In recent years, Liao Wen's work has mainly focused on sculpture, her practice also encompasses installation, video, and performance. She explores how power and technology discipline and shape the body within contemporary culture, using the concept of "liminal states" as a foundational idea. Her oeuvre unfolds through puppetry, allowing her to depict the multifaceted experiences of trauma, healing, and care in life.
Her solo exhibitions include MACA Art
Center( Beijing, 2025), Capsule (Venice,2024; Shanghai, 2021), and Cai
Jin Space (Beijing, 2021). She has participated in group exhibitions at The British Council (Hong Kong, 2025）; Perrotin Gallery (Paris, 2025); Guangdong
Times Museum（Guangzhou, 2024); The First
Trans-Southeast Asia Triennial (Guangzhou, 2023); Cassina Projects (Milan,
2023); François Ghebaly Gallery (Los Angeles, 2022); OCAT Biennale 2021
(Shenzhen, 2021), among others.
She was awarded the Frieze New York Stand
prize in 2023 and was a finalist artist for the Ducato Prize in 2023. In 2022,
Art in America chose her as one of the New Talent artists. Her works have been
featured in publications such as The New York Times, The Art Newspaper
China, and ArtReview Magazine; Her work has been included in the“GREAT
WOMEN SCULPTORS” published by Phaidon Press. She was selected to be the
resident of Pro Helvetia in Switzerland in 2025.
近年来，廖雯的创作以雕塑为主，其实践还包括装置、影像与表演。她关注当代文化中权力和技术对身体的规训与形塑，以“阈限状态”为切入点，并以木偶的形式展开创作。由此，她再现生命经验中多维的创伤、疗愈与关爱。
她的个展包括，MACA艺术中心（北京，2025）; 胶囊空间（威尼斯，2024;上海，2021）; 蔡锦空间（北京，2021）。 近期群展包括，英国文化协会（香港，2025），贝浩登画廊（巴黎，2025）; 广东时代美术馆（广州，2024）; 首届泛东南亚三年展（广州，2023）; Cassina Projects（米兰，2023）; François Ghebaly画廊（洛杉矶，2022）; “飞去来器-第九届OCAT双年展”（深圳，2021）等。
她获2023年Frieze 纽约艺博会的Stand Prize，亦入围2023年意大利Ducato Prize，2022年入选为Art in America的New Talent艺术家之一。 廖雯的作品被纽约时报、艺术新闻（中文版）、ArtReview艺术世界等刊物报导，其作品收录于Phaidon Press出版的“GREAT WOMEN SCULPTORS”中。 她将于2025年参加瑞士文化基金会的驻地项目。