CRYSTAL LIU

EDUCATION

2005   San Francisco Art Institute, MFA in New Genres

2003  Ontario College of Art & Design, A.O.C.A.D. with Honors majoring in photography

GALLERY REPRESENTATION

Katzman Kamen Gallery, Toronto, Canada, (previously named Leo Kamen Gallery)

Hosfelt Gallery, New York and San Francisco, USA

Collectors Contemporary, Singapore, Singapore

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011 Don’t Let Me Down, Katzman Kamen Gallery, Toronto

what sparkles…, Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco

2010   give us our dream: part two, Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto

2009   give us our dream: part one, Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco

Crystal Liu, Collectors Contemporary, Singapore

2008  100 stories, Hosfelt Gallery, New York

2007   Black Storm, Come, Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto

Before I Ever Dreamed You, Hosfelt Gallery, New York

2006  Remember When We Used To Dream, Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco

In The Dead Of Winter, Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto

2005   You’re Invited, Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco

2004   Up In The Air, Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011 Time Flies, Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco

2009   The Coldest Winter I Ever Spent Was A Summer in San Francisco,

Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco

Tomorrow, Steven Wolf Fine Arts, San Francisco

2008  And the Dish Ran Away With the Spoon, Collectors Contemporary, Singapore

40^th Anniversary Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Museum, North Carolina

Vocabularies of Metaphor: More Stories, Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco

Summer Reading, Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco

100 stories, Hosfelt Gallery, New York

2007   Nostalgia, Chinese Culture Center, San Francisco

Pattern vs. Decoration, Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco

Drawings: Visions, Surfaces and Beyond, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara

2006  Inaugural Show, Hosfelt Gallery, New York

Book, Hosfelt Gallery, New York

2005   M Theory, Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco

The Enchanted Forest, Musee of New Langton Arts, San Francisco

RGB, TransAmerica Center, San Francisco

Landscape Project, Gallery 44, Toronto

San Francisco Art Institute MFA Show, Fort Mason, San Francisco

In League with Forces of Evil, Kino Lab, Ujazdowskie Castle, Poland

Fog Food, De Young Musuem Satellite Space, San Francisco

Free Form Festival, Touring Film Festival, USA

Death By Tea light Part II, Artist Television Access, San Francisco

Sketch Works, Swell Gallery, San Francisco

2004   My House Is Dead, The Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco

You Are Here, The Drake Hotel, Toronto

Art Books, Walter and McBean Gallery, San Francisco

Third Street Hard Knox Fat Famous Dog Patch Show, Swell Gallery, San Francisco

VENDART: Site Specific, The Drake Hotel, Toronto

2003  Group Show, Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto

Debut, Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto

KYU, Prefix Gallery, Toronto

Ontario College of Art & Design Annual Student Exhibition, OCAD, Toronto

Surface In Depth, The Tolmie Gallery, Toronto

Go West, SOF Art House, Toronto

Phantom Head, Virus Arts, Toronto

2002   Industrial Strength Project, Site Specific, Toronto

Codes Of Etiquette, Atrium Gallery, Café, Toronto

REVIEWS and PUBLICATIONS

2011 Scope, (www.scope-mag.com), Summer 2011, p. 28.

2010 Dault, Gary Michael, Eerie photographs play like drawings, The Globe and Mail,

Feb/2010, p.R15.

2009   EnRoute, March 2009, p. 104-106

            Evangelista, Kristen, Crystal Liu: “Give Us Our Dream: Part One” at Hosfelt Gallery,

Art Ltd., Nov/Dec 2009, p. 24

2008  Ryan, Christine, 14 Bay Area Artists We Love Right Now-And Where to See Them,

7x7 San Francisco, November 2008, p.120-122

2007   Ayers, Robert, Naomie Kremer and Crystal Liu, Artnews, March 2007,

p. 145

O-Neil-Butler, Lauren, Critics’ Pick: Crystal Liu, Artforum (online), January 18 2007

            Palm, Kristin, Crystal Liu at Hosfelt Gallery, Artweek, March 2007, p. 12

2005   Kurtz, Katie, Critic’s Choice: You’re Invited, San Francisco Bay Guardian,

September 28-October 4, p. 77

2004   Hirschmann, Thomas, Crystal Clear, Now Magazine, January 22- 28, 2004

2003  Hirschmann, Thomas, Shooters Aim, Now Magazine, April 24- 30, 2003, p. 69

2002   Barns Exhibit, Now Magazine, October 2-8, p. 69

COLLECTIONS

            Fidelity Investments

            Progressive

            San Francisco Museum Of Modern Art

            Torys

SCHOLARSHIPS & AWARDS

2003  Sir Edmund Walker Scholarship

            Ontario College of Art & Design Medal for photography

            Nora E. Vaughan Award

            Dr. Eugene A Poggetto Award

            OPSEU Award

2002   Photography Faculty Award

2001   Jack Hemmy Memorial Award

            Martin Kastner Memorial Award