Siyan Liu 刘思言
Siyan Liu (b. 1999) holds a BA in Photography from the University of the Arts London (UAL) and an MA in Photography from the Royal College of Art (RCA), graduating in 2024. As an emerging artist and freelance photographer, she currently lives and works between London and China.Her work focuses on the growth and struggles of individuals within society, using photography and moving images to explore the intersections between reality and virtuality, subjectivity and objectivity, personal experience and social structures.
The core themes of her work include spiral growth, the abandonment of ruins and the transformation of time, individual fragility under pressure, the oppression of the information age, and power imbalances in intimate relationships. Through her practice, she examines the dynamic relationship between individuals and the world, questioning how one situates themselves within historical, cultural, and social frameworks.
In her artistic approach, she expands the boundaries of traditional photography by incorporating installation, experimental moving images, and immersive experiences.
刘思言，生于 1999 年，伦敦艺术大学（UAL）摄影学士毕业，2024年毕业于皇家艺术学院（RCA）摄影硕士。作为一名青年艺术家与自由摄影师，她目前生活于伦敦和中国。
她关注个体在社会中的成长与挣扎，并以摄影和影像为媒介，探讨现实与虚拟、主观与客观、个人经历与社会结构之间的交错关系。
她的作品以螺旋式成长、废墟中的遗忘与时代变迁、个体在压力中的脆弱性、信息社会中的压迫感、亲密关系中的权力失衡等议题为核心。
她在创作中探索人与世界之间的动态关系，思考个体如何在历史、文化与社会框架中寻找自身位置。她通过影像装置、实验影像、沉浸式体验等多种媒介，拓展传统摄影的边界。
Exhibtion
2021, 'IDEA?', 'XLY MoMA, Chengdu
2021, 'Redireting', Tree Museum, Beijing
2020, 'Post Mass Media’, Online Exhibition
2019, 'Cultural Shock’,Cookhouse Gallery, London