NEWS & RECENT EXHIBITIONS 


2024/12/19–2025/03/09
The HEARST Center for the Arts, Cedar Falls, IA, US


Sidian Liu: The Conch Girl Project


Solo show at HEARST

Virtual artist talk on February 4, 2025, on-site at HEARST, with refreshments by the Bing Ladies, who will recreate recipes within The Conch Girl Project. 

Sidian Liu, Sidian Liu: The Conch Girl Project, The Hearst Center for Fine Arts, Cedar Falls, IA, US, December 19, 2024–March 9, 2025. Photographed by Jackson Skiles

2024/12/08
Living Skin, 61 Wyckoff Ave, Brooklyn, NY


I will carry you


Carrier bags crochet workshop
Part of Living Skin Conference 2024 “Ambivalent Eternal”
All levels welcome! 
Free admission with 15 slots, RSVP here

I will carry you is a crochet workshop, in which Sidian Liu will teach participants basic crochet techniques to make carrier bags for vulnerable experience in their lives. The carrier bags are understood loosely here––it doesn’t have to be a traditional bag, but a soft crafted textile that can hold and support you at where you need the most. It can be either functional or conceptual. Thinking of Ursula K. Le Guin’s “The Carrier Bag Theory”, this workshop is aimed at inspiring participants to contemplate the care-structure that we can make in everyday life.


2024/11/21


Cooking for Connection in NYC


Interview in FUSED magazine, Travel Editions Issue 1




2024/07/27–09/07
Tutu Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, US


Bandaed Moments


Group show at Tutu Gallery
At Home with My Family, and The Conch Girl’s Cookbook, Issue One are on view 

Curated by Xiaojing Zhu
Presented by Tutu Gallery
press release


2024/08/10
61 Wyckoff Ave, Brooklyn, NY, US


Tapas Banquet 


Sidian Liu presented interactive experiences involving food for Tapas’ closing event.

Living Skin presents Tapas, a series of week-long mini-shows unraveled week by week from June 22 to August 9, ramping up towards an all-day closing event on August 10. The final plate of Tapas will feature remnants of all mini-show and interpretations of each from 3 culinary artists in an an all-day, unique-to-each-person consumption experience. 6 plates, 6 artists, 3 chefs, 1 final meal.