Ruowei Liu

Born 2004

Lives and works in London, UK

Born and raised on the grassland, Ruowei brings a nomadic way of sensing into her painting. Her work resists fixed identity and singular narrative. Bodies, plants, spirits, and landscapes appear in unstable relation to one another: they drift, mutate, and return to the surrounding atmosphere. She allows forms to emerge, disappear and overlap, while refusing clear separation. The visible world begins to loosen, and another order of perception starts to appear. Through thin layers, wandering contours, and fragile yet persistent forms, Ruowei gives visual structure to experiences that usually remain beneath language: intuition, ancestral memory, bodily sensitivity, and the quiet pressure of unseen forces.

EDUCATION

2027 MA Painting, Royal College of Art, London, UK (incoming)

2026 BFA Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London, UK

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2026 'London Writes Itself,' LBF Contemporary, London, UK (Group)

2026 Slade BA/BFA Degree Show, UCL, London, UK (Group)

2026 'GAIA,' Gallerie V, Cambridge, UK (Group)

2025 'West Bund Art & Design,' Browine Project, Shanghai, China (Group)

2025 'Posthastism,' Santo Hall, 798, Beijing, China (Group)

2025 Artsy Foundations 2025: 'Thresholds,' Chilli Art Project, London, UK (Group)

2025 'Negative 25,' 11 Contemporary Art Center, Shenzhen, China (Group)

2024 Opening Show of Corridor Foundation: 'The Sphere of Reality and Fantasy,'  Shenzhen, China (Group)

2024 ART021 Hong Kong: 'Whispers of the Inner Voice,' SEEFOOD ROOM GALLERY, Hong Kong (Group)

2024 'Qì,' KA Contemporary Art, London, UK (Duo)

2024 'Open Call,' Phony Collective, Brighton, UK (Group)

2023 'Colour & Poetry: A Symposium VI,' Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London, UK (Virtual Exhibition)