Sidian Liu (b. 1997, Foshan, China) is an artist, translator, yarner, and nest builder. 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.
She pulls from Chinese traditions, oral narratives, and personal stories to provide context to many of her projects, creating a bridge between her experiences in both Chinese and American societies. Much like a cat shedding hair to people it likes, Liu uses traces to facilitate intimacy from a distance while respecting personal boundaries.
Sidian Liu was born in 1997 in Foshan, China. She obtained her BA in English at Shanghai International Studies University in 2019, and her MFA in Photography at Parsons, The New School in 2023. She participated in the 2025 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture.
Her translation works have been published on LEAP. She has also translated for Hangzhou Triennial of Fiber Art, International Award for Art Criticism, and various art institutions, including Pro Helvetia Shanghai, Shanghai Minsheng Art Museum, Wu Space, and Aranya Art Center, etc.
She pulls from Chinese traditions, oral narratives, and personal stories to provide context to many of her projects, creating a bridge between her experiences in both Chinese and American societies. Much like a cat shedding hair to people it likes, Liu uses traces to facilitate intimacy from a distance while respecting personal boundaries.
Sidian Liu was born in 1997 in Foshan, China. She obtained her BA in English at Shanghai International Studies University in 2019, and her MFA in Photography at Parsons, The New School in 2023. She participated in the 2025 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture.
Her translation works have been published on LEAP. She has also translated for Hangzhou Triennial of Fiber Art, International Award for Art Criticism, and various art institutions, including Pro Helvetia Shanghai, Shanghai Minsheng Art Museum, Wu Space, and Aranya Art Center, etc.
刘思典（四点），艺术家、译者、织女、筑巢人。1997年生于广东佛山，2019年毕业于上海外国语大学，2023年于帕森斯设计学院获得摄影硕士，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。她从中文传统、民间故事，和跨文化生活中的个体经验里采撷灵感，回应“如何在陌生之地栖居”“如何在界限之间相爱”这样的问题。如猫以落发示好，她也以“痕迹”为媒介，在拉近与他人的距离的同时保留柔软的边界。
她于2025年参加了斯科希根绘画与雕塑学校驻留项目。思典获得的奖项包括：纯艺摄影中心2024 Denis Roussel奖学金、芝加哥当代摄影博物馆2023年Snider Prize、第九届中国摄影年度排行榜、首届中国青年摄影推广计划“鲲鹏奖”、照镜子首届女性摄影师大赛、2020半山摄影奖大奖等。她的作品已于东京、纽约、北京、上海、武汉、丽水、平遥等多地展出。
思典的翻译作品曾在《艺术界》、《青春文学》发表，她长期为国际艺术评论奖（IAAC）、上海民生美术馆、瑞士文化基金会上海办公室、阿那亚艺术中心、无空间等机构翻译。
她于2025年参加了斯科希根绘画与雕塑学校驻留项目。思典获得的奖项包括：纯艺摄影中心2024 Denis Roussel奖学金、芝加哥当代摄影博物馆2023年Snider Prize、第九届中国摄影年度排行榜、首届中国青年摄影推广计划“鲲鹏奖”、照镜子首届女性摄影师大赛、2020半山摄影奖大奖等。她的作品已于东京、纽约、北京、上海、武汉、丽水、平遥等多地展出。
思典的翻译作品曾在《艺术界》、《青春文学》发表，她长期为国际艺术评论奖（IAAC）、上海民生美术馆、瑞士文化基金会上海办公室、阿那亚艺术中心、无空间等机构翻译。