My work begins with things that are felt before they can be clearly named.
Through painting and lithography, I follow marks, surfaces, and traces as they appear, disappear, and change. Forms are not fixed in my work; they remain open, uncertain, and in motion. I am interested in the moment when an image almost becomes recognisable, but slips away again.
Making is a way of thinking for me. Each layer, pressure, pause, and gesture changes the work as it develops. The work becomes a somewhere where feeling can gather and unfold through process and material.
In my current work, this movement extends into space. Paintings, lithographs, voids, and spatial conditions become part of the work itself. I am interested in how movement, distance, and moments of pause can shift the experience of the work.
My practice holds space for something internal that cannot fully settle into form, something that moves from within, remains partly unseen, and continues to shift as it is encountered.
Yafei Liu
Email: Yafei.liu1012@hotmail.com
Instagram: @yafei_liu_artwork
Website: https://yafeiliu.com
EDUCATION
Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, UK, Master of Fine Art (MFA), 2026
Bath Spa University, Bath, UK, BA (Hons) Fine Art, 2024
Bath Spa University, Bath, UK, Art and Design Foundation Diploma, 2021
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2026
MFA Degree Show, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow
White Cube on Wheels, Glasgow
To Make & To Be Made, GSASA Project Space, Glasgow
2025
COMMA – MFA Interim Show, Glue Factory, Glasgow
Salon des Échangistes, Annex Gallery, Glasgow
Working in Progress Exhibition, Strange Field, Glasgow
2024
Silent Auction, 5 Florence Street, Glasgow
PARACOSM, Centrespace Gallery, Bristol
Undergraduate Degree Show, Bath Spa University, Bath
2023
Public Puzzles, Queen Square & The Circus, Bath
2022
Walking Through Dream and Reality, Newton Campus, Bath
AWARDS
2024
Most Established Artist – The Development Prize
Bath Spa University BA Fine Art