Lisa Tang Liu

My self-portraits emerged shortly before I entered my fifties, during the COVID-19 pandemic. The resurgent xenophobic sentiments from that time reminded me that my “American” status is precarious, despite having been a naturalized U.S. citizen since I was a teenager. I wanted to be invisible, but I decided to fight. So, I create self-portraits in various media that call to me. This creative journey led to more introspective works that express the complications of modernity, familial ties, and what it means to be an American, an ethnic Chinese, a woman, a human.