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Born 2000 Foshan, China
Currently based in New York City
Liang He is a research-based interdisciplinary artist who studies systems associated with the construction of identities and the assertion of control, in the framework of critical play theory. He creates sculptures and installations situated in game-like settings to present the stages of negotiation inside oneself, and among individuals, institutions, technology, and nature. He appropriates the method that games used to codify social relationships into rules of play, by playing the string of rules and thereby reshuffling these dynamics in the art.
He received his BFA degree in studio art from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago(SAIC) in 2022, where he was awarded Presidential Merit Scholarship. Moving to New York City right after graduation, he attended the SVA summer residency and is currently a resident at Kunstraum LLC. He has exhibited internationally in New York City, Chicago, San Francisco, Guangzhou, and Pingyao.
EDUCATION
2022 BFA Studio Art, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Residency
2023 Artist-in-Residence, Kunstraum LLC, New York City, NY
2022 Summer Recidency, School of Visual Art, New York City, NY
AWARDS
2021-2018 Presidential Merit Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2018 First-Year Scholars Program, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
EXHIBITIONS
2023 Yonder Crush, Satchel Projects, New York City, NY
2022 Hot Box, SVA Flatiron Gallery, New York City, NY
2022 Senior Undergraduate Exhibition, SAIC Galleries, Chicago, IL
2021 Don't Mind The Thing, Wedge Project, Chicago, IL
2021 RE-CONNECT, Key Elements, Online
2021 Two Sets of Eyes Looking Only At Each Other, 2479 30th avenue, San Francisco, CA
2021 New Work 2021, SAIC Galleries, Chicago, IL
2021 Making It, SAIC Wellness Center Gallery, Chicago, IL
2021 Olfactory Art Show, Aroma Workshop, Chicago, IL
2021 The Functions of Art, Us Gallery Contemporary, Online
2019 ArtBash, SITE Gallery, Chicago, IL
2019 Lost×Spatial Habitats, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2017 17th China Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao, Shanxi, China
2016 边界·维度ACG（广州）国际青年艺术家作品展, Arte Place, Guangzhou Opera House, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China