About Us

Bicheng Liang 梁必成, born in China, now lives and works in New York.

Liang received his BFA degree at the Central Academy of Fine Arts and now he is an MFA candidate at Columbia University School of Arts.

As an interdisciplinary artist, Liang's work is multifaceted including large sculpture installations, photography, ceramics, and printmaking. He focuses on the subtle traces of time in the landscape and natural materials. Liang’s work has been exhibited at museums both nationally and internationally, including Curatorial Practice in School of Visual Arts, New York, CAFA Art Museum and Tsinghua University Art Museum, China; International Print Triennial Society in Krakow, Poland. Liang is the founder of the PRENTIS art platform that encourages interdisciplinary collaboration, information sharing, and communication for new emerging artists. He is also the co-founder of Alchemyverse Collective.

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Education

2021 MFA, Columbia University School of the Arts, New York, NY
2018 BFA, China Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA), Beijing, China

Solo Exhibitions

2018 山行 Shan Xing, Luohu Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
2018 起势 Aggregation Energy, CAFA Printmaking Exhibition Space, Beijing, China

Selected Group Exhibitions

2021 Art 52nd Street 2021
2021 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Lenfest Center for the Arts, Columbia University, New York, NY
2021 PPE, LeRoy Neiman Center Gallery, New York, NY
2021 I thought it was a drought, Yonkers, NY
2021 First-year MFA Show, Wallach Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY
2021 Teaching Research Exhibition of Printmaking, Taoxichuan Art Museum, Jingde
2020 The Interior Exteriorized, Charles Moffett Gallery, New York
2020 21G+, Curatorial Practice, School of Visual Arts, New York
2018 Undergraduate Thesis Exhibition, CAFA, Beijing, China
2018 Międzynarodowe Triennale Grafiki (MTG), International Print Triennial Society in Krakow, Poland
2017 Academic Original Creative, Tsinghua University Art Museum, Beijing, China
2017 Excellent Curriculum Exhibition, CAFA, Beijing, China
2017 Growing Environment, Luren Gallery, Suzhou, China
2016 Image and Thinking, CAFA, Beijing, China
2015 Observation and Expression, CAFA, Beijing, China

Selected Awards and Scholarships

2021 Morty Frank Travel Fellowship, New York
2019-2021 LeRoy and Janet Neiman Gift Scholarship, Columbia University School of the Arts, New York
2019-2021 Visual Art Program Merit Scholarship, Visual Arts, Columbia University School of the Arts, New York
2018 Third Prize, Excellent Work of On-Campus’ Students, CAFA, Beijing, China
2017 Gold Medal, International Photography Award, Beijing, China
2016 Second Prize, the Eighth Video Carnival, Beijing, China
2015 Merit Scholarship, CAFA, Beijing, China
2015 Outstanding Award, Observation & Expression Exhibition, CAFA, Beijing, China
2014 Second-class Scholarship, CAFA, Beijing, China

Professional Experience

2021 Collaborator in Project “We the Immigrants” for Tomas Vu, Brooklyn Rail, NY
2020 Teaching Assistant, Columbia University School of the Arts, New York
2019 Fellow, Neiman Center for Print Art, Columbia University School of the Arts, New York
2016 Lecturer, Photography Department, Fun Job Art Institution, Beijing, China

Affiliations & Residencies

2022 Resident, Desert 23' S, La Wayaka Current, Chile / UK
2021 Resident, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Governors Island, NY
2020 Co-founder, Alchemyverse Collective, New York
2020 Founder, PRENTIS art platform, WeChat, China
2015-2018 President, Media Department, Voluntary Service in CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, China
2017 Volunteer, Book Tower of Beijing Design Week, Beijing, China
2017 Photographer, The Opening Ceremony of First International Academic Printmaking Alliance, Beijing, China
2015-2016 President, Blank Poetry Society, CAFA, Beijing, China
2014-2015 Minister of Central Department, Student Union of School of Design, CAFA, Beijing, China

Media Feature

2021 Columbia’s 2021 visual arts class returns to Columbia in Wallach’s First Year MFA exhibition, Columbia Daily Spectator, NY
2021 再现，延续，封装 | Bicheng Liang, The Art Hunter, China
2020 MFA Spotlight, Artforum, NY, USA
2020 Special Interview with Bicheng Liang, JueJue ART, China
2018 Silent Vientiane is bound to rebirth | Bicheng Liang, FarewellNT, China
2018 BFA Thesis Show In CAFA | Bicheng Liang, Yi Mu Art Studio, China
2017 The photography and exhibition of Bicheng Liang, JiaoYi, China
2017 Bicheng Liang · Aggregation Energy, Raw-14 Space, China

Collection

Bunkier Sztuki Art Gallery, International Print Triennial Society, Krakow, Poland
Private collections in China and the United States