Xin Liu b. 1991, Xinjiang, China

Xin Liu is an artist and engineer. She creates experiences/experiments to take measurements in our personal, social, and technological spaces in a post-metaphysical world: between gravity and homeland, sorrow and the composition of tears, gene sequencing, and astrology. Her work resides in between the measurable and ineffable, seeking tensions and reconciliations at macro- and micro-scales that are beyond our daily experiences. Her recent research and interest center around the verticality of space, extraterrestrial explorations, and cosmic metabolism: the metabolism of our planet and how it is affected by technological infrastructures in the past few decades. 

Xin graduated from MIT Media Lab with a master’s degree in Media Arts and Sciences after her M.F.A from Rhode Island School of Design and B.E from Tsinghua University in Beijing (Measurement, Control Technology, and Instrument). She is the Arts Curator in the Space Exploration Initiative in MIT Media Lab, a member of the inaugural ONX studio program founded by New Museum and Onassis NY and Silver Arts Project in the World Trade Center. She is the recipient of numerous awards and residencies, including Porches Chinese Young Artist of the Year 2021, Forbes 30 under 30 Asia, X Museum Triennial Award, the Van Lier Fellowship from Museum of Arts and Design, Sundance New Frontier Story Lab, inaugural Europe ARTificial Intelligence Lab residency with Ars Electronica, SXSW Interactive Innovation Award, Core 77 Interaction Design Award, Fast Company Innovation by Design Award, Huayu Youth Award Finalist and Creative Capital On Our Radar. She has been commissioned and included in by permanent public collections and institutions including M+ Museum (Hong Kong), Ars Electronica (Austria), Rhizome (USA), Media Art Xploration Festival (USA), Onassis Foundation (US & Europe) and Abandon Normal Devices Festival (UK). Her works are currently on view at Benton Museum of Art, CA USA; Hammer Museum, CA USA. 

Xin Liu’s works are held in prominent permanent collections around the world, including the Kadist Foundation, Paris, France and San Francisco, USA; the Onassis Foundation, Athens, Greece; Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria; M+ Museum, Hong Kong, China; X Museum, Beijing, China; Zhi Art Museum, Chengdu, China; He Art Museum, and Shunde, China.

Recently, she has won the inaugural K11 Artist Prize (2024). Liu has a forthcoming solo exhibition at Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo in the Winter of 2025 with a satellite project at Venice during the Venice Biennale 2026 curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist.