I am a photographer.（b.1996, China) I live and work in London.

Through my camera, I capture what moves me—the light, the joy, and the sorrow.

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The picture reveals it.
Regard,

kaishuiphoto@gmail.com

Exhibitions/ Screenings

2026

24-29 July
‘Between Your Eyes and Mine’, ‘After Eden’ Group Exhibition, The Crypt Gallery, 165 Euston Road, NW1 2BA, London

22 January
‘Between Your Eyes and Mine’, Portrait of Britain Vol.8 Book Launch show, Protein Studios, 31 New Inn Yard,London

2025

14-20 March
‘Between Your Eyes and Mine’, Solo Exhibition, Prefetti Gallery, 52 Caledonian Road, N1 9DP, London. [Click Here]

12-25 February
‘Between Your Eyes and Mine’, ‘Love’ Group Exhibition, The Photobook Cafe, 4 Leonard Circus, EC2A 4DQ, London

15-31 February
‘The Days Gone Past’, Harper’s Bazaar x Croissant ：“Only Attitude Is Worthy of Praise” Photography Group Exhibition, Tianfu Center for Photography and Art, Chengdu, China

14-24 February
‘The Days Gone Past’, Harper’s Bazaar x Croissant: ‘Attitude’ Photography Group Exhibition, D09 798 Art Zone, No.2 Jiuxianqiao Road, Beijing, China

13-31 January
‘The Days Gone Past’, Global SinoPhoto Award Rvisited 2020-2024, Christie’s, 8 King Street, SW1Y 6QT, London

2024
‘Between Your Eyes and Mine’, Solo Exhibition, Three Shadows Art Centre, Beijing, China. [Click Here]

‘The Wave’, FACT presents Cinema in The City, FACT, 88 Wood Street, Liverpool, L1 4DQ

2023
‘Didi’ from <Same As Always>,TAYLOR WESSING PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT PRIZE 2022, National Galleries Scotland, Edinburgh

‘The Days Gone Past’, BELFAST PHOTO FESTIVAL 2023, Photo-Book Library, Botanic Garden, College Park Ave, Botanic Ave, BT7 1LP, Belfast

2022
‘The Wave’, CREATECOP27, Online Exhibition, Culture Cop In Egypt And ArtPartner.Com,

‘Didi From Same As Always’, TAYLOR WESSING PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT PRIZE 2022, National Portrait Gallery, Cromwell Place, South Kensington, SW7 2JE, London

‘The Days Gone Past’, LCF MA22 POSTGRADUATE SHOWCASE, Victoria House Basement, 37 Southampton Row, London

2017
‘Little Monster’, Lishui Photography Festival, Lishui ‘Melodrama’, Solo exhibition, Pingyao Photography Festival, Pingyao, Shanxi
‘The Original Core - the New Generation of post-90s Photography’, Pingyao Photography Festival, Pingyao, Shanxi

2016
‘The mountains, trees and people’, Tianjin Art Museum, Tianjin

Awards

2026

Portrait of Photography 2026, LensCulture, Finalist, Amsterdam, NLD.

2025

Portrait of Britain, British Journal of Photography, Shortlisted, London, UK

2023

BELFAST PHOTO FESTIVAL, Photo-Book Winner, Belfast

2022

Three Shadows Young Artists Program, Running Program, Shortlisted, Beijing, CN

CREATECOP27, Honourable mentions, Culture COP in Egypt and Artpartner.com

TAYLOR WESSING PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT PRIZE, Shortlisted, London, UK

2022 PHOTOLUCIDA CRITICAL MASS, Finalist, Portland, OR

2016

Tianjin Art Museum Youth Photography Competition, First Prize, Tianjin, CN

2015

Tianjin Photographic Association Competition, Second Prize, Tianjin, CN

Publications/ Press/ Magazine

LensCulture portrait awards 2026 – in pictures，The Guardian, [Click Here]

Portrait of Britain Volume 8, British Journal of Photography. [Click Here]

10 heartwarming photo stories about community from 2025, Text by Tiarna, Dazed. [Click Here]

Kaishui Yikai Liu’s Tender Portrait of Chinese Students in London, Text by Madeleine Rothery, AnOther Magazine. [Click Here]

Intimate portraits of London’s international students in their rooms, Text by Madeleine Pollard, Dazed [Click Here]

Tummy Ache magazine Vol. 4. [Click Here]

Kaishui Yikai Liu - Between Your Eyes and Mine, Words by Nastasia Khmelnitski, WüL Magazine. [Click Here]

TAYLOR WESSING PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT 2022, Digital Publication, Published By National Portrait Gallery, London

The Days Gone Past, Self-Published Photography Book

"Young Artist Running Program" SOLO EXHIBITION： BETWEEN YOUR EYES AND MINE

Meet Kaishui Liu | Photographer & Visual Artist｜

GAG Artist Talk｜Memories are the unreal part of imagination.

Durid, Vanguard magazine #27 vol.3, New York,

Ripple，Kaltblut Magazine. Berlin

Memory Navigation, Rain Magazine, Los Angeles

Till the End of the World, Fucking Young! Magazine. [Click Here]

Answer me N32, Cake-Mag https://www.cake-mag.com/answer-me-no32 [Click Here]

Psykhi is Confronting The Future, New Wave Mag

Fashion Story: Epic, Contributor Magazine. [Clink Here]

Connect, Sicky Mag

YOU DON’T BELONG IN HOLLYWOOD, WRPD Magazine.[Click Here]

Kaishui Yikai Liu

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