ART
MUSICIAN
YITING LIU
Artist Statement
Yiting Liu is a multidisciplinary artist based in New York, working across oil painting and Guqin performance. Her work explores the convergence of visual and sonic languages, drawing deeply from her lifelong musical training and synesthetic perception. Influenced by the tonal philosophy of the Guqin—especially its resonance between Heaven, Earth, and Humanity—her paintings are composed like musical scores: lines move like finger techniques on strings, layers of color build like polyphonic voices, and white space carries tension like rests between notes.
Liu’s visual language moves fluidly between abstraction and figuration. Rather than illustrating a narrative, she seeks to evoke emotional and spatial atmospheres—moments suspended between form and formlessness. Inspired by Eastern cosmology, she uses rhythm, breath, and silence to create compositions that unfold with quiet intensity and poetic logic.
Raised in a boarding school affiliated with a music conservatory, Liu’s early life was shaped by disciplined listening and daily musical immersion. These experiences continue to shape her approach to painting, where the canvas becomes an extension of musical improvisation and memory. Her works are meditations on perception, offering space for stillness, reflection, and resonance.
Academy of Art University, San Francisco, Oil Painting
2021 MFA
New York Academy of Art, Oil Painting
Solo Shows
Group Shows
2025
Dual Exhibition, Relations and Being, ArtsWestchester, White Plains, New York
Dual Exhibition, Relations and Being, ArtsWestchester, White Plains, New York
2025
Art on Paper (A Space Gallery， Booth D25), New York
Between Us, A Resonance, The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York
Focus Art Fair(A Space Gallery，Booth A12), Chelsea Industriual,New York
In The Mood for Love, VillageOneArt Gallery, New York
Mirrors and Masks International Online Juried Exhibition, Asian Art Contemporary, New York
On the Critical Point: Wanderlust and Nostalgia in the New Age, Asian Art Contemporary, New York
2024
Evolving Identities, Sotheby’s Institute of Art, New York
2023
Omega To Alpha, Sojourner Gallery, New York
Vantage Point Exhibition, Sojourner Gallery, New York
Metamorphosis, The Living Gallery, New York
2023 MFA Thesis Exhibition, New York Academy of Art, New York
Tribeca Ball 2023, New York Academy of Art, New York
2022
Tribeca Ball 2022, New York Academy of Art, New York
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 Egestas
2013
Yiting Liu: Bridging Tradition and Contemporary Art
USA Art News
2025
Mirrors and Masks International Online Juried Exhibition
Asian Art Contemporary
2025
Interview | New York-based Artist Yiting Liu
Asian Art Contemporary
2025
GROUP EXHIBITION: OMEGA TO ALPHA
Sojourner Gallery,
New York
August 4, 2023
'Vantage Point' a Starting Point of a Rising Generation of Asian Artists,
Accesswire,
New York
June 13, 2023
USA Art News
2025
Mirrors and Masks International Online Juried Exhibition
Asian Art Contemporary
2025
Interview | New York-based Artist Yiting Liu
Asian Art Contemporary
2025
GROUP EXHIBITION: OMEGA TO ALPHA
Sojourner Gallery,
New York
August 4, 2023
'Vantage Point' a Starting Point of a Rising Generation of Asian Artists,
Accesswire,
New York
June 13, 2023
Musician CV
Melody of Dragon - Liu Yi-Ting
Performance and Activities
China: Design and Decorative Arts Workshop, New York School of Interior Design, 2025
History of Ancient Chinese Literature, Columbia University, NY, 2024-2025
Sing for Hope invited artist performance, Penn Station, NY 2025
National Immigrant Heritage Month Celebration Concert, Queens Public Library, NY 2024
The School at Columbia University, NY, 2024
Chinese New Year Concert, Interchurch Center, New York, 2024
Teaching and Workshops
Monthly Guqin Workshop Series with 7’s Art, 2023–present
SPRING 春
2023
72 x 48 in （horizontal/vertical）
Mixmedia, Watercolor, Acrylic on Canvas
Spring signifies a pivotal milestone in the Liu's creative journey. This piece, enriched by her profound connection with Chinese literature and music, marked Liu's evolution in the language of painting and creative expression. Her subsequent works masterfully blend personal and collective expression, aligning Eastern philosophy with personal experiences. Just like the dormant potential in withered wood awaiting spring, Liu's art embodies an inherent vitality and acceptance of the cyclical nature of life. The symbolic use of "wood" for decay and "spring" for time underscores the natural rhythm of existence in her work.
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Group Show, Omega To Alpha, Sojourner Gallery, New York
2025
48 x 48 in
Mixmedia, Oil on Canvas
No Title
2025
30 x 30 in
Mixmedia, Oil on Canvas
Yiting often works intuitively and experimentally on multiple paintings at once, using smaller works as a space for spontaneous exploration and visual inquiry. This piece is one of the companion studies created alongside her painting on the theme of love, capturing a moment of emotional reflection in the process.
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Universe，Earth，Humanity （Oil Sketch）
2025
30 x 30 inches
Oil and Mix Media On Canvas
This is the third iteration of Heaven, Earth, humanity since the original was completed in 2023. Over two years, the artist revisited the work three times, using varied techniques to explore a singular concept. This process deepened the integration of practice and philosophy, leaving a lasting impact on subsequent works.
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Heaven, Earth, Man 天地人
2023
48*48 in
Watercolor, Arcrylic, Oil on canvas
The work is an exploring of human expierence based on the Chinese philosophy of the harmony unify between nature and human. The idea of three elements is come from the ancient chinese instrument Guqin.
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Heaven, Earth, Humanity
2024
48*48 in
Oil on canvas
The work i s a remade of the one sold in 2023. The
work is an exploring of human expierence based on the Chinese philosophy of the harmony unify between nature and human. The idea of three elements is come from the ancient chinese instrument Guqin
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The Inner Oder
2025
40 x 30
Oil，Mixmedia on canvas
This painting emerged after a long period of introspective exploration. It reflects the formation of inner order—only when one’s inner structure is in place can life truly find its direction and begin its journey. The shifting moon phases and the grounded presence of the stone symbolize the passage of time, the fluidity of space, and the enduring nature of existence.
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Tian Wen Charcoal IV -40 x 30-Charcoal on paper-2025
Tian Wen Charcoal II -30 x 22 in-Charcoal on paper-2023