Kangrui Liu

b.1998 Xuyi, China


Education

2022 - 2023 School of the Art Institute of Chicago   B.F.A.


Awards

2022 SAIC Distinguished Scholar Scholarship

2023 Fred Endsley Memorial Fellowships


Publications

2023 SAIC Photo Department Catalog 14th Edition,  printed, United States 

2024 SAIC Photo Department Catalog 15th Edition,  printed, United States 


Select Exhibitions

2022 Suspension, Three Shadows Photography Art Centre 3.0 space, Beijing, China

2023 Fall Undergraduate Exhibition, SAIC Galleries, Chicago, United States

2023 Joan Flasch Artists' Book Show, Chicago, United States

2025 Boundaries, Jimei x Arles International Photo Festival, Xiamen, China






刘康锐
1998年出生于中国盱眙。毕业于美国芝加哥艺术学院。现生活于中国南京。

他的创作以摄影为起点,延伸至手工书与雕塑等媒介。关注图像在物质与空间中的生成方
式。通过影像的重新构建与空间实验,他探索图像与现实、记忆与观看之间的关系,思考
摄影的边界与潜能。


Kangrui Liu
Born in 1998, Xuyi, China. Graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Currently
lives in Nanjing, China.

His work begins with photography and extends to other media, including artist books and sculptures.
He focuses on the process of image creation within materiality and space. Through the
reconstruction of images and spatial experiments, he explores the relationship between images and
reality, memory and observation, and reflects on the boundaries and potentials of photography itself.