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Leah Liu Yutong (b. 2002, Beijing) is a New York–based artist whose practice spans sculpture and sound. She received her B.F.A. in Sculpture from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in 2025. Through cast hollow chambers and modular assemblages, Liu probes absence and deviation to destabilize the coherence of structural systems. Her practice unfolds through seriality and misalignment, from which gaps emerge as sites of potential. At the core of this approach is an investment in absence–an understanding that emptiness is not a lack but a condition that enables new forms of use, resonance, and modulation. Liu’s assemblages resist closure and stability, allowing form to fracture, to shift and to reorganize.
Liu’s work has been exhibited widely in the United States and China, including Gallery 456 / Chinese American Arts Council, New York (2026); Field Projects, New York (2026); Gelman Gallery, Providence (2025); Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence (2025); and Acentric Space Gallery, Shanghai (2024).
She has participated in residencies at NARS Foundation International Residency, New York (2026); Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Maine (2025); Arts Letters & Numbers, Averill Park (2024); and Acentric Space, Shanghai (2024). Upcoming residencies include the GlogauAIR Art Residency in Berlin, Radio28CS in Mexico City, and AIR 3331 in Tokyo.
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Education
2025 B.F.A., Sculpture, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence, RI
Solo Exhibition
2026 Leah Liu Yutong: susurrus | 聲聲私, Chinese American Arts Council / Gallery 456, New York, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2026 Lick Dirt, Kiss Bone, NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
Everything Everywhere, Field Projects, New York, NY
2025 Planetary: Friction, Fossil, and the Future. Gelman Gallery, Providence, RI, USA.
New Contemporaries. Gelman Gallery, Providence, RI, USA.
Open House. Accordion Studios. Providence, RI, USA.
Crown Shyness. Woods-Gerry Gallery. Providence, RI, USA.
Form and Fragment, 6 DeFore Place. Providence, RI, USA.
Logging the Enchanted Forest. Gelman Gallery, Providence, RI, USA.
Spatial Audio Concert, SRST. Providence, RI, USA.
2024 Go to Home, Go Back Home. Acentric Space Gallery, Shanghai, China.
Rubrica. Gelman Gallery. Providence, RI, USA.
2023 Shy Margins. Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, USA.
RISD Sculpture Triennial. Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI, USA.
In Between the Space. Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, USA.
Residencies
2027 AIR 3331 [Upcoming], Tokyo
2026 NARS Foundation International Residency. Brooklyn, NY, USA
Radio28CS. [upcoming] Mexico City, Mexico.
GlogauAIR Art Residency. [upcoming] Berlin, Germany.
2025 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. Deer Isle, ME, USA.
2024 Arts Letters & Numbers. Averill Park, NY, USA.
Acentric Space. Shanghai, China.
Press & Publications
2026 Alto, Chloe. “Leah Liu: susurrus 聲聲私.” IMPULSE Magazine, February 2026.
Waller, Faith. “Inhabiting Spaces That Do Not Quite Belong.” Hot Coffee Conversations, February 2026.
Editorial Team. “Art Show | Susurrus, Solo Exhibition by Leah Liu Yutong at Gallery 456.” Li Tang Community, February 2026.
Zhou Jingran. “Artist Liu Yutong’s Solo Exhibition Susurrus on View at Gallery 456 from February 12 to 26.” Sing Tao Daily, February 2026.
Han, Qingyuan. “Artist Leah Liu Yutong’s Solo Exhibition susurrus | 聲 聲私 on View at Gallery 456 in Chinatown.” Qiaobao, February 2026.
Cao, Xinyuan. “Leah Liu Yutong’s Solo Exhibition susurrus | 聲聲私 at Gallery 456 Runs Through Feb 26.” World Journal, February 2026.