“Creating art about intimacy is my way of questioning the cultural norms that I grew up with. It's a personal journey that challenges me to push past my own fears and insecurities, while trying to find meaning and understanding behind the motivations revolving around the concept of "Love".”
Liana Yang is rarely motivated by direct beauty but drawn to the aesthetics of social interactions and oddities we encounter in our daily experiences. Inspired by the enigmatic and unseen aspects of relationships, her works explore personal memories and collective associations in contemporary culture.
By combining photography, video, sound, and found objects, Liana Yang’s practice entails her fascination with collecting personal stories and experiences. These are interpreted into mixed media artworks. The personal narratives are presented against the backdrop of contemporary culture; the works are carefully considered and presented with the intention for promoting public discourse in understanding the complexities of interpersonal relationships in relation to societal norms and pressures. She is interested in the intersections that shape human relationships with the online and physical environment.
By combining photography, video, sound, and found objects, Liana Yang’s practice entails her fascination with collecting personal stories and experiences. These are interpreted into mixed media artworks. The personal narratives are presented against the backdrop of contemporary culture; the works are carefully considered and presented with the intention for promoting public discourse in understanding the complexities of interpersonal relationships in relation to societal norms and pressures. She is interested in the intersections that shape human relationships with the online and physical environment.
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Object Lessons Space
Singapore Art Book Fair
Noorderlicht Photofestival
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For more details about OTHER works, collaboration opportunities and random discussions, please contact or email me at:liana.photo@gmail.com________
Object Lessons Space
Singapore Art Book Fair
Noorderlicht Photofestival
social:
︎ kittystar69
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For more details about OTHER works, collaboration opportunities and random discussions, please contact or email me at:liana.photo@gmail.com________
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All rights reserved. Except to view on a single computer, the information on it must not be copied (electronically or otherwise), downloaded, networked, transmitted or reproduced without the written permission of Liana Yang.
Prohibited is the preparation of any derivative work, including the extraction, in whole or part, of any image, not even from the internet.
All images © Liana Yang
education
2018
Master of Arts (Fine Arts), LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore
solo exhibitions
2020 Speak Softly. Speak Low. , The Print Room at DECK, Singapore
2015
'The Two of Them', DECK artist-in-residency (A.i.R.) program, DECK, Singapore
2013
'The Innocence Project', Chan Hampe Galleries, Singapore
'Sad Sad...', Re(Claim) Singapore!, Chan Hampe Galleries, Singapore
2008
'Wanderings', Seng Kang Library, Singapore
group exhibitions
2023For the House; Against the House: Desire is Dead - Singapore Art Week (SAW2023), “Sweetly, Sweetly”, OH! OpenHouse, Tanglin Shopping Centre, Singapore
Singapore Shorts ’23, “I love you more than words can say”, Asian Film Archive, Oldham Theatre, Singapore
2022
Can Everybody See My Screen?, “A Souvenir”, Singapore Art Museum (SAM), Singapore
Waiting For Your Txt Back: Trials & Tribulations of an arts freelancer, Collaborative physical exhibition, dblspce, Singapore and online panel discussion & art showcase - https://bit.ly/waiting4yourtxt
Workshopables, “I love you more than words can say“, Supernormal.space, Singapore
HAWKER! HAWKER!, “I Miss You More Than Words Can Say”, Singapore Art Week 2022 (SAW2022), Lau Pa Sat, Singapore
2021
The Orchid; The Wasp - Singapore Art Week 2021 , "Smile Till The Tears Run into Your Eyes", Gillman Barracks, Singapore
2020
Stay-Home Sessions: How Deep Is Your Love , Online series of panel discussions & art showcase
Streets of Hope, National Arts Council , “What My Pussy Loves”, Public art along Esplanade Drive, Singapore
2019
EATEN: A Capsule Museum of Possible Past Beings , Art After Dark @ Gillman Barracks
"In the Comfort of Strangers" and "Dear FWB…", Blk 9 Gillman Barracks, Singapore
OH! Open House / Singapore Calendar: Labour Day Zines Quest - (Collaboration with Robin Chua)
OH! Open House / Everything Counts in Large Amounts (Collaboration with Robin Chua), 735 Havelock Road, Singapore
2018
I.D. – The Body’s Still Warm, "The 12 Apostles", 42 Cambridge Road, #07-07, Singapore
The Lasalle Show Exhibition 2018, "The 12 Apostles", Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore – LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore
bitrot – MA in Fine Arts Graduation Exhibition 2018, "There Was Something To Believe In", Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore – LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore
2017
Ecologies – Matters of Coexistence (Transcultural Collaboration with ZHdK, Switzerland)
'Museum of Loneliness', Academy of Visual Arts - HK Baptist University, Hong Kong
clap trap – MA in Fine Arts Work-in-Progress Exhibition
'Zhui Yue(Chasing the Moon)', Praxis Space, LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore
Hou Gao Yeah! 3.0 (Transcultural Collaboration with ZHdK, Switzerland)
'HK Loneliness', XXX Gallery, Hong Kong
OH! Open House /Holland Village artwalk
'Dear FWB…', HDB unit at Blk 11 Holland Drive,Singapore
Pet Me Pet Me Look at Me Love Me, 'In the Comfort of Strangers', 'With Someone Like You', 'Forever Is a Long Time', Gallery 1, The Arts House, Singapore
Postcolonial Photo Studio: Chobi Mela IX – International Festival of Photography Bangladesh, 'May It Be. With Purpose & Desire', Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Bangladesh
2016
'Sad Sad...', 'Roslyn', 'Brother Johnny' & 'Sep 1949', Repurposing Nostalgia, 42 Petain Road, Singapore
2015
'May It Be. With Purpose & Desire', Making Oneself, Nooderlicht Photofestival, Groingen, The Netherlands
2014
'What My Pussy Loves', AfterImage: Contemporary Photography in Southeast Asia, Singapore Art Museum @8Q, Singapore
'Untitled(seas)' and Sad Sad..., an Eminent Takeover, Eminent Plaza, Singapore
'Untitled(seas)', Wo-men Women, Artspace 222, Singapore
2013
'What My Pussy Loves', Princesses, New Space (Nowe Miejsce), Warsaw, Poland
'What My Pussy Loves', Zoological, 2902 Gallery, Singapore
2012
O/pen Pics Photographic Competition’s winners showcase, Regione Piemonte stand, Turin, Italy
Photography Open Salon Arles 2012, Galerie Huit Arles, France
2011
'Untitled (seas)', Paradise Lost 2011: New photo-documentary works, 2902 Gallery, Singapore
2010
'Needs', Frank Breuer Workshop Exhibition, Singapore International Photography Festival’s fringe exhibitions, Singapore
2009
'Duality', Paradise Lost: New photo-documentary works, 2902 Gallery, Singapore
'Wanderings', The Photographers’ Stories, National Library, Singapore
2008
'Strange Chemistry', Shooting Home 2007 Reunion Show, The Arts House & Singapore International Photography Festival’s fringe exhibitions, Singapore
2007
Objectifs Shooting Home 2007 Workshop and Exhibition, Objectifs: Centre for Photography & Film Making, Singapore
photobook exhibitions
2014
THEBOOKSHOW, Singapore International Photography Festival 2014 and School of Art, Design & Media (NTU), DECK, Singapore
F Book Show, Tokyo Institute of Photography & The Photobook Show, 72 Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Photobook Show, Vasli Souza Gallery & The Photobook Show collaboration, Malmo, Sweden
2013
Voies Off & Singapore International Photography Festival collaboration, ESPACE BOOKSTORE, Arles, France
2012
The Photobook Show D, The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland
The Photobook Show C, Create Studio, Brighton, UK
awards
2012
O/pen Pics Photographic Competition, Turin, Italy
self-publications
2022
Waiting For Your Txt Back: Trials & tribulations of an arts freelancer
- edition of 50
2019
Everything Counts in Large Amounts (Special compilation)
- edition of 100 unique
2013
The Innocence Project - edition of 300
2012
The Epiphany of States – edition of 200
What My Pussy Loves – edition of 100