Mei LIU

Profile

Born in Shanghai, based in Amsterdam. Mei Liu is an artist, filmmaker, and performance-maker. With a background in documentary and fiction filmmaking, she integrates these methodologies into her performances, expanding the definitions of cinema and practicing “film yoga” as a means of gaining spiritual insight into herself and the world through mindful films and performances.

Recent activity:
2025 “Homesick for Another World (performance)” (Theater Commons Tokyo/Forecast Festival, Berlin, 2025)
2023 “ICON (video installation)” (Intersection group exhibition, Jogja, Indonesia, 2023)
2023 “Wu Wei Mudra (video installation)” (前台osf, Guangzhou, China, 2023)

Recent awards:
2025 “Artist development fund for interdisciplinary project,” Amarte Fonds, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2024-25 “Forecast Mentorship for Audacious Minds with mentor Lieko Shiga,” Forecast, Berlin
2020 “Jury prize winner, Long Distance Film Festival,” New York

About works / performance

Mei Liu is an artist, filmmaker, and performance-maker. With a background in documentary and fiction filmmaking, she integrates these methodologies into her performances, expanding the definitions of cinema and practicing “film yoga” as a means of gaining spiritual insight into herself and the world through mindful films and performances.