CRYSTAL LIU

EDUCATION

2005 San Francisco Art Institute, MFA in New Genres

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

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

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

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

2007 Nostagia, 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 Tealight 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 Collge 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, Caf`e, Toronto

COLLECTIONS

Fidelity Investments

San Francisco Museum Of Modern Art

Torys

REVIEWS

2007 Ayers, Robert, Naomie Kremer and Crystal Liu, Artnews, March 2007, p. 145

O-Neil-Butler, Lauren, Critics’ Picks : 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