| Artist | Lillian Liu | Resides | Canada |
| Website | lillianliu.squarespace.com | Medium | Fine Art Digital Photography |
| Follow the Artist | Instagram | Facebook | peculiar@live.ca | |
| Themes | Folklore Fantasy History Female protagonists Fairytales Divine Feminine |
About the artist
Lillian Liu is a self taught, award-winning and published creative photographer who utilizes digital techniques to create unique atmospheres in her work. She is a part of the humanitarian artistic collective Free Spirit, headquartered in Paris, as of 2016.
Features, clients, and publications as a photographer include:
Marie Claire Taiwan, Vogue Taiwan, HarperCollins, Adobe, Penguin Random House, Atlantic Records, My Modern Met, CTV News Canada, Art.Ifeng, Enchanted Living Magazine/Faerie Magazine, Blanche Macdonald, Domestika, 54th Annual Taiwan Golden Horse Awards, Craftopia on HBO Max, Kat Von D Beauty 10 Years of Beauty (Muse #5), and many more.
Lillian’s awards include the 38th ARTS 2022 New Media Category, the Grand Award, Creative Division at the 2020 WPPI Competition,5th and 6th FAPA awards, Muse Photography awards, and more. She is also shortlisted in the National Gallery (London, UK) NG200 Creators list. She is also a finalist of the 2019 Beautiful Bizarre Magazine and Stocksy Photography Award. She has also shot winning editorials for the 30th Contessa Hair Awards hosted by Salon Magazine, with stylist Freddy Sim.
Lillian Liu is also representing Team Canada in the 2023 World Photographic Cup for illustrative portraiture.
Lillian has been showcased in galleries such as Javits Center, Surrey Art Gallery, Place Des Artes, Vancouver Convention Center, Arch Enemy Arts Gallery, Route 22 Artist Collective Gallery, and on SevensGrant as curated by Paris Hilton, and on Times Square billboards. She has also lectured or given presentations and classes, such as for the Canadian Imaging Conference and Expo and for Tulsa School of Arts and Sciences. She has tutorials through Domestika. Lillian’s sponsorships include Adobe, Nanlite, Elinchrom, Lume Cube, PMI Gear, and more.
Lillian is on the jury panel for the European Photography Awards and the London Photography Awards from IAA. Lillian has also collaborated with The Colour Lab to release her own set of colour-toning actions in the Fairytale Collection.
Lillian holds a Master’s degree in classical piano performance from the Royal College of Music in London, UK, and is inspired to create art in many forms.
Lillian Liu is the 3rd Prize Winner of the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize MPB Photography Award 2025
Artwork Themes & Subject Matter
Fairytales, folklore, costuming and design, divine feminine, historical elements, character studies, religious symbolism, fantasy.
Press
Lillian Liu’s photographs have been featured in notable magazines and online sources including, House of Hunger, The Scarlet Alchemist, The Blood Orchid, Castles in Their Bones, Poison in Their Hearts, Stardust in Their Veins, Enchanted Living Magazine, Disturbia, Curlique, CTV News Canada, Paris Hilton, Domestika, My Modern Met, Fete Chinoise, Brasserie La Debauche, FStoppers, Marie Claire Taiwan, and Vogue Taiwan.
Upcoming Exhibitions
| When | Exhibition | Gallery |
| October 2025 | Group exhibition: “Reverie” curated by Beautiful Bizarre Magazine | Haven Gallery Northport, NY. USA |
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Education
2017
Masters in Piano Performance, Royal College of Music, London, United Kingdom.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2021
Modern Fine Art Photography from the Female Gaze, Leonore Peyton Salon, Place Des Artes, Coquitlam, Canada
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
Studio Sarphaat, Amsterdam, Netherlands
WPC Tour, Canadian Imaging Conference, Canmore, Canada
WPC Tour, Route 22 Artist Collective Gallery, Cochrane, Canada
WPC Tour, Calgary Stampede, Calgary, Canada
NFT NYC, Javits Center, New York City, United States
2022
ARTS 2022, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, Canada
2022 Spotlight Showcase, Arch Enemy Arts Gallery + Boutique, Philadelphia, United States
2021
Paris Hilton, Empower Women Empower Women, SevensGrant
Distorted Reality, SevensGrant
