BIO
Rooted in a bicultural identity both American and Chinese, Liu’s work is a fusion of visual heritage and innovation. Her practice bridges the ancient artistic tradition of shanshui (mountain-water painting) with the medium and tempo of contemporary life. Melding the brushwork of Chinese shanshui and calligraphic painting with the immediacy of acrylic paint, airbrush, and mixed media, Liu’s art insists on the continued relevance of traditional Chinese aesthetics as a vital mode of reflection, memory, and healing.
Educated at the University of California, Berkeley, where she earned a BFA in Fine Art and a BA in Media Studies, Liu approaches her practice with both critical depth and technical fluency. Her background in media theory sharpens her awareness of how information, art, and identity circulate at a time when cultural homogenization threatens the survival of distinct visual languages. This informs her artistic direction: a contemporary reinterpretation of tradition, preserving the lore, craft, and philosophical integrity of Chinese art as nostalgic revival necessary to construct the visual language for our time.
Liu’s imagery is at once lush and introspective, mythological and modern, conjuring emotional and symbolic terrains that explore themes of ancestry, feminine interiority, and cultural continuity. Through this, Liu offers a rare kind of clarity though paintings that are both deeply rooted and boldly forward-facing, reimagining what it means to honor tradition while actively evolving it for future generations.
Liu has had a solo exhibition at H Foundation for the Arts LA, and recent group exhibitions include Charlie James Gallery LA, Good Mother Gallery (Oakland/LA), New Image Art LA, and Unveil Gallery LA.
ANN LIU 刘谙 (b. 2000) is a Chinese-American multi-disciplinary artist based in Los Angeles, originally from the Bay Area.
Rooted in a bicultural identity both American and Chinese, Liu’s work is a fusion of visual heritage and innovation. Her practice bridges the ancient artistic tradition of shanshui (mountain-water painting) with the medium and tempo of contemporary life. Melding the brushwork of Chinese shanshui and calligraphic painting with the immediacy of acrylic paint, airbrush, and mixed media, Liu’s art insists on the continued relevance of traditional Chinese aesthetics as a vital mode of reflection, memory, and healing.
Educated at the University of California, Berkeley, where she earned a BFA in Fine Art and a BA in Media Studies, Liu approaches her practice with both critical depth and technical fluency. Her background in media theory sharpens her awareness of how information, art, and identity circulate at a time when cultural homogenization threatens the survival of distinct visual languages. This informs her artistic direction: a contemporary reinterpretation of tradition, preserving the lore, craft, and philosophical integrity of Chinese art as nostalgic revival necessary to construct the visual language for our time.
Liu’s imagery is at once lush and introspective, mythological and modern, conjuring emotional and symbolic terrains that explore themes of ancestry, feminine interiority, and cultural continuity. Through this, Liu offers a rare kind of clarity though paintings that are both deeply rooted and boldly forward-facing, reimagining what it means to honor tradition while actively evolving it for future generations.
Liu has had a solo exhibition at H Foundation for the Arts LA, and recent group exhibitions include Charlie James Gallery LA, Good Mother Gallery (Oakland/LA), New Image Art LA, and Unveil Gallery LA.
EXHIBITION HISTORY
2025
America (Soy Yo!), Charlie James Gallery - Los Angeles, CA
May Flowers, Flower Gallery - Los Angeles, CA
Lucky Charms 《幸运符：十二生肖的当代诠释 》, H Foundation for the Arts - San Marino, CA
Daydream, Unveil Gallery - Irvine, CA
2024
Rendezvous, Good Mother Gallery - Los Angeles, CA
Sunshine, Collect Bean - Brooklyn, NY
30 YEARS OF NIA, New Image Art - Los Angeles, CA
2023
Until It’s Faced, New Image Art - Los Angeles, CA
Seed the Sunrise, Seed Gallery – Brooklyn, NY
HugIRL, Lion’s Milk Gallery – Brooklyn, NY
2022
Wave, Art Basel – Miami, FL
Horror LA Locals, Superchief Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
SUGOI @ NFT.NYC, DUMBO – Brooklyn, NY
ZORATOPIA, SXSW – Austin, TX
Culture Jam, ETHDenver Art Gallery – Denver, CO
Con Amor, Good Mother Gallery – Oakland, CA
2021
Immortal Thru Art, The Warehouse – Oakland, CA
2020
Catch Art Not Feelings, Neyborly Gallery – Oakland, CA
2019
UC Berkeley Senior Thesis Exhibition, Worth Ryder Art Gallery – Berkeley, CA
She Hella Cute, iD Oakland – Oakland, CA
Hot Girl Summer, Neyborly Gallery – Oakland, CA
trapxart Big Dope, 111 Minna Gallery – San Francisco, CA
Radical Wearables, Worth Ryder Art Gallery – Berkeley, CA
2018
Psychedelia, KALEID Gallery – San Jose, CA
ACCOLADES & EDUCATION
Founder, Executive Director CREATRIX
Magna Cum Laude, University of CA, Berkeley 2020
BA Art Practice, BA Media Studies & Communication
CURATION
POWRPLNT 10th ANNIVERSARY GALA, Auction - Manhattan, NY (2024)
30 Years of NIA, Group Exhibition - New Image Art, Los Angeles (2024)
“THRESHOLD”, Group Exhibition - New Image Art, Los Angeles (2023)
RESIDENCIES
2025 Ode Toronto Artist Residency. Toronto, Canada
2020 UC Berkeley Undergraduate Honors Program. Berkeley, CA
LECTURES, PANELS, & PRESENTATIONS
2025
“Daydream” Artist Panel, Irvine, CA. March 27, 2025
NFT.LA Panel, Los Angeles, CA. April 16, 2025
“Memecoins as Capital Markets” Lecture, FWB Fest. Idyllwild, CA August 3, 2025
2022
“NFTs for Good,” DUMBO, NY. June 9, 2022
“Women in Web3,” Berkeley College, NY. June 23, 2022
PRESS
︎︎︎ Forbes, Overstandard, VoyageLA, CollectBean