Gallery, Beijing
2021
07 Yes! Art Festival, Times Art Museum, Beijing
05 Bejoint Illustration Carnival, Sanshang Art Gallery, Hangzbou
05 Alumni Society Online Show, SVA Image Gallery, New York
04 Human Tribe Exhibition, SVA Gallery, New York
2020
10 Creatures, Beasts, Myths Exhibition, Vacant Museum
08 Bejoint Illustration Carnival, The Mixc, Shenzhen
05 Man-made Monster Thesis Show, SVA Gallery, New York
Film Festival2024 Lift-Off First-Time Filmmaker Sessions, OFFICIAL SELECTION