Bio
Yaya Yajie Liang(b. 1995, Henan, China) has a BA Fine Art China Central Academy of Fine Arts (2018) and a MA Painting at Royal College of Art (2020). She is doing Ph.D. research at Royal College of Art. Yaya has been shortlisted for The Waverton Art Prize (2022). Recent selected exhibitions include Cob Gallery, London, UK (Solo, 2023); Gillian Jason Gallery, London, UK (2023); BLANK Gallery, Shanghai, China (2023); Simon Lee Gallery, London, UK (2022); 180 The Strand, London, UK (2022); Southwark Park Galleries, London, UK (2022); Fold Gallery, London, UK (2020); Josh Lilley’s Gallery, London, UK (2020); Unit 1 Gallery, London, UK (2020). Yaya currently lives and works in London, UK.
Education
2020- Ph.D. in School of Art and Humanity, Royal College of Art
2018-2020 MA in Painting, Royal College of Art
2014-2018 BA in Fine Art, China Central Academy of Fine Arts
Solo Exhibition
2023
Summer Palace, curated by Kat Sapera, Cob Gallery, London, UK
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
Moonlit Beings, Soka Art, Beijing, China
The Dance, Luce Gallery, Turin, Italy
Hysteria, Gillian Jason Gallery, London, UK
Sweet Spot, BLANK Gallery, Shanghai, China
2022
Taking A Broom To The Wasps’ Nest, Pictorum Gallery, London, UK
Wilderness of Being, HdM Gallery, London, UK
Distortion & Dissonance, Where’s the Frame, London, UK
Machines of Desire, Simon Lee Gallery, London, UK
Eat Drink Man Woman, 180 The Strand, London, UK
Unruly Encounters, Southwark Park Gallery, London, UK
2021
Silent and soft, it moistens everything, YuYuan, Suzhou, China
2020
50/50, Fold Gallery, London, UK
Beacon, Josh Lilley’s Gallery, London, UK
Final, not Over, Unit 1 Gallery, London, UK
RCA2020 Degree Show, online
2019
Plastic Tongue, White House, London, UK
Lay with me, Dyson Gallery, London, UK
2018
Work in Process, RCA, London, UK
BA Degree Show, CAFA Museum, Beijing, China
Award
2022
Shortlist for The Waverton Art Prize
Residency
2022
Vannucci Artist Residency, Umbria, Italy
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