Pixy Yijun Liao discusses her life and creating art at a dialogue with curator and writer Barbara Pollack. MAY ZHOU / CHINA DAILY

To escape pressure from the expectations of her family — working a 9-5 office job, getting married and having kids, like many others, Pixy Yijun Liao came to the US to find her own path.

That self-searching has turned her into an artist, she said during a talk with curator and writer Barbara Pollack at the Asia Society Texas Center (ASTC) on Sunday in Houston.

A few pieces of Liao’s conceptual photography are among the current exhibition We Chat: A Dialogue in Contemporary Chinese Art. It showcases 10 young Chinese artists, some based in China and others living abroad.

All of the artists were born after 1976. Their art offers a break from the past, looking toward a future that is rooted in internet culture and new media. Most importantly, raised in a period of rapid globalization, the young artists tend to focus more on their individuality rather than their cultural identities or geographic boundaries.