Xin Liu

Xin Liu is an artist and engineer born in Xinjiang, China, in 1991, who works with performance, sculpture, installation, and space-related projects. She was a Pioneer Works Technology Resident in summer 2018. Her work has been shown at Ars Electronica, the Walker Art Center, Sundance, and OCAT Shanghai, among others. Her projects include the 'Living Distance' series, in which her wisdom tooth travelled aboard the International Space Station, and 'Unearthing Futures', made with Lucia Monge, which sent potato seeds into Earth's lower orbit. She also works as Arts Curator in the Space Exploration Initiative at MIT Media Lab.