Liu, Chiao-yu is an artist whose name means bridge in Chinese, a symbol that perfectly captures her artistic philosophy: weaving her inner world with the outer one. She creates in an Ethereal and Fluid style, driven by the feeling that painting is her only way of truly engaging with the world. Her artistic perspective was shaped early on by the carefully constructed worlds of cartoons, installing in her a slightly dreamlike perspective and a profound resonance with art, sparked by anime like Sailor Moon.

Her work explores the human inner world, guided by the central idea of building an illustrated encyclopedia of her own inner world. Influenced by Japanese manga artist Shigeru Mizuki and traditional Japanese patterns, she keeps traditional motifs, architecture, and stories, rendering them in her own unique visual language. Her creative process is intuitive—she begins by drawing and lets inspiration appear as the image takes shape.

Chiao-yu’s proudest achievements include her intuitive ability to navigate pictorial space, as well as her series of felted wool works and short comics. She has experience painting murals and believes public art should harmonize with its surroundings. Looking ahead, her dream project is animation, and she is drawn to collaborations with companies like the modern Italian rug brand cc-tapis, valuing their experimental approach to viewing material as a pure artistic medium.