Hung Liu
Hung Liu (1948-2021, b. Changchun, China) received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art and Art Education in 1975 from Beijing Teachers College and her Master of Fine Arts in Mural Painting from Central Academy of Fine Art in 1981, and her Master of Fine Arts in Visual Arts from University of California, San Diego in 1986. She has received many awards, grants, and recognitions. Some of these include the Capp Street Project Stipend, San Francisco, CA and the Contemporary Art by Women of Color Artists’ Award, Guadalupe Cultural Center, San Antonio, TX. Since 1990, Liu has been a professor of painting at Mills College, Oakland, CA. She was one of the first artists from China to establish a career in the United States.
