ZIXI LIU 刘子曦
b. 2000 Beijing, China
Based in London
Zixi Liu’s paintings construct spatial conditions through relationships between forms, developing a boundless field in which elements coexist, interact, and continuously transform. Tubular, biomorphic, and architectural forms operate as interconnected systems, where intrusion initiates processes of absorption and reconfiguration, altering the spatial condition itself. Surfaces remain soft, luminous, and seductive, while beneath them, organ-like forms and architectural fragments register pressure, fragility, and latent instability. Multiple tensions are sustained within the same structure.
Within this field, relationships emerge between things and organs, forming a space that is both generated by these elements and inhabited by them. The painting becomes a body—an active container in which forms behave as interdependent organs. Each work establishes a provisional home for these elements, a space shaped through their interactions and continuous negotiation, where spatial relations are staged, reorganised, and made visible.
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Education
2026 MA in Painting, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2024 BFA in Painting, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
Selected Group Exhibition
2026 Inside a home, inside a body, Hockney Gallery, London, UK
Almost Home, Mezzanine Studios, London, UK
Salon 0502, the Old Waiting Room, London, UK
2025 Chronicles of Intimacy, Pie Factory Margate Gallery, Margate, UK
Summoned by None but Oneself, Zhiwuyuan Museum, Jiangsu, China
2024 Where the Heart Longs, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, China
New Vitality, He·Art Gallery, Beijing, China
2023 Still Here, Bode Gallery, Beijing, China
2022 Not Just Water—The Dam, Firewood Box Gallery, Guangzhou, China
Contact
Email: jianjian.zixiliu@gmail.com
Instagram: @liujianniur