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Curriculum Vitae

2025
May

Mar. China US Connecting Hearts Through Art Exchange Exhibition, ShangHai, China

[Solo Exhibition] 合 / Approximate Orbit, San Marino, Los Angeles, CA
2024
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May

Apr.

Jan. Bodies Remember, Current State Studio, Los Angeles, CA

Still Life Cup Show, Santa Monica, CA

Neo Classics in Clay, duo exhibition with Raina Lee. Collective Form x Okkio, Los Angeles, CA

Craigardan Artist in Residence (15th-29th), Elizabethtown, NY

Craigardan 2024 Teaching Fellow, Elizabethtown, NY

Still Life Cup Show, Los Angeles, CA

La Cienega Design Quarter's LEGENDS Event, Collective Form, Los Angeles, CA

The Other Art Fair, Santa Monica, CA 

Still Life Studio Holiday Market Show, Ferndale, MI
2023
Nov.

Jul.

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Apr.

Mar.

Feb. Fiber Club Detroit Exhibition Committee, Detroit, MI

Embrace Creatives First Exhibition, Hazel Park, MI

Meet Me Half Way, Mana Contemporary Chicago, IL

Convergence, Cranbrook BIPOC SU Show, Centric Place, MI

The Color Network Member

It Takes Two to Tango, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI

Art Academy of Cincinnati and Cranbrook Academy of Art NCECA Exhibition, Cincinnati, OH

Windows Project NCECA Exhibition, Cincinnati, OH

Detroit Artist Market and Cranbrook Academy of Art Scholarship and Exhibition, Detroit, MI

2022
Nov.



Apr.



Jan. Confluence, International Student Show, Forum Gallery, MI

Ground Floor, Cup Sale Show, MI

Brought to the Table, Saarinin House, Bloomfield Hills, MI

In Transit, Forum Gallery. Bloomfield Hills, MI

Altars, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2021
Sep. Treetops Collective Artist-in-Residence, Grand Rapids, MI
2018-2021
Juror, Dialogue Magazine, Calvin University, Grand Rapids, MI
2019
Beijing Gospel Church Ceramics Exhibition, BeiJing, CH



Publications, Press, Lectures, & Appearances

2025
Aug.

MaySummer Artist Talks, Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan, CT

Photography, LA Times
2024
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Nov.

Sep.

Jul.

Jun.



Apr.Meet Kiki Liu | Founder of Current State Studio, Shoutout LA

Slip Painting, The GARDAN Journal 09, Elizabethtown, NY

Local Stories: Meet Kiki Liu | Interdisciplinary Artist & Designer, ShoutoutLA

Lecture, Craigardan 2024 Program Guide, Applebarn Talk, Elizabethtown, NY

Rising Stars: Meet Kiki Liu of Los Angeles, VoyageLA

Stories & Insights: Meet Kiki Liu, Canvas Rebel

Ceramics and Bodybuilding: A Fusion of Art and Strength – Exclusive Interview with Kiki (Ziqi) Liu, Latest Magazine



Residencies

2025
Aug.

May-Jun.

May Micro Residency (11th-18th), Adam Chau Studio, Norwalk, CT

Kendori Woodfiring Residency, Yamanashi, Japan

Connecting Hearts through Art China-US exchange exhibition Residency, Jiangxi, China
2024
Jul.Craigardan Ceramics Artist Resident, Elizabethtown, NY
2021
Sep.Treetops Collectives Visual Artist Resident, Grand Rapids, MI



Work Available

CAOKKIO, LA

Collective Form, LA
MIEmbrace Creatives



Education

MFACranbrook Academy of Art, Department of Ceramics, Bloomfield Hills, MI
BFACalvin University, Department of Ceramics,  Grand Rapids, MI
Teaching Experience