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Yolanda Y. Liou (b. 1990, Taiwan) is a visual artist based in London and Brighton, working with analogue film, digital, moving image, collage and illustration.
Her work focuses on connection and to offer a broader spectrum of representation and empower people to embrace their uniqueness.
Yolanda’s work has been published in Vogue, Nowness, Dazed, i-D, Creative Review amongst others. In 2020 she was awarded third prize in the prestigious Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize. She has exhibited her photography in Shanghai, LA and the National Portrait Gallery, UK and has had film screenings internationally.
In 2023, Yolanda shot the high profile ‘Body Stories’ campaign for ITV’s Loose Women, celebrating body diversity and the importance of representation.
“Her work seeks to create a safe space for women of different body types in a world that seeks to punish them. By flipping the narrative, the photographer artfully and courageously shows that in a culture that engenders self-loathing on the path to ‘perfection’ – nothing tastes as good as radical self-acceptance.” - i-D
“Liou is hard at work changing the world with impressive lightness of touch.” - British Journal of Photography
Yolanda’s second book ‘Thank You For Playing With Me’ - published by Bruno Devos (HOPPER&FUCHS) was launched in January 2024 at The Photographers' Gallery.
Yolanda is a mental health advocate, read her AuDHD journal here.
BBC
British Red Cross
Club Psora
Dunhill
ELLE
GQ
Grazia
GOALSTUDIO
Fabric London Luxury Living
iTV
Logitech
Marie Claire
Nylon
PIAS
Pazzo
Peachaus
Plymouth University
Rouge Fashionbook
Tencent
Telegraphy Luxury
Vision China
2024 Der Grief - Artist Feature
2024 Thank You For Playing With Me Review, British Journal of Photography
2024 De standaard Weekblad
2023 Vogue Portugal Dec issue
2023 Nowness - Photographer in Focus
2023 Dazed - These photos celebrate the beauty of body diversity
2023 i-D - Yolanda Y. Liou is celebrating radical self-acceptance
2021 Photographer's Companion April Issue
2021 Creative Review - Why Portrait Photography Is All About Trust
2021 National Portrait Gallery - An Introduction to Yolanda Y. Liou
2021 aint - bad
2020 Publico P3
2020 BBC South East Taylor Wessing Portrait Award Shortlists
2020 The Guardian Taylor Wessing Portrait Award Shortlists
2020 Fisheye
2020 i-D
2020 HOKK fabrica
2020 CNCREATE
2019 It's Nice That
2019 Fisheye
2019 BJP - Neo Hua Ren: the diaspora of a post internet era
2019 Girls Club Asia
2018 Dream Magazine
2018 BJP Portrait of Britain - People’s Choice Award
2024 Jan 25-28th
"Thank You For Playing With Me" Book Launch / Talk with Pelumi Odubanjo / Display
TPG Bookshop, The Photographers' Gallery, London
Books
2024 Thank You For Playing With Me, Published by Stockmans Art Books
2023 Portrait of Britain vol.6, Published by Bluecoat Press
2023 Read This If You Want To Take Great Photographs, Author: Henry Carroll, Published by Laurence King
2020 I Think It's Time To Take The Clothes Off, Self-Published
Book Fairs
2024 Miss Read, Berlin
2024 Antwerp Art Book Fair, Belgium
2024 Singapore Art Book Fair, Singapore
2024 Unseen, Amsterdam
2024 Arles Books Fair, France
2024 P.A.G.E.S Art Book Fair, Genéve
Podcast
2024 ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka EP. 302: Healing Through Art with Yolanda Y. Liou
2024 Analog Sparks -
Zines & Photo Book Photographer of the Year
2024 Analog Sparks - Gold & Silver
2024 IPA - One Shot, Jury Top 5
2023 Der Grief Guest Room - "Happy accidents: embracing mistakes"
- Simon Baker & Aden Vincendeau
2023 Portrait of Britain Vol. 6 Winner
2023 Art Finder Ones to Watch Summer
2023 Belfast Photo Festival Open Calls Shortlist
2020 Elephant Art - These Are the Essential Artists You Need to Watch
2020 Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize - Third Prize
2019 Creative Review Photography Annual - Honourable Mention
2018 Lens Culture B&W Awards - Editor's Pick
2018 The British Journal of Photography - Portrait of Britain
- Editor’s Pick & People’s Choice Award
2014 Life Framer-Theme 11/Times of Life- Honourable Mention
2024 Münchner Kammerspiele X Der Greif “
Auf nach Woanders/Off to elsewhere” Exhibition
2024 positions, Somerset House, Photo London
2024 Document Now - Exhibition Bermondsey Project Space, London
2024 Portrait of Britain, British Journal of Photography
2022 The Unseen, Rankin Creative & Quantus Gallery, London
2022 Xenos, Universe Gallery
2021 Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize Exhibition, Cromwell Place, London
2021 Strange Flowers, The Earth Issue Online
2020 Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, The National Portrait Gallery, London
2020 Pandemia, Filet, London
2019 Free Up The Mind, Espacio Gallery, London
2019 Neo Hua Ren, The Crypt Gallery, London
2019 interactions, The Old Street Gallery, London
2019 WANTED, Shanghai
2019 Piccell Exhibition, London
2018 Photo Fringe OPEN18, Brighton
2018 A4X, Old Brompton Gallery, London
2017 Girlgaze Uncensored, LA
2017 The Splits, Hamilton House Gallery, Bristol
2015 NZEPLTN Exhibition/ Funded by O2, London
2024 Belfast Photo Festival Insta Residency
2023 Cuerpo Transparente, Argentina
2022 Imajitari - International Dance Film Festival, Jakarta
2022 Beyond Beck Road, Open House Festival, London
2022 Moving Through Film Screening, Bermondsey Project Space, London