Liu Yang

I am a curious woman, a mother, married to an established photographer.
I began my experimental photography practice in 2017, inspired by my husband, who created a life-size maternity photogram of me. That experience sparked my fascination with the mysterious camera-less photographic process, and I immediately fell in love with it.
Before that, my career had nothing to do with art, and I had never received any formal art education. Instead of learning how to make a perfect darkroom print, I became fascinated with all the ways I could disrupt, transform, and even “ruin” one. Through experimentation, mistakes, and accidents, I discovered an entirely new way of making images.
People often ask me, “Is this really a photograph?” or “How did you make it?” Those questions have led to many funny conversations—and I have plenty of stories to share.

Harbin Institute of Technology, China

2026-2027, Peoria City Hall, Mayor’s suite. Illinois.
Jan.-March, 2026 Moumouth College, IL USA.
Jan.2nd-31st 2026, Portfolio26+As I see It, Peoria Art Guild
Oct.1st-Nov.15th 2025, Hope Portal, Terrain Exhibitions
Aug.2025 Banners and Boxes Beautification Program, Peoria downtown
Mar.19th -May 10th ,2025 NIU Art Museum. “Window to the Subconscious”
Feb.2025-2026, “Music 01” at Peoria City Hall, Mayor’s suite. Illinois.
March 8th .2025, Peoria Woman’s Club, Illinois
Jan.~Mar.2025, Palm Beach Art Design Showroom, Florida
Oct.2024 Project 1612 residency
Sept.1st-30th, 2024 Hot CIAO X. Studios on Sheridan. Peoria. Peoria IL USA
Jul 14th~Aug.26th. 2023 Solo show “From Dreams to Cosmos”. Palm Beach Art Design Showroom, Florida USA
May 1st to May 26th 2023 PAG group show. Peoria IL USA
March 3rd -April 15th 2023 Hot CIAO X. Studios on Sheridan. Peoria. Peoria IL USA
Sept.1st -30th , 2022, Solo show “Another Planet”, Peoria Art Guild. Peoria IL USA
Dec. ,2021-March, 2022, Neither-Nor, SEE+ Gallery, Beijing & Shenzhen, China
Dec.2021, Dream Inception works published on China Photography Magazine.
Mar.2021 Aggregation, National Large Format Photography Exhibition, Ying Photo Gallery, Beijing, China.
Dec. 2020, “Gentle Particles- A hundr...