Upstream Gallery is pleased to present Glorious Substances, Beautiful Settings, a new solo exhibition by Jen Liu, opening on January 17, 2026. The exhibition brings together Liu’s latest video work and paintings developed as part of MANIFESTOS FOR A BEAUTIFUL WORLD (FLUIDICS), the second chapter of her ongoing research into Chinese women in the Americas. This chapter brings together the stories of 19th-century Chinese migrant sex workers in the United States and contemporary AI sentiment gig workers, structured by the circular logic of mercury poisoning and Chinese micro-dramas.