About




photo by Riwen Zhang



Liao Jiaming (b.1992, Guangdong) obtained his BA in Journalism from Sun Yat-sen University in 2016, and his MFA in Creative Media from City University of Hong Kong in 2019. He now lives and works in Hong Kong.

He explores the narratives and power dynamics embedded in images through diverse media, including photography, video, installation, and performance. His work often delves into the gap between reconstructed realities and the reality, examining themes of gender, the body, and identity. In recent years, his interests and practices have expanded to include the phenomenological use of technology—such as artificial intelligence—in the narratives of queer and non-human experience.

廖家明1992年出生於中國廣東。2016年,他從中山大學畢業并取得新聞學文學學士學位;2019年,他從香港城市大學畢業并取得創意媒體藝術碩士學位。他現時在香港工作及生活。

他透過攝影、錄像、裝置和行為等不同媒介,探索影像中的敘事和權力結構。他的作品常建基於重建現實與現實之間的裂縫,檢視性別、身體和身份等主題。近年來,他嘗試以酷兒和非人類視角,呈現和反思諸如人工智能等科技的現象學運用。







Education


2016 - 2019
M.F.A. in Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

2018
“Transcultural Collaboration” Graduate Semester Programme, Zurich University of the Arts, Zurich, Switzerland

2011 - 2016
B.A. in Journalism, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China


Selected Solo Exhibitions


2024
Melting Suns on the Screen”, DE SARTHE, Hong Kong

2023
The Arcana Intelligent”, Co-presented by Videotage & Hart Haus, H Queen’s, Hong Kong

2021
Till Love Do Us Part”, Curated by Yang Jiang, RNH Space, Hong Kong
Too Good to Be True” (Hong Kong International Photo Festival), Green Space, JCCAC, Hong Kong


Selected Group Exhibitions & Performances


2024  
How To Be Happy Together?”, Curated by Xiang Zairong, Para Site, Hong Kong
Writing as Method”, Presented by Artist Collective “Writing as Method”, HART Haus, Hong Kong
Attire de Courage”, Curated by Richard Bakeš & Romana Drdová, Berlínskej Model, Prague, Czech
Ungenerating AI”, Curated by Shirley Au, Mooroom, Hong Kong
Gender Revealed”, Curated by Ka Ying Wong, 480.0 Gender & Art Space, Hong Kong

2023
(In)directions: Queerness in Chinese Contemporary Photography”, Curated by Phil Zheng Cai & Douglas Ray, Eli Klein Gallery, New York, USA
Foundation: A Web3 Media Art Festival”, Presented by Videotage (Curated by Angel Leung & Lisa Park SoYoung), Distant.Gallery, online

2022
Myth Makers - Spectrosynthesis III”, Co-presented by Sunpride Foundation (Curated by Inti Guerrero & Chantal Wong), Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong
Beyond Strengths: A Retrospective Exhibition of Gay Games, 1982-2022”, Curated by Liao Jiaming & Jeff Li, Goethe-Institut Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Per.Platform #3: Fluidity and Impermanence”, Curated by Florence Lam & Juliana Chan, Tomorrow Maybe, Hong Kong
Turn Beauty into Strength”, Curated by Coexist Exhibition, Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium, Taipei, Taiwan
Close,”,  Curated by Jeremy Ip, Wure Area, Hong Kong

2021
Light”, Presented by WMA, Seen Fifteen Gallery, London, UK
Unknown: Hong Kong Human Rights Art Prize 2021”, Goethe-Institut Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Featherly Fingers, Candy Claws”, Curated by Chan Ka Kiu, Les’Play, Hong Kong

2019
HK Foreword 19”, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong
Microcosm || Magnitism: SCM MFA Show 2019”, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre, Hong Kong

2018
Spoken/Unspoken”, Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong
Spoken/Unspoken”, Ming Contemporary Art Museum (McaM), Shanghai, China
Unravel: SCM MFA Student Show 2018”, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre, Hong Kong
Lingering Liminality: the Realm of Process, Experimentation and the In-between”, Floating Projects, Hong Kong



Selected Screenings


2023
Both Sides Now 8: Queer Realities/Virtualities”, esea contemporary, Manchester, UK
Both Sides Now 8: Queer Realities/Virtualities”, Kino, Eaton Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Both Sides Now 8: Queer Realities/Virtualities”, Fabrica Gallery, Brighton, UK
Both Sides Now 8: Queer Realities/Virtualities”, The Horse Hospital, London, UK

2019   
“Relentless Melt No. 15: Hong Kong Abstractions”, Ponrep, Prague, Czech
“Relentless Melt No. 14: Hong Kong Abstract Animation Selection”, Zhong Shan 73, Taichung, Taiwan
Animex 2019, University of Teesside, Middlesbrough, UK
Art Machines: International Symposium on Computational Media Art (ISCMA), Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre, Hong Kong

2018
Relentless Melt No. 9: Audio Visions”, Clockenflap 2018, Hong Kong
Relentless Melt No. 8: Hong Kong in Motion”, Supernova Festival, Denver, Colorado, USA
Relentless Melt No. 5: Hong Kong Rhythms”, FH St. Pölten ICM/T – Institute of CreativeMedia/Technologies, Sankt Pölten, Austria
“Splice Festival 2018”, Rich Mix London, London, UK

2017
Relentless Melt No.1: Hong Kong Music Abstractions”, Floating Projects, Hong Kong



Awards/Grants


2024
Emerging Artist Development Grant, Hong Kong Arts Development Council, Hong Kong

2021
Finalist, Hong Kong Human Rights Art Prize, Hong Kong

2019
Finalist, WMA Masters, WMA, Hong Kong


Artist Residency/Comission


2024
DE SARTHE Artist Residency (deSAR) x Liao Jiaming”, DE SARTHE, Hong Kong

2022
Foundation”, Videotage, Hong Kong/Online



Sharings/Talks


2024
Artist Liao Jiaming on tarot card reading, exploring the relationship between A.I. and humanity, and the complexity of fingers.”, The Last Supper(Podcast)

2022
Sexuality, Queer Culture and Art Making”, Art Central, Hong Kong 

2020
PS Paid Studio Visits: Liao Jiaming”, Para Site, Hong Kong


Selected Press

 
2024 Cybernetic Divinity: Interview with Liao Jiaming, Art Asia Pacific, Online
           Liao Jiaming on beauty standards and art, #Legend, Print/Online
           專訪廖家明 • 個展《光天化日》, Panda Chow Studio, Online
           Review: Melting Suns on the Screen, Artomity 藝源, Print/Online
           廖家明:姿態與崇拜, ARTCO 典藏.今藝術, Print
           AI「逆生成」藝作 從「語言餵飼」窺探權力, Ming Pao 明報, Print/Online
2023 Up and Coming: Liao Jiaming, City Magazine 號外, Print
           Queering Photography from the SinoSphere: (In)Directions at Eli Klein, White Hot Magazine, Online 
           (In)directions: Queerness in Chinese Contemporary Photography, Musee Magazine, Online 
           Exploring Queerness in Chinese Contemporary Photography at Eli Klein Gallery, WE AND THE COLOR, Online
           The Difficulties of Creating Queer Mythologies, Art Review, Online
2022  Review: Reality Overdose, Artomity 藝源, Print/Online
2021   Folio: Liao Jiaming, Artomity 藝源, Print
2020  專訪攝影師廖家明:沒有真相只有創作, Ming Pao Weekly 明報週刊, Print/Online


Collection


Artists’ Book Library, Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong
Queer Reads Library, Hong Kong
The White Rabbit Collection, Australia
Private Collection



CV (download)

(Last update: Dec 2024)
 

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