Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Caroline Liu

Painter :: Illustrator :: Muralist

“Art as Therapy”

Chicago based artist Caroline Liu is a painter, illustrator, and muralist. Her work explores the complex layers of perception and memory through reflection within the self and within a community. Rich with symbolism, her compositions contain a powerful iconography of totems, flora and fauna, patterns, and portraiture that is paired with her electric and vibrant color palette. Her work is deeply connected to her personal narrative and memories, while also evoking a wider sense of universality in themes of vulnerability, loss, strength, and togetherness.

She received her BFA from the University of New Mexico in 2011 and moved to Chicago in 2013. Liu has a strong personal aesthetic and has exhibited work in galleries all across the Mid- west and the Southwest. She has painted murals all across Chicago, as well as for large companies such as Adidas, Vans, and Goose Island. She is a 2016/17 Hatch Project Artist in Resident at the Chicago Artists Coalition, 2017 Artist Resident at the Chicago Art Department, and a 2016 Bridge Artist in Resident at the Hyde Park Art Center.