Echo Liu (b. 1996) is a lens-based artist based in Brooklyn, NY. Through photography, multimedia art, and video, their work explores the intricacies and interplay of sex, identity, and perception, drawing from their personal experiences and background. Through exploring how identity is performed, constructed, and perceived through the lens–both literally and metaphorically–they examine how representation and visibility shape selfhood and desire. In their work, they position the body as both subject and material, using image-based storytelling to examine how perception mediates identity and embodiment, particularly within queer and racialized contexts. Grounded in lived experience, their work navigates questions of intimacy, visibility, and the politics of looking, exploring the tension between being seen and being understood, and questioning what is gained, lost, or obscured when the self is rendered into an image. Liu's work has been featured by Refinery29, Polyester Zine, Aether Magazine, Girlgaze, Adolescent Content, and Sukeban Magazine, among others.
ECHO LIU
echo liu
echo@echoliu.com
ig @__fantasy2.0
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International Center of Photography; New York, NY —
Creative Practices certificate, est. june 2027
New York University; New York, NY –
B.F.A. in Film and Television Production + minor in Studio Art, may 2019
2022 Polyester Zine: meet our Queer Creative Fund runner up: Xia Liu
2022 Meet the Final Awardees of the POCC x Shutterstock Artist Grants
2021 11 Gen Z Asian American photographers capturing the complexities of being AAPI today
2020 @dolescent member crush: Xia Liu
2025 Adolescent Content Holiday Book.
2024 Aether Magazine, CARRIE.
2023 10011 Magazine, OH MY GOD!
2022 Adolescent Content Holiday Book.
2022 Polyester Zine, HEAVENLY CREATURES.
2021 Subvrt Magazine, D3SIR3.
2020 Adolescent Content, IN A DREAM I SAW A WAY.
2019 Polyester Zine, DARKNESS OF THE FANTASIES.
2018 Sukeban Magazine, KEEP THT NI HAO IN YOUR MOUTH.
2022 *online now*, display as part of ASMP’s The Bridge final showcase; Brooklyn, NY.
2021 sadé and shaniya, displayed as part of the exhibition GIRLS ARE GODS, TOO; virtual.
2018 nuwa, displayed in New York University Barney Building; New York, NY.
2022 2022 POCC x Shutterstock Artist Grant
2020 Adolescent Content Creator Grant
2019 Artist Relief Grant
Diversify Photo, Adolescent Content, Girlgaze; 2022 ASMP’s The Bridge mentee
production, casting, location scouting; photography, graphic design / deck building, cinematography, photo and video editing, photo research, retouching; set design / prop styling, art direction, costume design;
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere Pro, Capture One Pro, Avid ProTools, Final Cut Pro;
Microsoft Office, Google Suite, Apple Pages / Keynote, Canva, Figma, basic HTML / CSS