Liu Shuwei 刘树伟

Liu Shuwei lives and works in Shanghai.

 

He confronts the fears and transformations in life through image making, while always seeking to forge altered spatiotemporal encounters.

 

His solo exhibitions include “Vanishing Act” (Maison Ming in Hong Kong, 2025), “Tides, yes, breathing” (Photo Saint Germain in Paris, 2024) and “Blue Trilogy” (Vu Photo in Quebec City, 2017). He has participated in institutional group shows: the Power Station of Art, the Shanghai Rockbund Art Museum, the PHmuseum, and the Jimei × Arles International Photo Festival. He has been selected as a finalist for the Three Shadows Photography Award and the Lensculture Portrait Award, and in 2019 he was named one of the “Ones to Watch” by the British Journal of Photography. Liu has participated in residency programs such as the Vermont Studio Center and the Aranya Art Center. His works have been featured in the New York Times, i-D, Leap, and Artforum, among other publications.

 

Education 

2009  Bachelor of Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, China

 

Solo Exhibitions

2025  Vanishing Act, Maison Ming, Hong Kong

2024  Tides, yes, breathing, Photo Saint Germain, Paris, France

2017  Blue Trilogy, Vu Photo, Québec city, Canada

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2025  Soft Crash, Eaton, Hong Kong

2025  Closer, Jenxuan Gallery, Shanghai, China

2022  No Sample, Radius Gallery, Xi'an, China

2022  No Sample, G-Lake Art Center, Fuzhou, China

2021  F-CARE, International Media Port, Shanghai, China

2021  Sleeper In Metropolis, Siilk Gallery, Athens, Greece

2020  Clairvoyant Proverb, Huawei Flagship Store, Shanghai, China

2019  Embracing Complexity and Uncertainty, PHmuseum

2018  PhotoVogue Festival, Milan, Italy

2018  5th Biennale Of Fine Art & Documentary Photography, Space Nau Bostik, Barcelona, Spain

2018  Vintage Photography Festival, Bydgoszcz, Poland

2018  Yá Văe, Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai, China

2018  A nous la mode, Chengdu Museum, Chengdu, China

2018  A nous la mode, Three Shadows Photography Art Center, Xiamen, China

2018  A nous la mode, Bailian Space, Shanghai, China

2018  A nous la mode, Temple Gallery, Beijing, China

2017  Here We Live, The State Hermitage Museum, Saint-Petersburg, Russia

2017  Artefiera Bologna, Bologna, Italy

2016  Jimei × Arles Photo Festival, Xiamen, China

2016  The Amoy Meat Factory, Emerging Curator Project, Power Station of Art, Shanghai, China

2016  Action! Imaged Bodies, LEAP Pavilion, Photofairs Shanghai, China

2016  Night, The Center For Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO, The States

2016  Three Shadows Photography Award Exhibition, Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Beijing, China

2015  Organic Iconography, Go East Project & Auto Studio, Beijing, China

2015  The Possibility of An Island, Xiamen, China

2015  Barcelona International Photography Awards, Galeria Valid Foto BCN, Barcelona, Spain

2013  Renaissance, Chalk House Gallery, London, UK

2013  No More Mono, LDDC, Beijing, China

2012  Worbz Photo Exhibition by Yellow Pimento, Brussels, Belgium

 

Artist in Residence

2022  PhotoVogue & Voice residency

2020  Aranya Art Center

2017  Vermont Studio Center

2016  Red Gate Residency

 

Awards & Grants

2019  British Journal of Photography, "Ones to Watch" talents, finalist

2018  Photovogue Festival, Finalist

2017  Vermont Studio Center Fellowship

2016  PDN The Look Fine Art "First Place" Award

2016  LensCulture Portrait Awards, Finalist

2016  Red Gate Residency Emerging Chinese Artist Award

2016  Three Shadows Photography Awards, Finalist

2015  Barcelona International Photography Awards:BIPA 2015, Finalist

 

Artist Talks

2024  The Aura of Photography, Opensee, Shanghai, China

2023  Horst P. Horst & Surrealism in Contemporary Perspective, RE:Charge, Shanghai, China

2021  F-CARE: Is Fashion Photography Sustainable?, International Media Port, Shanghai, China,

2018  A nous la mode, Temple Gallery, Beijing ,China

2016  Visible Darkness, Three Shadows Photography Art Center, Xiamen, China

2015  A Blue Trance, Undefine, Shanghai, China

2015  Indigo & The Color Blue, C-Platform, Xiamen, China

 

Press & Media

2024  Numero, Modern Weekly

2023  LEAP Magazine

2022  i-D, Same Paper, Jia Za Zhi, Modern Weekly, Elle Men China

2021  Marie Claire China, T magazine China, Exit Magazine, Jia Za Zhi

2020  i-D UK, The New York Times, LensCulture, Jia Za Zhi, T magazine China, Vogue China

2019  Indie, It’s Nice That, British Journal of Photography, Vogue China

2018  British Journal of Photography, Photography of China, Vogue Italia, i-D UK, Telegraph UK, Dazed UK

2017  Art World, Gup Magazine, Kaltblut, Vogue Italia, LensCulture, Dreck Magazine, Elsewhere Magazine, I-D aunz

2016 ARTFORUM, Chinese Photography, LEAP Magazine, PDN, Genda Magazine, FotoRoom, LensCulture

2015  Der Greif, Feature Shoot

2013  Oh Comely Magazine, Selvedge Magazine

2012  Wombat, Cover Magazine, Worbz, Pupa Magazine

2011  Jia Za Zhi,City Pictorial,  Phase Magazine

2010  City Pictorial, Marie Claire

2009  No.Music Magazine, City Pictorial