Bio & Headshots
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For introductions (please adapt as needed):
Ani Liu is an internationally exhibiting research-based artist working at the intersection of art & science. Ani’s work examines the reciprocal relationships between science, technology and their influence on culture and identity. Reoccurring themes in the work include gender politics, biopolitics, labor, reproduction, simulation and sexuality. Ani has exhibited internationally, at the Venice Biennale, Ars Electronica, the Queens Museum Biennial, Kunstmuseum Basel, MIT Museum, Mana Contemporary, Harvard University, and Shenzhen Design Society. Ani’s work has been featured in The New York Times, Art in America, National Geographic, VICE, Mashable, Gizmodo, Hyperallergic, TED, PBS, FOX and WIRED. Ani has a B.A. from Dartmouth College, a Masters of Architecture from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, and a Master of Science from MIT Media Lab.
50 words:
Ani Liu is an internationally exhibiting research-based artist working at the intersection of art & science. Ani’s work examines the reciprocal relationships between science, technology and their influence on human subjectivity, culture, and identity. Reoccurring themes in the work include gender politics, biopolitics, labor, reproduction, simulation and sexuality.
100 words:
Ani Liu is an internationally exhibiting research-based artist working at the intersection of art & science. Ani’s work examines gender politics, labor, reproduction, simulation and sexuality. Integrating emerging technologies with cultural reflection and social change, Ani’s most recent work examines the biopolitics of care work and motherhood. Ani's work has been exhibited internationally, at the Venice Biennale, Ars Electronica, Kunstmuseum, the Queens Museum, MIT Museum. Ani’s work has been featured in The New York Times, Art in America, National Geographic, VICE, Mashable, Gizmodo, TED, PBS, the Brooklyn Rail, Hyperallergic and WIRED. She is currently an Associate Professor of Practice at the University of Pennsylvania.
Full Bio (257 words)
Ani Liu is an internationally exhibiting research-based artist working at the intersection of art & science.
Ani’s work examines the reciprocal relationships between science, technology and their influence on human subjectivity, culture, and identity. Reoccurring themes in the work include gender politics, biopolitics, labor, reproduction, simulation and sexuality.
Ani's work has been exhibited internationally, at the Venice Biennale (Architecture Biennale 2021), Ars Electronica, the Queens Museum Biennial, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Asian Art Museum, MIT Museum, MIT Media Lab, Mana Contemporary, Harvard University, and Shenzhen Design Society. Ani’s work has been featured in the New York Times, Art in America, National Geographic, VICE, Mashable, Gizmodo, Hyperallergic, TED, PBS, FOX and WIRED.
Ani is the winner of numerous awards including the Princeton Arts Fellowship (2019-2021), the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Fellowship (2020), the Virginia Groot Foundation Fellowship (2020), the S&R Washington Prize (2018), the YouFab Global Creative Awards (1st place, 2018), the Biological Art & Design Award (2017). Ani has a B.A. from Dartmouth College, a Masters of Architecture from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, and a Master of Science from MIT Media Lab.
Ani is passionate about integrating multidisciplinary approaches to art making, and is currently an Associate Professor of Practice at the University of Pennsylvania. Ani has previously taught at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, Princeton University, Columbia University, and is on critique panels at Harvard, Dartmouth, MIT, University of Pennsylvania, NYU, UNC Charlotte, Pratt, Parsons.
Ani continually seeks to discover the unexpected, through playful experimentation, intuition, and speculative storytelling. Ani’s studio is based in New York City.
Headshots:
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Image courtesy of the artist.
Image credit: Justin J. Wee. Note that if this is for a publication, photography rights must be requested from Justin’s management company.
Image credit: Justin J. Wee. Note that if this is for a publication, photography rights must be requested from Justin’s management company.
Image credit: Justin J. Wee. Note that if this is for a publication, photography rights must be requested from Justin’s management company.
Image courtesy of the artist.
Image courtesy of the artist / VOGUE India.
Image courtesy of D Peterschmidt / Science Friday.