Emilie Liu is a Taiwanese painter and digital artist who works with both analog and digital media. Born and raised in Taipei, she has been based in New York since 2010.  

Her objectives are to capture the emotions she has experienced while living in a diverse and dynamic city while her color palette is influenced by the exuberant natural landscapes of Northern California, where she briefly resided

Emilie Liu spends over a decade working in the design industry, when she welcomed her dog Jupiter into her home four years ago, he inspired Emilie to seek a louder artistic voice.

Most of her early work captures Jupiter’s lively micro-expressions. Jupiter’s positive energy radiates through Emilie’s brush strokes, applied in such a way as to achieve human scale. 

Other portraits capture canine companions belonging to strangers whose vibrant presences and quirks left an impression on Emilie that compelled her to document them on canvas.

The culminating works of this series are Emilie’s personalities made manifest. These portraits are projections of Liu’s emotions and reflections from her daily experiences. Energetic and unexpected, Emilie’s work evokes a sense of wit and play.