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Make Room artists included in group exhibition at Simon Lee Gallery in London

Guimi You, Miguel Angel Payano Jr., Astra Huimeng Wang, Jacopo Pagin, Yuri Yuan and Xin Liu August 9, 2022 Works by Guimi You, Miguel Angel Payano Jr., Joeun Kim Aatchim, Astra Huimeng Wang, Jacopo Pagin, Yuri Yuan, Shana Hoehn,... Read more

Jacopo Pagin

Jacopo Pagin's "Sleepless Dream" acquired by Zhi Museum in Chengdu May 15, 2022 Make Room is proud to announce the acquisition of Jacopo Pagin’s work 'Sleepless Dream' by Zhi Art Museum in Chengdu,... Read more

Yuri Yuan

Alumna Yuri Yuan '21 Awarded Elizabeth Greenshields Grant March 1, 2022 Alumna Yuri Yuan ‘21 was recently announced as a recipient of her second grant from the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation.... Read more

Guimi You

Museum Acquisition by the Institute of Contemporary Art Miami February 1, 2022 Make Room is pleased to announce the acquisition of Guimi You's 'Morning' (2021) to the Institute of Contemporary Art Miami,... Read more

Xin Liu

Slow Factory: The Revolution is a School at MoMA PS1 January 22 - April 23, 2022 January 14, 2022 Xin Liu’s work Orbit Weaver will be entering MoMA PS1 this January 22nd as part of Slow Factory: The Revolution... Read more

WOAW GALLERY X MAKE ROOM LOS ANGELES COLLABORATE ON GROUP SHOW URBAN WHISPERS

WOAW GALLERY 15 DECEMBER 2021 - 12 JANUARY 2022 December 15, 2021 Woaw Gallery and Make Room Los Angeles are pleased to announce a two-chapter group exhibition, Urban Whispers . The first... Read more

Make Room Founder and Director Emilia Yin named one of Forbes' 30 Under 30

Yin was included in the Magazine's 30 Under 30 2022 list for Art & Style December 1, 2021 In 2018, Emilia Yin founded Hollywood, Los Angeles contemporary art gallery Make Room to feature work by diverse artists. Since,... Read more

Xin Liu

"Wandering Mind" by slow immediate (Xin Liu and Gershon Dublon) to be featured as part of the MAXlive 2021: The Neuroverse festival November 5, 2021 Xin Liu and Gershon Dublon, as slow immediate, will present their performance work 'Wandering Mind' at MAXlive 2021: The Neuroverse.... Read more

Xin Liu

"The Ground is Falling" at Aranya Art Center, Qinhuangdao October 8, 2021 Aranya Art Center will play host to Xin Liu's solo exhibition, The Ground is Falling . Curated by Iris Long,... Read more

Joeun Kim Aatchim, Catalina Ouyang, Guimi You, Yuri Yuan

"My Secret Garden" at Asia Art Center, Taipei September 18, 2021 Joeun Kim Aatchim, Catalina Ouyang, Guimi You, Yuri Yuan are all featured in Asia Art Center's newest exhibition, My Secret... Read more

Xin Liu

"Synthetic Wilderness", curated by Jesse Damiani, at Honor Fraser Gallery September 12, 2021 Video and sculptural work by Xin Liu is featured in Synthetic Wilderness , a trio group show at Honor Fraser... Read more

Catalina Ouyang

"White Male Ally" at Lyles & King, New York September 1, 2021 White Male Ally, an exhibition of Catalina Ouyang's recent work, will be on view at Lyles & King September 1... Read more

Peng Ke

Frieze LA commissions Peng Ke to fabricate digital art that will be sold as an NFT. July 16, 2021 Every Second (2021) by Peng Ke has been included in a brand-new section of this Frieze Viewing Room, curated by... Read more

Yuri Yuan

Yuri Yuan is selected as one of the shortlisted artists for AXA Art Prize June 29, 2021 Congratulations are in order for Yuri Yuan, who has been selected for the AXA Art Prize shortlist. The AXA Art... Read more

Catalina Ouyang

Opening Thursday March 25: "In Practice" at Sculpture Center March 21, 2021 Catalina Ouyang will be part of this year's In Practice exhibition at Sculpture Center, curated by Katherine Simone Reynolds, alongside... Read more

Astra Huimeng Wang

Premiere Today: In collaboration with Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra March 12, 2021 In collaboration with Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, whose 2020-21 season features classical music performances set to artwork created by invited... Read more

Xin Liu

Xin Liu’s Living Distance (2019-20) is on view on e-flux Video & Film from Feb 22 through Feb 28 February 22, 2021 Join us on e-flux Video & Film for an online screening of Xin Liu’s Living Distance (2019-20), on view from... Read more

Catalina Ouyang

Catalina Ouyang's solo project “the siren” is now on view at Real Art Way February 17, 2021 As the recipient of Real Art Award 2019, Catalina Ouyang solo project “the siren” is now on view at Real... Read more

Catalina Ouyang

Selected as Sculpture Center 2021 In Practice artists February 1, 2021 SculptureCenter is excited to announce the 2021 In Practice artists! The exhibition will include newly commissioned sculpture, audio works, and... Read more

Introducing [Room] by Make Room

A new initiative to support experimental projects and collaborations across different disciplines. January 16, 2021 Make Room is pleased to announce [Room], a new initiative to support experimental projects and collaborations across different disciplines. The... Read more

Xin Liu

Congratulations to Xin Liu on receiving the 1st X Museum Triennial Award December 1, 2020 The “X Museum Triennial Award” aims to provide an outlook on the future of contemporary Chinese Art from different perspectives... Read more

Xin Liu

Xin Liu’s “Tear Set” opens today at Yuz Museum as part of “Lying Sophia and Mocking Alexa” November 12, 2020 2020.11.12 Xin Liu’s “Tear Set” opens today at Yuz Museum as part of “Lying Sophia and Mocking Alexa”, an exhibition... Read more

Catalina Ouyang

Catalina Ouyang’s solo exhibition “cunt waifu” opens at Lyles & King today and on view through December 6 November 4, 2020 2020.10.31-2020.12.6 Read more

ASMA

ASMA participates in Manifesta 13 in Marseille, France September 28, 2020 2020.9.28-2020.12.14 The exhibition Anima Mundi gathers several international artists (Sterling Ruby, Dewar & Gicquel…) in the ancient crypts of the... Read more

Xin Liu

Slow immediate on Ars Electronica September 11, 2020 2020.09.11 Hearing/Recording/Wandering slow immediate: Gershon Dublon (US), Xin Liu (CN/US) Our work has always been a search for planetary connection.... Read more

Xin Liu

Queens Museum home visit June 17, 2020 2020.06.17 A Free Fall in New York City, a video that chronicles artist Xin Liu 's experience sheltering in place... Read more

Xin Liu

Sleepwalk - commissioned by Onassis Foundation and Queens Museum May 18, 2020 2020.05.18 Sleepwalk is a solitary adventure game in which you find yourself confined to your apartment in New York City... Read more

Xin Liu

on the list fo Forbes 30 under 30 Asia 2020 April 1, 2020 2020.4.1 Liu Xin is the art curator of the MIT Media Lab's Space Exploration Initiative, which develops technologies, tools and... Read more

Xin Liu

Sojourner2020 successfully launched on board SpaceX CRS-20 to the International Space Station (ISS) March 8, 2020 2020.03.08 (Cape Canaveral, FL—March 6, 2020) The MIT Media Lab Space Exploration Initiative’s art payload, Sojourner2020 successfully launched on board... Read more

Catalina Ouyang

Solo Exhibition "It has always been the perfect instrument" opens tonight at Knockdown Center, on view through April 12 February 29, 2020 2020.2.29-2020.4.12 Catalina Ouyang: it has always been the perfect instrument is a multimedia exhibition of large-scale interactive sculpture, salvaged objects,... Read more

Xin Liu

Xin Liu participates in the first edition of X Museum triennial January 17, 2020 2020.3.17 Read more

Astra Huimeng Wang

Awarded MacDowell Colony Fellowship 2020 January 4, 2020 2020.1.14 view more: https://www.artforum.com/news/macdowell-colony-awards-fellowships-to-eighty-seven-artists-81859 Read more

Xin Liu

"Living Distance" is officially selected in the 2020 New Frontier at Sundance Film Festival December 13, 2019 2020.1.24 “Living Distance: An Outer Space Performance” presented by slow immediate and LumiereVR will be available to audiences daily in... Read more

Astra Huimeng Wang

Solo exhibition "Ode to Orderly Joy" is on view at Borland Project Space December 11, 2019 2019.12.11 Wang Huimeng’s solo exhibition Ode to Orderly Joy is currently on view at Borland Project Space at Penn State... Read more

ASMA

"Hair Blood Princess" is on view at PEANA through February 15th 2020 December 4, 2019 2019.12.4 ASMA’s “Half Blood Princess” is on view at PEANA through February 15th, 2020. The exhibition echoes a mythological open... Read more

Xin Liu

Named as one of the three artists for SETI Institute's Artist in Residence Program December 4, 2019 2019.11.21 Xin Liu (b. Xinjiang/China) is an artist and engineer, whose works range from performances, apparatus and installations, to scientific... Read more

Wang Jingsong

Wang Jinsong's photography series "One hundred signs of the demolition #1997 (1999)" is included in "Mapping space: recent acquisitions in focus" on view at Getty Center June 26, 2019 2019.2.26-2019.7.14 “Photography’s dynamic relationship to the landscape can be traced to the origins of the medium, when the camera offered... Read more

Catalina Ouyang

Catalina Ouyang will be participating in the Shandaken: storm king residency program May 25, 2019 2019.5.23 Beginning in June, a handful of people will temporarily be able to call the sprawling, verdant grounds of the... Read more

WILLIAM LAMSON

WILLIAM LAMSON: BADWATER IS SELECTED AS TOP 10 PICK OF THE WEEK OF 2018 EXHIBITIONS BY ARTILLERY MAGAZINE May 25, 2019 2019.1.2 William Lamson: Badwater Make Room Channeling Death Valley into downtown LA via an elaborately contrived abiotic microclimate, Lamson’s ecologically... Read more

Xin Liu

Joining Space Art Symposium at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago March 23, 2019 2019.03.23 Gravity conditions all forms and behaviors produced on Earth, including art. What new artistic forms and experiences can be... Read more

Li Shun

REVIEW OF "CHINGLISH" ON ARTFORUM INTERNATIONAL March 22, 2019 2019.3.22 Before ever setting foot in the US, Li Shun had traveled the country extensively through a virtual private network... Read more

Xin Liu

Artist Talk at MIT Open Documentary Lab March 10, 2019 2019.03.10 We May Be All Alone. In 1990, from 6 million kilometers away, Voyager 1 took a snapshot of our... Read more

Xin Liu

Joining SXSW: First Principles First: How to Solve Hard Problems February 19, 2019 2019.02.19 Xin Liu will join the panel “First Principles First: How to Solve Hard Problems” along with Leigh Christie, Lauren... Read more

Xin Liu

Artist Talk at NYU ITP February 9, 2019 2019.02.09 Join us for an artist talk on February 15! We are excited to introduce Xin Liu, the Arts Curator... Read more

Xin Liu

“Can you tear for me?” and “When is the last time you cried?” will be included in the Chinternet Ugly group exhibition in CFCCA February 5, 2019 2019.02.05-2019.05010 Chinternet Ugly - CFCCA February 5th - May 10th 2019 ‘Chinternet Ugly’ navigates the messy vitality of China’s online... Read more

Li Shun

EXHIBITION WALKTHROUGH AND TEA GATHERING WITH LI SHUN January 25, 2019 2019.1.25 Li Shun Chinglish Join us for an exhibition walkthrough and tea gathering with Li Shun Saturday, January 26 3:30... Read more

Xin Liu

Solo Exhibition: Prologue: A falling tooth at Museum of Arts and Design January 18, 2019 2019.01.18 Initially trained as a mechanical engineer, Liu thinks of science as her first language and uses this vernacular to... Read more

LI SHUN

CHINGLISH OPENS JANUARY 19TH AT MAKE ROOM January 17, 2019 2019.1.19-2019.3.2 Read more

ADRIAN ABELA

FOREWOR(L)D OPENS DECEMBER 15, 2018 January 15, 2019 2018.12.15 Read more

Peng Ke, Xin Liu

PENG KE AND XIN LIU ARE NOMINATED BY 2018 HUAYU YOUTH AWARD January 15, 2019 2018.12.7-2019.3.7 Peng Ke and Xin Liu are nominated and selected as one of the finalist for the 6th Huayu Youth... Read more

CATALINA OUYANG

"ONE DOES NOT KNOW IT, ONE DOES NOT DESIRE IT" IS ON VIEW AT KRAVETS WEHBY GALLERY December 12, 2018 2019.1.19 Catalina Ouyang’s new work “one does not know it, one does not desire it” is now on view at... Read more

Peng Ke

INSTITUTION DEBUT “LEAVING SPEED” OPENS IN LIANZHOU MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY, CHINA December 3, 2018 2018.12.1 to 2019.3.18 Peng Ke presents her solo exhibition titled Peng Ke: Leaving Speed at Lianzhou Museum of Photography from... Read more

MAKE ROOM/BANG BOOTH IS SELECTED THE 10 BEST BOOTHS AT ART021 ON ARTSY

November 14, 2018 2018.11.9 “One of the more peculiar collections of curios at Art021 comes from Beijing Art Now Gallery (BANG) and its... Read more

MAKE ROOM PRESENTS AT SHANGHAI ART021 JOINTLY WITH BEIJING ART NOW GALLERY

Make Room presents Ilona Szwarc, Catalina Ouyang, William Lamson, Yao Peng, Shun Li, Andrew Sendor, Zou Cao, Quentin Shih and Parker Ito at Booth W25 jointly with Beijing Art Now Gallery. November 7, 2018 2018.11.7 Read more

CATALINA OUYANG

"BODY.LAND.SNARL"(2018) IS ON VIEW IN AN GROUP EXHIBITION TITLED "THIS COUNTRY" October 26, 2018 2018.10.26 Opening Reception: This Country Friday, October 26, 2018 at 12:15pm South Gallery, Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery Saint Louis-based... Read more

WILLIAM LAMSON

William Lamson and Chris McCaw share a conversation of the personal processes that activated their practices, transcending the materiality of the sun’s image. October 25, 2018 2018.10.26 William Lamson and Chris McCaw in conversation at SFAC William Lamson and Chris McCaw share a conversation of the... Read more

Ilona Szwarc

Untitled#14 is included as part of Sexy Beast's silent auction for Planned Parenthood LA Gala October 10, 2018 2018.10.10 Ilona Szwarc, Untitled #14 (I am a woman and I play the horror of my flesh) 2015, is included... Read more

WILLIAM LAMSON

William Lamson’s solo exhibition Badwater featured as one of LA Mag’s Best of October shows. October 2, 2018 2018.10.2 view more Read more

WILLIAM LAMSON

Artillery Mag writer Annabel Osberg conveys the poetically immersive duality that exists within William Lamson’s abiotic space. September 19, 2018 2018.9.19 view more Read more

Gallery Programing

ARTISTS CASEY REAS AND JEFFREY ALAN SCUDDER IN CONVERSATION August 1, 2018 2018.4.28 Casey Reas and Jeffrey Alan Scudder on drawing, animation, and coding systems. April 28 2018 3:30 p.m. 1035 N... Read more

Gallery Programing

AN EVENING WITH ARTISTS CATALINA OUYANG AND MICHELLE SUI August 1, 2018 2018.6.15 A performance followed by a discussion between Catalina Ouyang and Michelle Sui, moderated by Nü House. June 15 2018... Read more