Chin-Jie Melodie Liu 劉沁潔 is a Taiwanese and American emerging artist/curator and writer based in Kamberri (Canberra, Australia). Her interdisciplinary practice is informed by her heritage and focuses on contested histories and collective memory. She is interested in varying forms of creative collaboration and the use of text as visual material.
Liu has received numerous awards, including the Megalo Print Studio & Gallery Residency Award, Country to Coast Residency and Exhibition Award, Gallery of Small Things Exhibition Award, Emerging Arts Support Scheme Patrons Honours Scholarship, and the Gray Smith and Joan Scott Prize.
In 2024, Liu was a Curationist Fellow and participated in the National Gallery of Australia’s Young Writers Digital Residency, as well as the Adelaide Festival Centre and Flinders University’s Arts Leadership Program.
I acknowledge the Ngunnawal and Ngambri people who are the traditional custodians of the land upon which I am located. I pay my respects to the Elders past, present, and future.