LONG ISLAND CITY, NY.- SculptureCenter and Asymmetry announced Sharon X. Liu as the inaugural recipient of the Asymmetry Curatorial Fellowship. Selected via an global open call, Liu will begin her 20-month fellowship in August under the mentorship of the SculptureCenter team. This milestone marks a pioneering collaboration between Asymmetry and SculptureCenter.

During her tenure, Liu will join SculptureCenter’s curatorial team in developing SculptureCenter’s signature open call program, In Practice, which invites artists who have yet to receive an institutional solo exhibition in New York City to propose solo projects. Since its inception in 2003, In Practice has supported the production of new works by over 270 artists, including recent participants Covey Gong, Adriana Ramić, , Claudia Pagès, and Marina Xenofontos, among others. Liu will work on two full seasons of In Practice, as well as contribute to research and exhibition development, public program, editorial initiatives, and other curatorial activities across the organization’s artistic program, introducing artists and thinkers whose work resonates with SculptureCenter’s mission and purpose.

Additionally, Liu will receive mentorship, support and resources from Asymmetry to propose and develop public programs to be realised in New York or at Asymmetry’s multi-purpose program space in London. Moreover, she will be immersed in Asymmetry’s diverse network of curators, writers and scholars, contributing to, and interacting with, a rich hub of knowledge exchange and collaboration.

This appointment continues Asymmetry and SculptureCenter’s ongoing commitment to promoting essential global voices across thought and practice.

Sharon X. Liu (b. China) joins the Asymmetry Curatorial Fellowship from the Mead Art museum, Amherst College, where she currently works as a Curatorial Assistant. Her studies and work experience in the U.S., China, and Japan have informed her curatorial practice, and led her to explore contemporary art shaped by border crossing dialogues and particularly inter-Asian connections. Her recent exhibitions include "Translation in the Expanded Field" (Tokyo, 2025), "Open Admissions: Michael Rakowitz and Early Amherst College Collections" (Mead Art Museum, 2025), "Laborious Hands" (Amherst College Library, 2024-25), “Retrieving and Revitalizing: From Yurakucho to Yangon” (YAU Studio, Tokyo, 2023).

She has received support from the Asahi Shimbun Foundation, Ishibashi Foundation, and Tokyo Arts Council for her curatorial and research projects. In addition to exhibitions, she has written for Artforum China, CAFA Art Info, and Ocula.

Sharon grew up in Hangzhou, China, and earned a bachelor's degree in Art History and Mathematics from Wellesley College as well as a master's degree in East Asian Studies from Yale University. She also spent two years conducting art history research at Tokyo University of the Arts.