Liu Jiaqiang

Joint Second Prize
Entry in Chinese

Liu Jiaqiang, an MA graduate in Art and New Media from Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, was nominated for the Zhang Xiaogang Art Scholarship in 2013. He took a special interest in social participatory art, exploring the relationship between social change and revolution in art. Recently he has been researching residential planning needs and implementation, at the same time as preparing his candidature for an Exhibition Research PhD at the China Academy of Art.

Liu has worked as an editor and as deputy director for new media for Artintern.net and Art Absolute magazine. He collaborated on The 11th Shanghai Biennale’s City Project exhibition, Grain God Narrative, assisting with planning and documentation, and helped edit the exhibited documents of the Taiwanese architect, Xie Yingjun. In 2017 he launched his own local art practice, Action in the Stagnation Zone, on the margins of the community.