Hung Liu was born in Changchun, China. She was trained in the tradition of social realism using mural painting to portray the idealized joys of the Chinese people during the catastrophic Great Leap Forward of Mao's Cultural Revolution.
Today, using mixed media with many layers of resin. Floating on top of a base image are layers of paint accenting it in three-dimensions. She uses collage and the running lines of paint in the style of Abstract Impressioinisn.
She opened her show at the Sanchez Art Center in Pacifica, a coastal community south of San Francisco this week. With great charm and humor she spoke along with her collaborator David Salgado, a master printer from Trillium Graphics located in Brisbane. They spoke of the process of their collaboration working both side-by-side and by the use of many late night emails and phone calls.
More information about Hung Liu and the location of the Sanchez Art Center can be found at http://www.sanchezartcenter.org/exhibitions.html
