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Jen Liu (American, 1976)
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Jen Liu
The Brethren of the Stone: Iron Man 2008
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Biography |
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1976 |
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Born in New York, USA |
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1994 - 1998 |
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BA Creative Writing, BA Studio Art High Honors, Oberlin College, Oberlin Ohio |
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1999 - 2001 |
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MFA Fine Arts and Integrated Media, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, |
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Lives in Brooklyn, New York, USA |
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Curatorial Projects |
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2008 The Others, Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, Los Angeles |
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2007 I Could Be You, co-curated with Alexandra Blattler, in collaboration with Akademie Schloss Solitude, Fluctuating Images Galerie, and The Stuttgarter Filmwinter Film Festival |
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Grants / Residencies |
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2008 Pollock-Krasner Grant |
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2007 ISCP, New York |
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2006 Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany |
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2006 Sommerakademie im Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Switzerland |
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2005 Grizedale Arts, Cumbria, England |
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2003 De Ateliers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
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Exhibitions |
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2009 |
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The Fruits of Traumata, with Olaf Brzeski, Theresa Frolich, Czarna Gallery, Warsaw, Poland |
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2009 |
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Building Paradise, 7+Fig Art Space, LA, USA |
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2009 |
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NEWAGERIOT': Temporal, spatial, emotional and spiritual dislocation..., COUNTRY CLUB, LA, USA |
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2009 |
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The Last Alphabet/Pasta Belt Health, Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (solo) |
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2008 |
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Drastic Measures, Unknown Pleasures, Ceri Hand Gallery, Liverpool, UK (solo) |
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2008 |
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Insurrection for a Million or One, Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (solo) |
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2008 |
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Agrifashionistas, Royal Academy, London |
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2008 |
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New Collections III, Centre PasquART, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland |
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2008 |
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Shifting Identities, Kunsthaus Zurich |
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2008 |
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The Violet Hour: Matthew Day Jackson, Jen Liu, and David Maljkovic, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA |
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2008 |
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The Golden Record, Collective Gallery/Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh |
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2007 |
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An Innocent Revolution, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN (solo) |
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2007 |
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New Dawn Fades, Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, Los Angeles (solo) |
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2007 |
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DM.0086: A Local Map of Broken Glass, Division Museum of Ceramics and Glassware, New York, in collaboration with Barb Choit (solo) |
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2007 |
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Dream of Today, curated by Amy Smith-Stewart, Steve Turner Contemporary, Los Angeles |
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2007 |
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An Aside, special exhibition of Zoo Art Fair 2007, London |
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2007 |
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NADA Art Fair (Upstream Gallery & Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery), Miami, FL |
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2007 |
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The Present Order is the Disorder of the Future, De Hallen Museum, curated by Xander Karstens, Haarlem, The Netherlands |
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2007 |
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Mind Hacking II, organized by Theresa Frölich and Antonia Lotz, Wewerka Pavilion, Münster, Germany, traveling |
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2007 |
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Artist Pension Trust, curated by Dan Cameron, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China |
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2007 |
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Paper Bombs, curated by Bart Exposito, Jack Hanley Gallery, Los Angeles |
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2007 |
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M*A*S*H, curated by Amy Smith-Stewart and Omar Lopez-Chahoud, The Helena, New York |
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2007 |
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The Fit/Turtle, Nueans in collaboration with Michael Shamberg, Dusseldorf, DE |
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2007 |
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The Return of the Seven Samurai, Galerie Lucy Mackintosh, Lausanne, Switzerland |
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2006 |
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Rotterdam Art Fair, solo booth (Upstream Gallery) (solo) |
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2006 |
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The Last Four Seasons, Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (solo) |
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2006 |
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Ready To Die!, Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, Los Angeles (solo) |
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2006 |
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Friends Electric!: Jen Liu, Andrea Thal, Binz39 Foundation, Zurich (solo) |
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2006 |
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Videos van Jen Liu, Melkweg Media, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (solo) |
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2006 |
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Romer II, Akademie Schloss Solitude Romerstrasse Gallery, Stuttgart, DE |
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2006 |
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Flood Lit Wendy House, New York Rio Tokyo Gallery, Berlin |
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2006 |
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NADA Artfair (Upstream Gallery and Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery), Miami, FL |
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2006 |
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View (Eleven): Upstate, curated by Amy Smith-Stewart, Mary Boone Gallery, New York |
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2006 |
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Liverpool Biennial: Virtual Grizedale, A Foundation, Liverpool, UK |
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2006 |
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Big City Lab, Art Forum Berlin |
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2006 |
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Experiments in Pop, curated by Laura Hoptman, Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Switzerland |
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2006 |
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Liste Artfair Basel (Upstream Gallery), Basel, Switzerland |
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2006 |
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Peekskill Project 2006, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY |
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2006 |
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Trial Balloons, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y Leon, Leon, Spain |
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2006 |
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Jen Liu + Bjorn Melhus + Claire Rojas, Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, Los Angeles |
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2006 |
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Things We Saw in Holland, Kravets/Wehby Gallery, New York, NY |
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2005 |
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Carlos Aires / Jen Liu / Melvin Moti / Elodie Pong, Galleria Laurin, Zurich, Switzerland |
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2005 |
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Explosive Compulsive: Reed Anderson, Adrianne Colburn & Jen Liu, Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco |
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2005 |
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NADA Artfair Miami (Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery and Upstream Gallery), Miami, FL |
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2005 |
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Liste Artfair Basel (Upstream Gallery), Basel, Switzerland |
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2005 |
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Futurism, Melkweg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
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2005 |
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Fast Forward: A Passion for the New, curated by Scenic in affiliation with MOCA LA, House of Campari, Venice, CA |
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2005 |
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Videonale 10, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany |
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2005 |
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Open Video Call, Artists Space, New York |
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2004 |
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Jen Liu, Folkert de Jong, Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam (solo) |
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2004 |
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100 Artists See God, Institute of Contemporary Art, London. Travelling exhibition through Independent Curators International. Jewish Museum, San Francisco; Laguna Beach Art Museum, California; and Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY; tours through 2006 |
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2004 |
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LA Freewaves: Karaoke Boat, Los Angeles |
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2004 |
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Biennale Bonn: New York State of Mind, Bonn, Germany |
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2004 |
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Through the Gates: Brown vs. Board of Education, California African American Museum, Los Angeles |
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2004 |
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Futureways: The Middelburg Triennial 2304, curated by Rita McBride, Glen Rubsamen, and Rutger Wolfson, de Vleeshal, Middelburg, The Netherlands |
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2004 |
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Homies, DianePruess Gallery, Los Angeles |
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2003 |
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Nueva 2003 Tokyo, Laforet Museum Harajuku, Tokyo |
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2003 |
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Filmstock, Luton, England. Travelling to Oulu International Film Festival, Finland |
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2003 |
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An Interest in Life, curated by John Baldessari and Meg Cranston, Apex Art, New York |
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2002 |
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Selected Works on Paper, 4-F Gallery, Los Angeles |
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2002 |
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LA Freewaves: All You Can Eat, C-Level, Los Angeles |
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2002 |
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Sometimes It’s Dark, Practice Space, Los Angeles |
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2001 |
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Jen Liu, Katrin Jurati, Freezing Cold Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo) |
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2001 |
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World Domination Project: MFA Thesis Exhibition, California Institute for the Arts, Valencia, CA (solo) |
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2001 |
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Cyberfem Spirit: The Spirit of Data, Edith-Russ Haus fur Medienkunst, Oldenburg, Germany |
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2001 |
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Have a Cool Summer, Keep in Touch, Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
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2001 |
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Ars Moralis, Galerie fur Gegenwartskunst, Bremen, Germany |
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Literature |
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2007 |
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“Emma Gray on Jen Liu at Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, LA”, Saatchi Online, November 10, 2007 |
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2007 |
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“Top 10 Shows in Los Angeles This Month”, Saatchi Online, November 3, 2007 |
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2007 |
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“PROP” Proud to be a V.I.P., Nueans, Dusseldorf, Germany, 2007 |
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2007 |
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Sommerakademie 2006 im Zentrum Paul Klee: Experiments in Pop, Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Switzerland |
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2006 |
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Globos Sondas, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y Leon, Leon, Spain, 2006 Art Forum Berlin: Big City Lab, 2006 |
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2006 |
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“L.A. Confidential,” Emma Baker. Artnet, May 19, 2006 http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/reviews/gray/gray5-19- 06.asp |
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2006 |
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“Review: Globos Sondas” Max Andrews. Frieze Online. 2006 |
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2006 |
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“Explosive Compulsive at the Luggage Store.” “Colin Berry. Artweek, February 2006. p13-14, illus. |
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2006 |
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“Focus Los Angeles: Jen Liu.” Flash Art, January-February 2006, p.72, illus. |
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2006 |
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“Who Are These People Showing So Much, And Why Do They Feel The Need To Be Seen?” Kenneth Baker. San Francisco Chronicle, January 7, 2006 |
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2005 |
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“Explosive ‘Compulsive’.” Hiya Swanhuyser, San Francisco Weekly, December 8, 2005, illus. |
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2005 |
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“20 Bright Young Things: Jen Liu.” ArtReview, December 2005, illus. |
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2005 |
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"Jen Liu at Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery," Christopher Miles, Artforum, September 2005, p. 312 |
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2005 |
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“Jen Liu at Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery,” Shana Nys Dambrot, Artweek, June 2005, Volume 36, Issue 5, pg. 17,(cover image: detail of “Light as Air, Light As Love: Diamonds of the Earth”) |
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2005 |
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Knight, Christopher. “A Harsh Yet Enchanting World,” Los Angeles Times, May 6, 2005 |
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2005 |
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Videonale 10 Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn Germany, 2005 |
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2005 |
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Friends Electric! Binz39 Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland, 2005 |
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2004 |
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100 Artists See God Independent Curators International (ICI), New York, 2004, p 14, illus. |
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2004 |
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A Powerful Atmosphere for New Ideas,” Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, February 9, 2004 |
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2004 |
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“Toekomst werpt licht op heden,” Provinciale Zeewuse Courant, The Netherlands, January 30, 2004 |
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2003 |
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“Highlight: 100 Artists See God,” Contemporary Magazine, Issue 57, December 2003, p 24-25, illus. |
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2003 |
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Futureways. Printed Matter, Inc., and Whitney Museum of American Art, 2003, p 64, illus. |
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2003 |
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Cyberfem Spirit: Spirit of Data. Helen von Oldenburg and Rosanne Altstatt (eds.), Edith-Russ-Haus fur Medienkunst, Oldenburg, pp 30-33, illus. |
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2001 |
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Reindl, Uta Maria “Cyberfem Spirit – Spirit of Data,” Kunstforum International, December 2001, p 326-327 |
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2001 |
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Dogramaci, Burcu “Frauen, bits und bytes,” Suddeautsche Zeitung, Nr. 295, December 22/23, 2001 |
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2001 |
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Gardill, Von Ingrid “Frauen und die Kunst im Netz,” Nordwest-Zeitung, Decmber 12, 2001 |
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