Alice Longyu Gao is a resilient DJ, songwriter, and performance art practitioner girl. Longyu means “dragon and universe,” her last name Gao means “Magnificent.”
Alice has studied music since she was 4 years old. Trained by professors from Shanghai Conservatory of Music and People’s Liberation Army Academy of Art, she plays piano and sings soprano. As a DJ, she is active in the fashion and art industries. She’s made runway tracks and has deejayed for Juicy Couture, DIESEL, LVMH/Hennessy, Marian Goodman Gallery, Asia Society, Parrish Art museum, M.A.C Cosmestics, Milk Makeup, Nike, Warner Music Group, A$AP Mob, V Magazine/Charlie XCX, Dr. Martens, NIKE, Coachella/NYLON Magazine, Refinery 29 and PAPER Magazine. Furthermore, she deejayed at Hotel Radio Paris, The Groucho Club in London, Soho House, Up & Down and Ruschmeyers in Montauk.
Activating for LGBTQ+ rights since day one, Alice was featured in the W Hotels worldwide campaign and the official NYC Pride campaign in 2017 & 2018. OUT Magazine and Posture Magazine featured Alice’s strong artistic voice for the community. She deejayed for the It Gets Better Project, Hayley Kiyoko, Miz Cracker from RuPaul’s Drag Race and Patrick Starr. Based on her Chinese background, Asian religious studies at Harvard and her cultural research in Paris, London and San Francisco, Alice created an art installation called PERICURA. Her art/sculptures were featured in WWD, i-D, L’Officiel, NYLON Magazine, PAPER Magazine, and CBS.