Born in Guizhou, China, 1995
Lives and works in Beijing
Chongyan Liu, born in Guizhou, China, is a visual artist and filmmaker. She began her formal training in painting at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing (2013-2017), after which she continued her studies at the Beaux-Arts de Paris, obtaining a Diplôme National Supérieur d’Arts Plastiques in 2022. In 2024, she completed a residency at Le Fresnoy - Studio National des Arts Contemporains, where she expanded her practice in visual arts with a focus on multimedia and audiovisual experimentation.
Chongyan’s work spans moving images, installation, sculpture, and painting. Her upcoming feature documentary, "The Missing People", was selected for the Doc Station Talent Lab at the 74th Berlinale, a significant milestone in her exploration of hybrid documentary forms.
Education
2022-2024 Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains, Tourcoing, France;
2022 DNSAP (MFA) advised by Clément Cogitore, Petrit Halilaj and Alvaro Urbano, National School of Fine Arts (ENSBA), Paris, France;
2021 Exchange at Universität der Künste Berlin (UDK), class Ursula Neugebauer, Berlin, Germany;
2020 Double degree, ‘Artists & Exhibition-related Careers’, National School of Fine Arts (ENSBA), Paris, France;
2020 DNAP, (BFA) advised by Clément Cogitore, Petrit Halilaj and Alvaro Urbano, National School of Fine Arts (ENSBA), Paris, France;
2017 BFA at Central Academy of Fine-Arts (CAFA), Oil painting department, Beijing, China;
2017 The recommendation of the jury for MFA study, Central Academy of Fine-Arts (CAFA), Beijing, China;
Festivals
2022 IDFA, Amsterdam,Netherland;
2022 The Soho London Independent Film Festival, London, UK;
2022 Film Diary NYC, New York, USA;
2022 BISFF, Beijing, China;
2022 Seoul International Pride Film Festival (SIPFF), Seoul, Korea;
2022 Fragments Festival, London, UK;
2022 Kansas City Underground Film Festival, USA;
2022 Videoex Festival, Zurich, Switzerland;
2022 SubTropical Independent Film Festival, Taipei, Taiwan;
2022 Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF), Zanzibar, Zanzibar Urban/West Region;
2022 SHORT TO THE POINT (STTP), Romania, Bucharest;
2022 Korean Short Independent Film Festival (CORÉEISFF), Seoul, Korea;
2020 Festival LES YEUX OUVERTES, Paris, France;
2019 CRÉATION JEUNE CINÉMA DIFFERENT Festival, Paris, France;
Collectif Exhibition & Event (Selected)
2022 Waiting Room, Fondation Ricard, Paris, France;
2022 Age of Identity: A Feminine Lexicon, online exhibition, in collaboration with Salvatore Ferragamo Museum, Italy;
2022 Garden, Zero One studio, SOHO, London, UK;
2022 Simulacra – Sculpting our Time moving images Festival, Prince Charles Cinema, London, UK;
2021 GMT/CET, Freezing Fog, Paris, France;
2021 VISIO-10th edition European programme on artists’ moving images, in conjunction with the 14th Lo Schermo dell'Arte – Cinema and Contemporary Art Festival, Florence, Italy;
2021 IN THE GARDEN, AS IF I WERE WALKING INTO A ROOM FULL OF STRANGERS AND ASKING WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON, Brunnenstraße 45, Berlin, Germany;
2021 Plan B, National School of Fine Arts (ENSBA), Paris, France;
2021 CRUSH, curated by Gaël Charbau, Xavier Franceschi and Céline Poulin, National School of Fine Arts (ENSBA), Paris, France;
2019 3.8 kg, National School of Fine Arts (ENSBA), Paris, France;
2019 Emergency exit, National School of Fine Arts (ENSBA), Paris, France;
2019 Bruit Noir, the Villa des Art, Paris, France;
2019 FICTION, National School of Fine Arts (ENSBA), Paris, France;
2019 TEAM EITEL, National School of Fine Arts (ENSBA), Paris, France;
2018 Eléphandre, impasse, 4 cité griset, Paris, France;
2016 The National Exhibition of Art Students, Dayi Nationale Exhibition, Qingdao, China;
2016 the National exhibition of art students, Dayi Nationale Exhibition, Beijing, China;
2017 BFA, Central Academy of Fine-Arts (CAFA), Beijing, China;
Solo Exhibition
2022 DNSAP (MFA), National School of Fine Arts (ENSBA), Paris, France;
2020 DNAP, (BFA), National School of Fine Arts (ENSBA), Paris, France;