Bio
yayadu2014@gmail.com


Liya Du, is an Artist, Mother, and Educator.

She was born in Handan, China.

From 2009 to 2013, She studied for a BFA in the major of figure Chinese painting in the Traditional Chinese Department at the Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts.

In 2013, She went to Italy and pursued an MFA study at the Venice Academy of Fine Arts in 2016, guided by Carlo Di Raco.

From 2017 to 2020, She advocated art teaching and independent studio art creation in Beijing and Kunming.

In 2021, her first child was born. She put herself into nursing baby and taking care of her family.

In the fall of 2024, she started her other MFA program at the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee with the Graduate Teaching Assistantship and the Chancellor’s Graduate Student Award. In the same year, her second kid was born.

Liya works in painting, drawing, installation, artist book and fiber. Her artworks are close to her memories, family stories, and experiences of travel studying over the world.