Yifan Liu - Artist
About
Yifan Liu was born in China and currently lives and works in Kjipuktuk/Halifax. She obtained her BA with a major in cinematography at LAFA (Luxun Academy of Fine Arts) in 2016, and she is an MFA candidate at NSCAD.
Education
2020 – 2023
NSCAD University, MFA in Expanded Media
Halifax, NS, CA
2012 – 2016
LAFA, Luxun Academy of Fine Arts, BA in Cinematography
Shenyang, Liaoning, PRC
Solo Exhibition
A Whisper In Cipher, Anna Leonowen Gallery, Halifax, CA
Group Exhibition
2022.12
Untitled, Projection mapping
Strata, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, CA
https://theanna.nscad.ca/exhibitions/mfa-group-exhibition-strata
https://www.instagram.com/p/ClWIxpNrIx5/
2022.07-11
Between Folds test#1,
Crossing Time Zones, Online(CN,AU,CA)
http://www.sinocanarts.org/?p=16195
2021.12
Between Folds Vol.1
&/&/&, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, CA
https://www.instagram.com/p/CYofHS-OKf3/
2020.12
110000, Video, 7' 53"
Unpunctuated, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, CA
https://nscad.ca/nscad-student-exhibition-unpunctuated/
https://nscadmfa.tumblr.com/tagged/mfa%20group%20show
2016.07
"20Hz", Documentary, 40' 06”
"Visual·Contemporary", Shenyang, PRC
(online info missing)
Curatorial & Volunteer Experiences
2022
Curation committee, promo & Graphic design
“Strata”, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, CA
2021
Studio Gallery Opening, installing & promotion
2021
Studio gallery BFC Art Fair, installing & marketing
2016
Volunteer, ShadowPlay: FULL_SCREEN, TANGO, Beijing, PRC
2015
Volunteer, Xin Ke Du (New Measurement) and Qian Wei Kang, OCAT, Shenzhen, PRC
2015
Volunteer, Documenta of MaEr Mountain Art Project, Shenyang, PRC
Academic & Research Projects
2022
Learning for Governance, Dalhousie, Halifax, CA
External collaboration with Dalhousie - video project
WKSP@CyberLoveHotel - Cyanotype, Montreal, CA
Host & instructor
Margaret Perry: A Life in Film, NSArchive, Halifax, CA
Research assistant - Video gallery of Margaret Perry’s Journal
A Women With A Movie Camera, NSArchive, Halifax, CA
Research assistant - Video archive analysis, pre-process, and taking notes/marks
Difficult history database, Halifax, CA
Research assistant - documentary
NSCAD Alumni Film Fest. trailer, NSCAD, Halifax, CA
Production of Trailer
Sculpting Cinema (Studio course in Media Art, code: FILM 3458), NSCAD, Halifax, CA
Teaching Assistant
Art of Re-crafting Failure (Art History course, code: AHIS 3117), NSCAD, Halifax, CA
Teaching Assistant
2021
Expended Media Toolbox (Studio course in Media Art, code: MDIA 2701), NSCAD, Halifax, CA
Teaching Assistant
WKSP@PHOT 3210: WORKSHOP - BEYOND THE FRAME - Cyanotype, NSCAD, Halifax, CA
Host
2020
Film 3 (Studio course in Film, code: FILM 4000), NSCAD, Halifax, CA
Teaching Assistant