BIOGRAPHY
Statement
- Artist
Liang's practice focuses on social issues through a cross-disciplinary approach that blends performance, sculpture, interactive and active installations, video, photography, painting, and more.
Through her work, Liang focuses on gender issues and the perpetuation of gender-based violence, as these matters have increasingly worried the artist and urged her to become aware and active in the feminist battleground by extending and exploring in her artistic research the topics of sex education and domestic violence. Liang believes contemporary art mirrors society's queries: what can we do to make tomorrow a better day? How to show to people and make them aware of the problems affecting our collective experiences.
- Researcher
Lisha Liang is a Ph.D. student in Arts, History, Society at the University of Bologna in Italy. Her research focuses on Interactive narrative, Gender studies, Digital media, Art sociology, and Feminist film. Her research direction is to reflect social phenomena and address social issues. She can speak Chinese, English, and Italian.
Background and Training
11.2023 -
Ph.D in Arts, History, Society at University of Bologna
10.2019 - 07.2022
New expressive languages - painting at the Florence Academy of Fine Arts
11.2018 - 8.2019
Italian language at the Dante Alighieri ltalian School in Florence
9.2017 - 2.2018
Semester study of arts abroad study at the Florence Academy of Fine Arts, the University of Florence, Polimoda Fashion School
9.2013 - 6.2017
Fine Arts at Zhejiang Sci-Tech University
Work Experience
3.2022 - 3.2023
Curator in Contemporary Matters, Multicultural and Intersectional Art (M.I.A) Association
3.2018 - 8.2018
Assistant curator in Taizhou Museum of Contemporary Art, Zhejiang China
Curatorial Experiences
30.09.2022 - 09.10.2022
Escape: l'inatteso. Mostra personale di Hu Huiming. A cura di Lisha Liang
27.11.2022 - 27.12.2022
"Mitologie Digitali" una mostra internazionale in Cina e Italia, assistente curatrice.
Artistic Experiences
2023.10 Selected for book "222 Artisti emergenti su cui investire 2024" which published by Exibart Edition
2023.06 Interviewed with Exibart Prize
2023.06 Shortlisted and entered the final ranking for Exibart Prize 2022/23
2023.03 Arte Laguna Prize 17th Edizione 22.23, Venice Italy
2022.10 III Rea Art Fair, Fabbrica del vapore, Milan Italy
2022.06 Shortlisted and entered the final ranking for Exibart Prize 2021
2021.11 Video work selected for Premio Cinematografico Spazio Giovani, Florence Italy
2021.11 Video work selected for Retro Avant Garde Film Festival New York City, New York, United States
2021.10 Exhibition "Idem/Altri", Silk Festival, Prato Italy
2021.06 "Marcello in Presenza" Collective exhibition curated by Estuario project space, Prato Italy
2021.01 Laboratory "Fare arte contemporanea" curated by Estuario project space, Prato Italy
2020.09 Second Prize in the CCVR 2020 Physics Engine Modeling Creative Group of the "Jidong Cup" 2022 China Virtual Reality Competition
2019.09 The first exhibition on artistic dialogue, Suzhou China
2019.08 Eighthwonder 2019 ‘(a)muse’ summer exhibition, Bath UK
2019.06 "Le immagini dei gesti, i gesti delle immagini", interactive installation on the identity of memory at the Villa Medici in Seravezza, Seravezza Italy
2019.05 Exhibition "Light of Youth", Great Wall Festival, Tianjin China
2019.05 Contemporary Art Exhibition "Destiny of Nature in Nature", Jiaxing China
2019.04 "Le immagini dei gesti, i gesti delle immagini" Workshop of Studio Azzurro Leonardo Sangiorgi, Seravezza Italy
2018.12 Excellence Award and Creativity Award in the "2018 Great Art Times" National Original Illustration Design Competition, Tianjin China
2018.10 Chinese art education exhibition, Shandong China
2018.09 Exhibition "Wuweibuzhi" 2018 Shangshang International Small and Micro Works Exhibition, Beijing China
2018.08 The gold award in the painting category youth group of the first national youth painting and calligraphy and seal cutting instruction competition of "Xiling. Art Enjoyment Cup", Hangzhou China