Fotografiska

Ziyan

Ziyan, exhibition manager at Fotografiska Shanghai, lives and works locally. She has an academic background in mass communication and curatorial studies, with many years of experience in photography and image-based exhibitions. Her work focuses on the curation and production of contemporary photography, including exhibition-making, artist collaboration, and project coordination, with a particular interest in photography as a contemporary visual language across cultures. Instagram

Pixy Liao: women do have balls … inside.

Pixy Liao, photographer, born in 1979 in Shanghai, China. She currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. Liao received her MFA in photography from the University of Memphis in 2008. Her work is often witty and humorous. She uses her photographs, video and installation to call into question stereotypical contemporary concepts such as the nature of “ the couple,” “the artist,” and the “female experience.” Liao is a recipient of several awards, such as the NYFA Fellowship in Photography, Santo Foundation Individual Artist Awards, and the Madame Figaro Women Photographers Award, etc.