Liu Shiyuan was born in Beijing in 1985. In 2009, she graduated from the department of New Media Art with a BFA from the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing. In 2012, Liu Shiyuan graduated from the department of Photography, Video and Related Media with a MFA from the School of Visual Art in New York. She is now based between Beijing, New York and Copenhagen.

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