ABOUT
Photo by Miki Yamato
Junyi Liu (刘俊仪 b.1995) is a painter and performance artist based in New York City. She creates whimsical, vibrant scenes with characters in outfits evoking a different historical period, as a conduit to mirror the violence and oppression in the real world. Her artworks explore the pain, contradictions, and resistance experienced by ordinary people, especially women, under systemic oppression.
Born in China, Liu pursued her art education in the U.S. and received a BFA from Maryland Institute College of Art. She has exhibited in CONTEXT Art Miami, Art on Paper, Abend Gallery, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, Manifest Gallery, Arcadia Contemporary, 33 Contemporary, Untitled Space, etc. Publications featuring Liu’s work include Beautiful Bizarre Magazine, Aesthetica Magazine, Whitehot Magazine, amNY, American Art Collector, Cultbytes, Untitled Magazine, CanvasRebel, Fine Art Connoisseur, and more.
Selected Press (click to view)
