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Bio

Liya Du ( Chinese, b. 1991, Handan, China) earned her BFA in Figure Chinese Painting from the Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts in 2013 and later moved to Italy, where she completed an MFA in Visual Art at the Venice Academy of Fine Arts in 2016. She relocated to Milwaukee in 2024, where she is currently pursuing an MFA in painting & drawing at UW-Milwaukee.

Liya’s practice is primarily focused on painting and drawing, viewing artwork as an immediate reflection of life. She incorporates craft and sewing techniques as acts of meditation, repair, and healing, expanding visual elements through installation and time-based media. She develops household objects that seem worthless in daily life as artistic materials and explores themes of motherhood, domestic labor, and memory. Her work uncovers the woman's pressure of time and self-identity.



简介

杜莉雅 (Liya Du）（中国，1991年生于中国邯郸）于2013年在天津美术学院获得中国人物画专业学士学位（BFA），随后前往意大利深造，并于2016年在威尼斯美术学院获得视觉艺术硕士学位（MFA）。2024年，她搬至密尔沃基，目前正在威斯康星大学密尔沃基分校（UW-Milwaukee）攻读绘画与素描方向的MFA。

杜莉雅的艺术实践主要集中在绘画与素描，她将艺术视为对生活的直接映照。她结合工艺和缝纫技术，以此作为冥想、修复与疗愈的方式，并通过装置艺术和时间媒介扩展视觉表达。她利用日常生活中看似无价值的家庭废弃物作为艺术材料，深入探讨母亲、家庭劳动和记忆等主题。她的作品揭示了女性在时间与自我认同上的压力，并在日常生活的琐碎与深刻之间构建艺术对话。