Xinran Liu
China
Xinran Liu, born in China in 1998, received her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2020 and her MA in Painting from the Royal College of Art in 2023, where she was shortlisted for the Chadwell Award. In 2024, she was awarded the Boynes Artist Award. Her work has been exhibited internationally in cities such as London, Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, Taichung, and Chicago. Liu currently lives and works in London, UK.
Liu's work endeavors to capture the unfiltered thoughts and memories that surface in an instant. Rather than expressing these moments through rational language, she intuitively translates them, much like dots scattered randomly across a canvas. This painting process is intricately linked to the acts of writing and sketching. The subtle marks enable Xinran to preserve the emotion while recreating it on the surface, ensuring it retains its luster. These fleeting entities weave together a transient web of thoughts, reminiscent of the moment Xinran spent with family and friends that whisper and fade away.