Xin Liu

China

Born in Xinjiang in 1991, artist and engineer. B.E from Tsinghua University in Beijing (Measurement, Control Technology, and Instrument), Xin graduated from MIT Media Lab with a master degree in Media Arts and Sciences after her M.F.A from Rhode Island School of Design. She is a recipient of numerous awards and residencies, including Porches Chinese Young Artist of the Year 2021, X Museum Triennial Award, Forbes 30 under 30 Asia, Europe ARTificial Intelligence Lab Residency Award. Her works were on display at M+ museum and the Power Station of Art in 2021, and published in AMC and other institutions.

In her practice, Xin creates experiences/experiments to take measurements in our personal, social and technological spaces in a post-metaphysical world: between gravity and homeland, sorrow and the composition of tear, gene sequencing and astrology. She examines the discourse-power nexus as an active practitioner, an experimenter and a performer. Her recent research and interest center around the verticality of space, extraterrestrial explorations and cosmic metabolism.