Liliana Zaharia is a London-based multi-media artist whose practice investigates the complex intersections of human experience, bodily gestures, and social structures through photography, video, and performance. Her methodology centres on developing profound collaborative relationships with participants over extended periods, creating work that navigates the space between documentation and artistic interpretation.
Education
2020 - 2021
MA Photography, Distinction, UAL, London College of Communication
2011 - 2013
BA Fine Art Photography, London Metropolitan University
2009 - 2011
BA Fine Art, National University of Arts, Bucharest
Selected exhibitions
Gestures of Resistance, XU 501 Art Space, Chongqing, China, 2023
Gestures of Resistance, FORMAT festival, Derby, UK, 2023
Hidden Worlds, part of East Meets West, Derby, UK, 2023
LCB Depot, screening of Non-Conforming Bodies, Leicester, UK, 2023
Trauma and Healing, Come as You Art, Espacio Gallery, London, UK, 2022
London College of Communication, Postgraduate exhibition, London, UK, 2021
Where Are You and How Are You Feeling, virtual exhibition in collaboration with Turner Contemporary, part of Postgraduate, 2021
Freespace Project, On a scale from 1 to 10, virtual exhibition, London, UK, 2020
Ashurst Art Prize, London, UK, 2020
Galateca Gallery, video screening from On a scale from 1 to 10, Bucharest, RO, 2020
Fieldwork Dance, Video screening and performance in collaboration with Irina Petreanu, London, UK, 2019
Artist Talks
In Conversation with East Meets West artists, led by Emily Ryalls,2023
Mind+Body panel discussion with Becky Warnock, online, LCC, 2021
UBS, Headscape and The Ability Awareness Network, online, 2021
Freespace Project, in conversation with Jennifer Gilbert, online, 2020
Awards/Grants
Shortlisted for New Contemporaries, London, UK, 2022
a-n Bursaries: Time Space Money, UK, 2022
Shortlisted for Hastings Open, UK, 2022
Sam and Alida Haskins Study Grant, University of the Arts, London, UK, 2021
Shortlisted for Ashurst Art Prize, 2020
a-n Artist Bursaries for professional development, 2019
Features
Source Graduate Photography, Guest Selection by Ben Harman, 2023, https://www.source.ie/graduate/2022/selection1_ma.php
Stillpoint Magazine, Non-Conforming Bodies, TOUCH issue, accompanying text by Lisa Claire Green, 2022
https://stillpointmag.org/issue/s4-touch/
Freespace Project, On a scale from 1 to 10, 2020, https://www.freespaceproject.org/blog/onascale
Features
Source Graduate Photography, Guest Selection by Ben Harman, 2023, https://www.source.ie/graduate/2022/selection1_ma.php
Stillpoint Magazine, Non-Conforming Bodies, TOUCH issue, accompanying text by Lisa Claire Green, 2022
https://stillpointmag.org/issue/s4-touch/
Freespace Project, On a scale from 1 to 10, 2020, https://www.freespaceproject.org/blog/onascale
Source Graduate Photography Showcase, 2022
Photograd Zine, 2022
How are you and how are you feeling, MAP 21, London College of Communication, 2021
Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize, Exhibition Catalogue, Ashurst LLP, 2020