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Liang He(b. 2000 in Foshan, China) reconstruct technological systems as archaeological sites to generate self-reflective experience and excavate future possibilities from historical moments. In sculpture and installation, he work with machines and computers to create speculative systems that are often inspired by his experiences as a video gamer. Born in 2000 in Foshan, He was raised on the internet, and pirated video games sold in an abandoned parking lot underneath a child playground. In his practice, he reimagine technological apparatus like a CTA bus, video game Mega Man X (1993), the 18th century Jacquard loom, a computer mouse depicted by a 1973 magazine.
CV
EDUCATION
2026 MFA Art and Technology Studies,
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, US
2022 BFA Studio Art, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, US
Residency
2024 On-Site
Residency Program, GlogauAIR, Berlin, DE
2023 Artist-in-Residence, Kunstraum LLC, New York City, US
2022 Summer Residency, School of Visual Art, New York City, US
AWARDS
2026 Graduate Dean Professional Development Award, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2026 Odyssey Travel Grant, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2023 Runner UP Prize, Evanston Biennial, Evanston,US
2022-2018 Presidential Merit Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago,US
2018 First-Year Scholars Program, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago,US
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2026 The Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, AT
2026 Ground Floor Biennial, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, US
2026 Phototaixs, OH Art Foundation, Chicago, US
2026 Graduate Exhibition Two, SAIC Galleries, Chicago, US
2025 Guest performer for Grapefruit at Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind,
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, US
2024
Open Studio, GlogauAIR, Berlin, DE
2024 The Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, AT
2023 //Sense Video Exquisite Corpse, Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago, US
2023 Memory Mirage, Kunstraum, New York City, US
2023
Evanston + Vicinity Biennial, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, US
2023 Artificial Nature Game Jam, Basecamp, Shanghai, CN
2023 A4 Art Book Fair, A4 Art Museum, Chengdu, CN
2023 Yonder Crush, Satchel Projects, New York City, US
2022 Hot Box, SVA Flatiron Gallery, New York City, US
2022 Senior Undergraduate Exhibition, SAIC Galleries, Chicago, US
2021 Don't Mind The Thing, Wedge Project, Chicago, US
2021 New Work 2021, SAIC Galleries, Chicago, US
2021 Making It, SAIC Wellness Center Gallery, Chicago, US
2019 2019 Chicago Art Book Fair, Chicago, US
2019 ArtBash, SITE Gallery, Chicago, US
2019 Lost×Spatial Habitats, Sulivan Center, Chicago, US
2017 17th China Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao, CN
LECTURE
2026 Artist Talk, AT/SP Grad Talk, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, US
2026 Artist Presentation,
Closing event “New Realities”,
Museum of Communication Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, DE
2024 Artist Talk, GlogauAIR, Berlin, DE
2024 Artist Talk, Ars Eletronica Festival, Linz, AT
2023 Artist Talk, Asian Artist Propagation, Sulivan Center, Chicago, US
2022 Artist Talk, Kunstraum, New York City, US
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