Hung Liu

Hung Liu (刘虹)(b. February 17, 1948) in Changchun, China is a Chinese-American contemporary artist.

Hung Liu was born in the People's Republic, China and emigrated to the United States in 1984. She attended Beijing Teachers College in 1975 and studied mural painting at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. [Kara Kelly Hallmark, "Encyclopedia of Asian American Artists", Greenwood Publishing Group, 2007, p115. ISBN 031333451X] She is a class of '86 alumna of UC, San Diego. Her paintings and prints often make use of anonymous Chinese historical photographs, particularly those of women, as subject matter. Liu has received numerous awards, including two painting fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, and her work is represented in the permanent collections of major galleries in the United States and Asia.

She is currently the Professor of Painting at Mills College in Oakland, California.

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External links

* [http://www.kelliu.com/ Hung Liu's Homepage]
* [http://www.trillium-graphics.com/gallery/hungliu/hungliu.html Hung Liu's Za Zhong work at Trillium Graphics]
* [http://www.turnercarrollgallery.com/ Hung Liu's painting, editions and tapestries at Turner Carroll Gallery]