Sidian Liu (b. 1997, Foshan, China) is an artist, translator, yarner, and nest builder based in Brooklyn, New York. Using "housewife skills," she makes social relationships to facilitate trust and intimacy from a respectful distance, exploring pathways to further solidarity in our challenging times. Living in flux, her works often take forms in images, performance, light-weight installations, and socially-engaged projects.
刘思典（四点），艺术家、译者、织女、筑巢人。1997年生于广东佛山，现居纽约。她的生活状态常处于流动与迁徙之中，因此作品多以影像、行为、轻量装置与社会参与式项目的形式呈现。她运用“家庭主妇”的技能，常以协作和交换为方法，在保有安全距离的同时与他人建立信任与亲密关系，从中探寻更深远的联结和共济。
NEWS & RECENT EXHIBITIONS
2026/6/17, 6/22, 6/26
Social exercises
Chinatown & golden monkey trading company 金猿商社 (210 canal st, rm310, new york ny us)
lunch break friends
within outlines for a dispersed commons
Curated by Tamara Khansanova, Presented by gmtc-golden monkey trading company 金猿商社
june 17 & 26: mediated lunch sessioins
june 22: open lunch hour at gmtc (210 canal st, rm310, new york ny)
sign up form opens till june 14
Social exercises
Chinatown & golden monkey trading company 金猿商社 (210 canal st, rm310, new york ny us)
lunch break friends
within outlines for a dispersed commons
Curated by Tamara Khansanova, Presented by gmtc-golden monkey trading company 金猿商社
june 17 & 26: mediated lunch sessioins
june 22: open lunch hour at gmtc (210 canal st, rm310, new york ny)
sign up form opens till june 14
2026/4/29 – 2026/06/07
Group Exhibition
Storefront for Ideas, 127 Walker Street, New York NY, US
Mulberry Bend
照拂 reflect/brush was on view
Curated by Dylan Kim, Presented by Protocinema, hosted at ISS at Storefront for Ideas
Opening reception: Wednesday April 29, 6-8pm
照拂 reflect/brush Durational Performances: June 6 & 7, 3–5pm
127 Walker Street, New York NY
Press
Delaney Chieyen Holton, “Parasitic Practice: What Is Art Meant to Do?” Impulse Magazine, May 26, 2026.
Johnathan Odden, “7 Shows to See During Frieze New York 2026.” FRIEZE, May 12, 2026.
Group Exhibition
Storefront for Ideas, 127 Walker Street, New York NY, US
Mulberry Bend
照拂 reflect/brush was on view
Curated by Dylan Kim, Presented by Protocinema, hosted at ISS at Storefront for Ideas
Opening reception: Wednesday April 29, 6-8pm
照拂 reflect/brush Durational Performances: June 6 & 7, 3–5pm
127 Walker Street, New York NY
Press
Delaney Chieyen Holton, “Parasitic Practice: What Is Art Meant to Do?” Impulse Magazine, May 26, 2026.
Johnathan Odden, “7 Shows to See During Frieze New York 2026.” FRIEZE, May 12, 2026.
photo 1: Mulberry Bend, 2026, Protocinema at ISS Storefront for Ideas 2026, photo by Sidian Liu
photo 2-8: 照拂 reflect/brush, 2026. Mulberry Bend, 2026, Protocinema at ISS Storefront for Ideas 2026, photo by Sidian Liu
photo 9-12: 照拂 reflect/brush (durational performances), 2026. Mulberry Bend, 2026, Protocinema at ISS Storefront for Ideas 2026, photo by Yuyu (Demi) Chen.
2026/03/12 – 2026/04/05
Group Exhibition
The College of New Jersey Art Gallery, Ewing Township, NJ, US
What Images
百虎图 A Hundred Tigers was on view
Curated by Lindsey Arturo and Kaitlyn Paston
Group Exhibition
The College of New Jersey Art Gallery, Ewing Township, NJ, US
What Images
百虎图 A Hundred Tigers was on view
Curated by Lindsey Arturo and Kaitlyn Paston
Sidian Liu, 百虎图 A Hundred Tigers (Work in progress), 2026, What Images, Curated by Lindsey Arturo and Kaitlyn Paston, The College of New Jersey Art Gallery, 2026.
2026/02/12 – 2026/03/01
Group Exhibition
Project Space at MA Curatorial Practice, School of Visual Arts, 132 West 21st St, 10th Floor, New York, NY, US
Séance for the Undergraound
Crystal Bubble Palace, she turned into bubbles bound for eternity, and Company Map were on view
Curated by Samuel Kim
Group Exhibition
Project Space at MA Curatorial Practice, School of Visual Arts, 132 West 21st St, 10th Floor, New York, NY, US
Séance for the Undergraound
Crystal Bubble Palace, she turned into bubbles bound for eternity, and Company Map were on view
Curated by Samuel Kim
Install shots containing Sidian Liu’s Company Map and Crystal Bubble Palace at Séance for the Underground, 2026, curated by Samuel Kim, School of Visual Arts. Photographed by Sidian Liu