Kristen Liu-Wong

Born and raised in San Francisco and based in Los Angeles, Kristen Liu-Wong attended Pratt Institute where she graduated with a BFA in Illustration. Kristen’s work blends everyday occurrences from her life with abstracted nightmares and crude humor. Trained as an illustrator, she tries to tell a story with every piece she makes, developing a personal and slightly sinister narrative within each painting. Using vibrant colors, heavy patterning, and tight compositions, the work draws inspiration from a variety of sources including but not limited to American folk art, the cartoons she watched as a kid, Shunga, and her appreciation for architecture. She strives to make work that is highly personal but altered enough to allow individual interpretations of every story she paints.