Jiayu Liu is a media artist based in London and Beijing, known for her immersive and evocative media instal- lations. She holds an MA from the Royal College of Art (2014), focusing on the creative practice and research of media art. She has exhibited at prestigious institu- tions such as the Victoria & Albert Museum, Saatchi Gallery, He Xiangning Art Museum, K11 Art Centre, and many others. Her work has been featured on CCTV-9, ITN N2K, The Art Newspaper, Dezeen, VICE, CLOT, Arduino, Designboom, and Fubiz. She was shortlisted for the Lumen Prize and Aesthetica Art Prize in 2017 and 2018 and has participated in major art festivals and bien- nales, including the 59th Venice Biennale, Manchester Art Festival, London Design Festival, Chengdu Biennale, and Guangzhou Triennale. Jiayu has collaborated with globally recognized brands such as Audemars Piguet, BVLGARI, Burberry, and Lotus. She has also worked on public art commissions for organizations like WWF, Greenpeace, and Invisible Dust UK.
JIAYU LIU’S WORK REIMAGINES THE NATURAL WORLD, EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN HUMANS, NATURE, AND THE ENVIRONMENT. BY MERGING MEDIA, MATERIALS, AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, HER IMMERSIVE INSTALLATIONS BLUR THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN REAL AND VIRTUAL, PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL. USING LIVE DATA STREAMS, SHE CREATES INTERACTIVE COMMUNICATION NODES THAT INVITE EMOTIONAL ENGAGEMENT, ALLOWING EACH PIECE TO EVOLVE THROUGH VIEWER PARTICIPATION. ROOTED IN EASTERN POETICS AND PHILOSOPHY, JIAYU HAS RECENTLY INTEGRATED AI AS A CREATIVE TOOL TO EXPLORE THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN HUMANS, COMPUTER VISION, AND NATURE. HER AI-DRIVEN ARTISTIC TOOL, JIAYU SEEKS TO REIGNITE THE AURA OF ART IN THE TECHNOLOGICAL ERA, CONSTANTLY RESHAPING ITS ESSENCE.