Xinyu Liu

Xinyu Liu (born 1996, Hangzhou, China) is a visual artist and photographer currently based in Eugene, Oregon. He is interested in the social function of urban landscape and visibility of architecture’s power implications. His work also concerns the conflicts between personal memories and overarching narratives of history. In his practice, Xinyu reconstructs psychological landscapes that transform historically significant sites into narrative memories as a condition of retaining the past. Through this process, he not only traces his own resonance within modern infrastructure but also reveals the interconnected structures that lie beneath the façade of democracy. 

He is currently a MFA candidate at the University of Oregon, winner of Urbanautica Institute Award 2023, Jan Zach Memorial Scholarship, Joe and Alona Fischer Scholarship Fund Award, and recipient of Nature Art Post-85s Young Photographers Foundation Award. In the past year, his works has been shown in gallery in Seattle, Portland, Fukuoka, Athens, Eugene and Shanghai. His first book Rain or Coincidences is published by Buckman Journal in 2024.