Spotlight on Taiwanese visual artist, Mia Liu｜Taiwan News

Today we take you to meet Taiwanese visual artist Mia Liu. Her works range from paper sculpture to spatial installation, drawing, photography, video installation, and more. She is currently showcasing her works at a zero-waste fashion exhibition in Taipei. FTV reporter Stephany Yang spoke to Liu to find out more about her works.

This work is called "Beard has a Face." Mia Liu’s work was inspired by Hong Kong writer Xixi. She used pen, acrylic paint, french watercolor paper, denim fabric, mulberry paper, crayon, and aluminum panel mounting to create the piece. Liu is exhibiting her works at a zero-waste fashion exhibition in Taipei till April.

Mia Liu
Visual artist
This work is called “Beard Has a Face.” What is unique about this work is that you can see that there is a denim circle on the outside. It is a special denim cloth. I read a novel by the late Hong Kong writer Xixi. The novel is about "Beard Has a Face” – which is the name of a person. This person is very interesting and often asks, "Why do the tables touch the chairs?" When I was working on this piece, I thought, maybe we can imagine something different and put cloth and paper together.

Liu is a visual artist from Taiwan. Her works have been exhibited throughout Asia, America, and Europe. Her works range from paper sculpture, and drawing, to spatial installation, photography, video installation, botanical sculpture, and more. Over the past few years, Liu has been exploring how contemporary textiles can fuse with traditional painting and calligraphy.

Mia Liu
Visual artist
In the works behind me, the ink paintings you see are antique paintings that I found in flea markets at various places, including Kyoto, Tokyo, South Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore. This is my hobby. I like to find things that have been used by people in flea markets or forgotten things. When I saw these antique paintings, I felt very touched. I took the old paintings back to Taiwan, found a great restorer to help me repair them, and then framed them again.

After her Taipei exhibition concludes, Liu will exhibit her works in London from May 16 till 19.

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