Wenying Liu
Photographer /Art Collector
The artist's name is Wenying Liu; she was born and raised in the middle part of China. Now she is living both in Beijing and Bay Area.
She has been double-educated in China and unites states. She has built such strong artists' aesthetics and creativity in this circumstance.
We can tell by her work, as we use photography language, compositionally, she applied Blank space in her series, a traditional Chinese painting aesthetic characteristic that gives a sense of balance, rhythm, and connotation. However, on the other hand, A bold attempt at monochrome and dramatic cinematic lighting approaches enormously helped her conceptually and visually show her ideas.
In 2012, she left where she grew up and started her new chapter in the United States. Nothing has come too easy for her culturally. She studied English and business. After a year of seeking, all her effort did not fulfill her. So, she decided to drop off the business class to get into the photography course. Since then, she has finally been down to earth and stepped into the art world.
For ten years now, she still active in the Art field. However, she said that she felt the journey was just about to start with her mental and physical changes.
Exhibitions/ Magazine
05/2015 Look Gallery at the Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA, USA
05/2016 Spring Show at the Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA, USA
12/2016 Look Gallery at the Academy of Art University San Francisco, CA, USA
06/2017 Edge of Frame Gallery,San Francisco, CA, USA
04/2018 APA LA’s 2018 Off the Clock Photography,Los Angeles, CA, USA
04/2018 PH21 Contemporary Photography Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
04/2018 Peoria Art Guild Gallery, Illinois, USA
04/2018 2nd ONYX 2018 International Exhibition of photography,Romania
04/2018 Portraiture Exhibition at the Specto Art Space Gallery , Virginia, USA
04/2018 Features “Woman Crush Wednesday” on Musee Magazine
04/2018 Nominee in 4th edition of Fine Art Photography Awards, London
05/2018 The Fine Art of Photography /2018 Eighth Annual Photography Exhibition ,Massachusetts, USA
06/2018 Solo show at the Academy of Art University
San Francisco, CA, USA
06/2018 PX3 2018 Photography Competition, Award Honorable Mention, Paris
10/2018 International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention
10/2018 Group Show in SOMARTS in San Francisco, USA
11/2018 311 Gallery Black and White Juried Show, NC, USA
11/2018 Features on “One Image” in Taiwan
12/2018 Group show in Plymouth Guild Gallery, MA, USA
12/2018 “In and Out ”_ Honorable Mention for Street Photography 2018
12/2018 ND Awards for Professional Winners, Into Art-A Photographic Deconstruction ,2018
12/2018 “Surreal” Group Show in Edge of Frame Gallery
04/2019 Nominee in 5th edition of Fine Art Photography Awards, Conceptual, London
08/2019. International photography Exhibition, Dali, China
12/2020. International Color Photography Award, Honorable Mention
12/2021 The Independent Photography, Open Call Award
03/2022 Features on "The Lookbook magazine
"5th Edition
04/2022 The Center for Fine Art Photography Exhibition, CO, USA
04/2022 Features on "LensCulture "competition Gallery
10/2022 Winner “color” section on Life Framer
10/2022 The 9th Jinan International Photography Biennial, China
03/2023 Feature on Life Framer"Animal Kingdom "
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MEMBERS
EXPERIENCE
SKILLS
Education
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Art Span
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PDN Photo Serve Gallery
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SF-APA
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Lens Culture
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Sienna International Award
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Friend of City Arts & Lectures
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Portrait Society of America
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“80-Year-Old Artist critique group” in Atherton, CA
2014-present Documentary project “Left-Behind Senior
2015-present Portrait photography project about “Into Art”, USA
2018- 2019 As a photographer working at BLINK.inc in Marin County, CA
2018-02.24 As a second photographer shooting Chinese New Year Parade for Wells Fargo Bank,CA
2018-03.17 As an assistant for Milt Reeder for Portrait Shooting in CA, USA
2018-08 As a photographer for movie “Time Crisis”, USA
2018-11 As a Photographer for movie “Imposter”, USA
2018-2019 As a Photographer working for Mark Leet Photography Company in San Francisco, CA
Photography: Film and Digital, 35mm, 4x5, medium format, Canon, Hasselblad
Mixed Media: photo transfer on different material, wax, gel skin, painting on photos
Alternative and Historical processes: pinhole, mural printing, cyanotype, gum printing, wet plate
Adobe Photoshop and Light Room Post Production Software: Retouching, Compositing
2014-2017 MFA Photography, Academy of Art University,
San Francisco, USA
2013-2014 MBA in UCSN, Los Angles, USA
2008-2010 BFA Music Education, China