Pixy Liao
Pixy Liao is an artist born and raised in Shanghai, China who currently resides in Tokyo. She holds an MFA in Photography from the University of Memphis in 2008. Her work, although highly personal, is often witty and humorous. Liao uses her photographs, videos and installations to call into question stereotypical contemporary concepts such as the nature of “the couple,” “the artist,” and the “female experience.”
Liao is a recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship (2026) and the NYFA Fellowship in Photography, among other awards. She has also participated in artist residencies including Light Work and Pioneer Works.
Selected solo exhibitions include the Art Institute of Chicago (2025); Fotografiska, New York/Stockholm/Tallinn (2021–22); Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art (2020); and Rencontres d’Arles (2019). Her work has been presented in group exhibitions at institutions such as White Rabbit Gallery, Sydney, Fotomuseum Winterthur, and SCOPE Hannover Biennial.
Her work is held in public collections including the Art Institute of Chicago, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung.