Jen Liu

b. 1976, Smithtown , New York
Education:
2001 California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California: MFA Fine Arts and Integrated Media.
1998 Oberlin College, Oberlin Ohio: BA Creative Writing, BA Studio Art with High Honors.

One and Two Person Exhibitions:
2008 solo exhibition, Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2007 New Dawn Fades, Lizabeth Oliveria, Los Angeles, CA
2007 DM.0086, Salem, MA: A Local Map of Broken Glass, (Jen Liu and Barb Choit), The Division Musuem of Ceramics and Glassware, New York, NY
2007 An Innocent Revolution , Peeler Art Center, Depauw University, Greencastle, IN
2005 The Last Four Seasons, Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2005 Ready To Die! Lizabeth Oliveria, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Friends Electric!: Jen Liu, Andrea Thal, Binz39 Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland
2005 Videos van Jen Liu, Melkweg Media, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2004 Jen Liu, Folkert de Jong, Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2001 Jen Liu, Katrin Jurati, Freezing Cold Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2001 Par Avion, performance in collaboration with DJ Orange, The Knitting Factory, Los Angeles, CA
2001 World Domination Project, California Institute for the Arts, Valencia, CA

Group Exhibitions:
2008- The Violet Hour , 3-person exhibition w/ Matthew Day Jackson & David Maljkovic, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
2008-New Collections III, Centre Pasquart, Kunsthaus Centre d'Art, Biel, Switzerland
2007- In The Fullness of Time: The Luggage Store 20 Year Anniversary Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
2007- THE PRESENT ORDER IS THE DISORDER OF THE FUTURE, De Hallen Museum, Haarlem, Netherland
2007- Mind Hacking II, Wewerka Pavillon, Münster, Germany
2007-The Spectral Image of the Self, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
007 Paper Bombs, Jack Hanley Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (curated by Bart Exposito)
2007 M*A*S*H, The Helena, New York, NY (curated by Omar Lopez-Chahoud and Amy Smith-Stewart
2007 Seven Samurai, Galerie Lucy Mackintosh, Lausanne, Switzerland
2006 Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool, UK
2006 Trial Balloons, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, Spain
2 006 Upstate, curated by Amy Smith-Steward, Mary Boone, New York, NY
2006 Peekskill Project, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY
2006 Jen Liu + Bjørn Melhus + Clare Rojas, Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006 Things We Saw in Holland, Kravets/Wehby, New York, NY
2005 Carlos Aires / Jen Liu / Melvin Moti / Elodie Pong, Galleria Laurin, Zurich, Switzerland,
2005 Explosive Compulsive, Reed Anderson, Adrianne Colburn & Jen Liu, Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005 Fast Forward: A Passion for the New, House of Campari, Venice, CA (in affiliation with MOCA, curated by Scenic)
2005 Videonale 10, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany
2005 Open Video Call, Artists Space, New York, NY
2004 100 Artists See God Institute of Contemporary Art, London, November 19, 2004 - January 9, 2005. Traveling exhibition through Independent Curators International. Jewish Museum, San Francisco; Laguna Beach Art Museum, California; and Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY; tours through 2006.
2004 LA Freewaves: Contraband, Stowaway Lounge, Los Angeles, CA
2004 Biennale Bonn: New York State of Mind, Bonn, Germany
2004 86, De Ateliers, Amsterdam
2004 Through the Gates: Brown vs. Board of Education, California African American Museum, Los Angeles,CA
2004 Futureways: The Middelburg Triennial 2304, curated by Rita McBride, Glen Rubsamen, and Rutger Wolfson, de Vleeshal, Middelburg, The Netherlands
2004 Homies, DianePruess Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Nueva 2003 Tokyo, Laforet Museum Harajuku, Tokyo
2003 Filmstock, Luton, England, June 10 – 15,2003. Traveled to Oulu International Film Festival, Finland
2003 Foliage, 2952 North Beachwood, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Super-Assembly, 111 N. 3rd Street, Brooklyn, NY
2003 An Interest in Life, curated by John Baldessari and Meg Cranston, Apex Art, New York, NY
2002 Selected Works on Paper, 4-F Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2002 LA Freewaves: All You Can Eat, C-Level, Los Angeles, CA
2002 Sometimes It’s Dark, Practice Space, Los Angeles, CA
2002 Readings, C-Level, Los Angeles, CA
2001 Cyberfem Spirit: The Spirit of Data, Edith-Russ Haus fur Medienkunst, Oldenburg, Germany
2001 The Takeover, (performance) Void, New York, NY
2001 AugustArt, Rawspace, New York, NY
2001 Have a Cool Summer, Keep in Touch, Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2001 Ars Moralis, Galerie fur Gegenwartskunst, Bremen, Germany
2001 World Domination Project: MFA Thesis Exhibition, California Institute for the Arts, Valencia, CA
2000 Integr8.net: An Exhibition of Online Works, virtual exhibition
Selected Bibliography:
"Focus Los Angeles: Jen Liu," Flash Art, January/Februrary 2006, p. 72.
"Explosive Compulstive at the Luggage Store, "Kenneth Baker, San Francisco Chronicle, January 7, 2006 ."Focus Los Angeles: A Survey of Contemporary Los Angeles Art," Flash Art, January/Februrary 2006,
p. 72.
Baker, Kenneth. “Who are these people showing so much, and why do they feel the need to be seen?”
San Francisco Chronicle, January 7, 2006, illus.
“Explosive ‘Compulsive’.” Hiya Swanhuyser, San Francisco Weekly, December 8, 2005, illus.
“20 Bright Young Things: Jen Liu.” ArtReview, December 2005, illus.
"Jen Liu at Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery," Christopher Miles, Artforum, September 2005, p. 312.
“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”).
Knight, Christopher. “A Harsh Yet Enchanting World,” Los Angeles Times, May 6, 2005.
“A Powerful Atmosphere for New Ideas,” Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, February 9, 2004.
“Toekomst werpt licht op heden,” Provinciale Zeewuse Courant, The Netherlands, January 30,2004.
“Highlight: 100 Artists See God,” Contemporary Magazine, Issue 57, December 2003, p 24-25,illus.
Reindl, Uta Maria. “Cyberfem Spirit – Spirit of Data,” Kunstforum International, December 2001, p 326 -327.
Dogramaci, Burcu. “Frauen, bits und bytes,” Suddeautsche Zeitung, Nr. 295, December 22/23, 2001.
Gardill, Von Ingrid. “Frauen und die Kunst im Netz,” Nordwest-Zeitung, Decmber 12, 2001.
Wile, Antje-Carola Wilke, “Was ist Cyberfem?” Diabolo, December 2001.
Catalogues:
Friends Electric! Binz39 Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland, 2005.
100 Artists See God, Independent Curators International (ICI), New York, 2004, p 14, illus.
Futureways, Printed Matter, Inc., and Whitney Museum of American Art, 2003, p 64, illus.
Cyberfem Spirit: Spirit of Data. Helen von Oldenburg and Rosanne Altstatt (eds.), Edith-Russ-Haus fur Medienkunst, Oldenburg, pp 30-33, illus.
Residencies:

2007- ISCP Residency Program, New York, NY- forthcoming
2006 Experiments in Pop, Sommerakademie, Zentreum Paul Klee, Bern Switzerland
2006 Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany
2005 Grizedale Arts, Cumbria, England
2003 – 2005 De Ateliers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands2004