Artist Statement
Multidisciplinary Artist | Painter and Guqin Performer | Member of Melody of Dragon
Yiting Liu is a multidisciplinary artist based in New York, working across oil painting and Guqin music. She holds MFA and MA degrees from the New York Academy of Art and the Academy of Art University.
Raised in a boarding school affiliated with a music conservatory since the age of three, Liu’s early life was shaped by sound, discipline, and a heightened sensitivity to rhythm and emotion. Music was her first language—a way of seeing and feeling. Over time, her auditory training evolved into a synesthetic practice where colors, textures, and movement echoed musical structures.
Her painting is deeply informed by the tonal principles of the Guqin—Heaven, Earth, and Humanity—and guided by an Eastern cosmological view that sees harmony in the relationship between presence and absence, sound and silence. Through visual rhythms, layered colors, and spacious compositions, Liu creates a sensory experience where painting and music converge into a unified perceptual language—one that invites stillness, reflection, and emotional resonance.
Raised in a boarding school affiliated with a music conservatory since the age of three, Liu’s early life was shaped by sound, discipline, and a heightened sensitivity to rhythm and emotion. Music was her first language—a way of seeing and feeling. Over time, her auditory training evolved into a synesthetic practice where colors, textures, and movement echoed musical structures.
Her painting is deeply informed by the tonal principles of the Guqin—Heaven, Earth, and Humanity—and guided by an Eastern cosmological view that sees harmony in the relationship between presence and absence, sound and silence. Through visual rhythms, layered colors, and spacious compositions, Liu creates a sensory experience where painting and music converge into a unified perceptual language—one that invites stillness, reflection, and emotional resonance.
Education
2017 MA
Academy of Art University, San Francisco, Oil Painting
2021 MFA
New York Academy of Art, Oil Painting
Solo Shows
2025
Dual Exihibition, Relations and Being, ArtsWestchester, White Plains, New York
Dual Exihibition, Relations and Being, ArtsWestchester, White Plains, New York
Group Shows
2025
Group Show, In The Mood for Love, VillageOneArt Gallery, New York
Group Show, Mirrors and Masks International Online Juried Exhibition, Asian Art Contemporary, New York
Group Show, On the Critical Point: Wanderlust and Nostalgia in the New Age, Asian Art Contemporary, New York
2024
Group Show, Evolving Identities, Sotheby’s Institute of Art, New York
2023
Group Show, Omega To Alpha, Sojourner Gallery, New York
Group Show, Vantage Point Exhibition, Sojourner Gallery, New York
Group Show, Metamorphosis, The Living Gallery, New York
Group Show, 2023 MFA Thesis Exhibition, New York Academy of Art, New York
Group Show, Tribeca Ball 2023, New York Academy of Art, New York
2022
Group Show, Tribeca Ball 2022, New York Academy of Art, New York
Group Show, In The Mood for Love, VillageOneArt Gallery, New York
Group Show, Mirrors and Masks International Online Juried Exhibition, Asian Art Contemporary, New York
Group Show, On the Critical Point: Wanderlust and Nostalgia in the New Age, Asian Art Contemporary, New York
2024
Group Show, Evolving Identities, Sotheby’s Institute of Art, New York
2023
Group Show, Omega To Alpha, Sojourner Gallery, New York
Group Show, Vantage Point Exhibition, Sojourner Gallery, New York
Group Show, Metamorphosis, The Living Gallery, New York
Group Show, 2023 MFA Thesis Exhibition, New York Academy of Art, New York
Group Show, Tribeca Ball 2023, New York Academy of Art, New York
2022
Group Show, Tribeca Ball 2022, New York Academy of Art, New York
Awards
Third Place | Mirrors and Masks International Online Juried Exhibition
2025
The COA Annual Artist Award
2023
MFA Academy Scholar Award
2022
MFA Academy Scholar Award
2021
Academy Award for Advertising Festival of Chinese Colleges
2013
2025
The COA Annual Artist Award
2023
MFA Academy Scholar Award
2022
MFA Academy Scholar Award
2021
Academy Award for Advertising Festival of Chinese Colleges
2013