LIAO   XIAOZHOU

Liao Xiaozhou was born in 1995 in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, he graduated from the Central Academy of Drama, majoring in Stage Design, and is currently studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Düsseldorf, Germany, under the tutelage of the renowned German contemporary sculptor Alexandra Bircken. In 2024, Liao received Art Matters 11 Honourable Mention by Köln Biesenbach Gallerie. In 2022, he respectively received The Winner of the tender for the new artistic interior design by Oval Office im Schauspielhaus Bochum and Emerging Artist of the Year & Best Creative Award by Beijing UCCA Lab x Perrier.

With a background of growing up in a theatre troupe, Liao has never defined himself as a typical artist, but always combines the everyday and the political with a textual deconstruction of the theatrical. In his theatre-inspired works, he combines the everyday and the political in a textual deconstruction, and is keen to express his understanding of contemporary space and neo-liberalism through a variety of media.

Recent Exhibitions: Outpost, Gene Gallery, Shanghai, CN, 2024; Art Matters 11, Biesenbach Galerie, Köln, DE, 2024; SPONTRONIC, Klub 300 Neun, Köln, DE, 2024; fresh position, BBK Kunstforum Düsseldorf, DE, 2024; Cabian, Magma Maria, Offenbach am Main, DE, 2024; Parallel Exhibition of Chengdu Biennale-“Community of the future:The Same Frequency and Resonance”, AC Lab, Chengdu, CN, 2023; in the Air, SPURS Galerie, Beijing, CN, 2023; To the Light: Nature Life Cycle, Emerging Artist Program, UCCA Lab, Beijing, CN, 2022; Shifting Perspective, Japanese Palace Dresden, DE, 2020;