BIOGRAPHY

Danny Liu (MFA, RMIT) is an artist destined in exploring the ink medium rooted from Chinese culture and aesthetics. Born in Hong Kong, Danny sets his artistic ideologies between Mother Nature and urban development through the changes of Victoria Harbour, mountains and landscape. Having followed masters Hung Hoi and Leung Kui Ting, his attainments from Diploma of Chinese painting at HKUSPACE, Art Specialist Course in ink painting at HKVAC, Diploma of Visual Art Education at Renmin University of China, Beijing and Master of Fine Arts at RMIT further refined his artistry. Liu continually embarks on a journey in experimenting his artistic concepts beyond ink, material and tools for his project “Where’s the Mountain?” Since 2008, Liu has given lectures and workshops around the world: to RMIT University students at Hong Kong Art School; Syracuse University exchange students at City University; Melbourne Polytechnic students in Hong Kong; students at Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts and, The New Asia Institute of Advanced Chinese Studies; as well as students in Australia and the United Kingdom; and at his own studio (Dan’s Studio) in Hong Kong. Liu founded Dan’s Studio in 2013 and it was registered as a painting society in 2018 with 100+ members currently. While selected as exhibiting artist at Ink Global 2021 and a finalist in Art Revolution Taipei (2015 & 2019), Liu’s works have also been commissioned for Cathay Pacific, Sun Hung Kai Properties, The Wharf (Holdings) and Art Central, exhibited in Australia, mainland China, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia and privately collected. 

2013 
RMIT University, Melbourne
Master of Fine Art with Distinction

2010
Renmin University of China Xu Bei Hong School of Arts
Certification of Fine Arts Public Examination
Grade 8 with merit in Sketch and Chinese painting

2010
Renmin University of China, Beijing
Diploma of Visual Art Education

2009
Hong Kong Visual Art Centre
Art Specialist Course in Ink-painting

2008
The University of Hong Kong (SPACE)
Diploma of Chinese painting with Distinction

2005                                
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Certificate of Chinese painting

2000
University of Technology, Sydney
Bachelor of Applied Science in Information Studies