Baker Artist Portfolios

Chia Hsiu Liu is a Baltimore-based artist and painter originally from Taiwan. Liu’s paintings focus on rootlessness and the fluctuating identity of an Asian artist in metropolitan cities, exploring the excitement of a futuristic, urban perspective. Her abstract paintings are inspired by the architecture and fast pace of the cities she has lived in, especially Taoyuan (Taiwan), Baltimore, and New York. Liu aims to maintain a watery effect in oil paintings and uses her self-developed collage technique to create large-scale works.

She received her MFA at the LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting at MICA and her MA in Art Management from Yuan-Ze University. She received the Bunting Award in 2024, was shortlisted for the Global Creative Graduate Showcase 2025, and was selected as the Featured Artist for the Hooper Prize. She has also been chosen for a partnership with The Pew Charitable Trusts through Hamiltonian Artists.