Sherry Chunqing Liu 刘纯青 is an independent curator, writer, designer, artist, and educator based in Toronto and Vancouver, Canada. She holds an Honors Bachelor of Arts in Architecture and a Master of Visual Studies in Curatorial Studies from the University of Toronto. Her curatorial projects have been exhibited at the Art Museum at the University of Toronto, Jackman Humanities Institute, and the University of Toronto Exam Centre among others. She is the recipient of the 2022 Reesa Greenberg Curatorial Studies Award and a 2021–2023 University of Toronto Fellowship, as well as a participant in the 2022 Art Museum Curatorial Residency. Her practice is broadly inspired by community engagement and diasporic experience with consideration to site-specificity and social issues. Her work has been published and featured in C Magazine, U of T News, The Varsity, Daniels Faculty, Demo Magazine, The Strand, and more.
Email: sherryliustudio@gmail.com
Instagram: @imsherliu
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Education
2021-2023 Master of Visual Studies in Curatorial Studies, University of Toronto
2017-2021 Honours Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies, with Distinction, University of Toronto
2022 Certificate, International Business and Multicultural Studies, Kwansei Gakuin University
Independent Projects
2023-24 Exhibition Coordinator, Agency of the Designer in the Age of AI, DesignTO Festival, San Sheng Art Space, Toronto
2023 Cuator, Where have I arrived?, Art Museum at the University of Toronto, Toronto
2022-2023 Curator, Morris Lum: Those Unforgotten, as a part of The Centre Cannot Hold: Labourious Memories (co-curated with Erin Storus and Atif Mikhail Khan), The Jackman Humanities Institute, Toronto
2022 Curator, Clinic into the Future, Permanent Public Installation at the University of Toronto Exam Center, Toronto
2020 Curator & Director, We Are Together 2020, Publication and Virtual Exhibition, Global
Publication/Writings
2023 Review of “Elemental” — Shellie Zhang, C Magazine
2023 Letter to the Editor, C Magazine
2022 Those Unforgotten, Jackman Humanities Institute
2020 WAT2020 Official Publication & Our Story, We Are Together 2020
Press
2022 In photos: Art installation offers ‘futuristic’ take on U of T’s mass vaccination effort, Mariam Matti, UofT News
2022 MVS student Sherry Chunqing Liu curates art exhibit on U of T’s historic COVID-19 vaccination campaign, The John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design
2022 Art installation chronicling U of T’s vaccination effort underway, Jessie Schwalb, The Varsity
2021 ‘Extraordinary times’: Art installation to capture U of T’s mass vaccination effort, Mariam Matti, UofT News
Symposium/Talks
2022 “On ‘What is Art Curation?’: Introduction, Inside & Outside of Academia, and Space Design”, Ace of Architecture (AOA) Studio, Virtual
2022 “The Connected Separation of ‘Fresh Air’: A Critical Look at the Exhibition Planning of Canceled: An Exhibition about an Exhibition” in Breath: Concerning Air & Atmosphere Graduate Symposium, The Power Plant, Toronto
2022 “Art Curation in relation to Architecture and Community”, John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design, University of Toronto, Toronto
Teaching/Academic Experience
2021-2023 Teaching Assistant, John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Courses: JAV120H1 Visual Concepts; JAV130H1 Visual Strategies
2019-present Private Tutor & Educational Consultant
Areas of focus: Effective note-taking, learning strategies and critical writing (grades 4-12), personal statments and art portfolio consultation (grade 11-postgraduate)
2023 Graduate Library Assistant, Eberhard Zeidler Library, University of Toronto
Skills: University curriculum development (in art and architecture research), photography, video editing, graphic design
2018-2021 Library Assistant, Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library, University of Toronto
Skills: Administration, public service, information management, archival management
Other Experience
2023 Social Chair, Graduate Architecture, Landscape, and Design Student Union (GALDSU), University of Toronto
2022 Curatorial Assistant, Justina M. Barnicke Gallery
2021-2022 Acquisitions Member, Hart House Acquisitions Committee
2019-2021 Communications Manager, One Healing Space
2020-2021 Illustrator, The Strand Newspaper, University of Toronto
2018-2020 Illustrator, Demo Magazine, Hart House Music Committee
Awards
2022-23 Curatorial Residency Award, Art Museum at the University of Toronto
2022 Reesa Greenberg Curatorial Studies Award, Art Museum at the University of Toronto
2022 Reesa Greenberg International Travel Award, Art Museum at the University of Toronto
2022 Frederick Coates Scholarship/bursary Fund, University of Toronto
2021 Visual Studies in Curatorial Studies Fellowship, University of Toronto
2021 John And Myrna Daniels Foundation Opportunity Award, University of Toronto
2020 COVID-19 Student Engagement Award, University of Toronto