Zongyao Liu

Zongyao Liu was born and raised in China and currently lives and works in London and Beijing. She graduated from BA Print (2017) at the Central Academy of Fine Arts and is currently completing her MA Print (2022) at the Royal College of Art. 

Her work explores the limitations and inherent biases of viewing systems by appropriating and reprocessing ubiquitous images. Make the viewer think about how to re-examine everything we take for granted.

I have shown keen interest in “seeing”. How do we look at a painting as an image and how do we look at a painting as an object? in my works, I often use the means of appropriation to discuss the concept of painting in art history， image representation, and communication, and how to judge paintings in particular, through the electronic platform. I hope that my works can enable the audience to reflect on how media images based on digital media shape our perception of this world and ourselves.

At the same time, I also try to experiment with forms, materials, and colors. With the concept of "color" and repeatability as the core, I explore and reflect on the possibility of material media itself.