Liwen Lian (they/them)

Qualifications
Bachelor of Interior Design (Honours 2A) - RMIT University

Exhibitions
2025 Un/Real, Group Exhibition, Blender Studio, Melbourne
2023 INDEX, Interior Design Graduate Exhibition, Design Hub Gallery, Melbourne
2020 Death in a Box, Virtual Group Exhibition with Emerging Artist Collective

Residencies
2025 Young Creatives Lab, SIGNAL Arts, Supported by the City of Melbourne
2023 We Belong Project Public Art Mentorship, RMIT University, mentored by artist Larissa MacFarlane

Projects Involved
2024 Workshop - "Writing as Worldmaking", collaboration with Rosie Pham, Khoa Nguyen, MPavilion,
Melbourne
2023 Bundanon Tapestry with Heliotope Architecture, Finalist 2023 Tapestry Design Prize for Architects
2020 Public Art Installation with Slow Art Collective at RMIT University
2019  Public Art Installation for Monash University Diversity Week, Assisting Architect Luca Lana

Volunteer Experience
2024 - Gallery Assistant at Seventh Gallery, Melbourne
2023 - 2024 Open House Melbourne
2022 - 2023 Beijing LGBT+ Centre

Publications
2021 -2023 Founder and Editor at IntersectionalReader.space
2022  Essay "Writer's Manifesto", co-entry with Andrea Hipolito, Caliper Journal Issue 10
2020 Prose "Time is a Broken Machine", Caliper Journal Issue 08

Professional Experience
2024 Member of SIGNAL Curators Collective
2019 - 2024 Freelance Graphic Designer- SIGNAL Curators, Beijing LGBT+ Centre, Leslie Eastman, Dr. Bon Mott...
2023 Design Assistant - Heliotope Architecture, Melbourne
2018  Interior Design Intern - LOD Design, Beijing