Xinran Liu

Xinran Liu was born in China in 1998. She holds a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2020 and earned her MA in Painting at the Royal College of Art in 2023. Currently, she lives and works in London, UK.

Liu's work endeavors to capture the unfiltered thoughts and memories that surface in an instant. Rather than conveying 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 time Xinran spent with family and friends that whisper and fade away.

Submitted by RIVER ART GALLERY