Born in 1978 in Hubei, China, Liu is currently based in Shanghai. He has deployed different mediums and materials, from video to personal belongings to architectural design, in representing the transformation of public mindset, standard of living and urban landscape affected by the fast-paced process of industrialisation and modernisation in China.
Liu recently participated in exhibitions including Building Code Violations III – Special Economic Zone at Long March Project in Beijing, China (2018), That Has Been, And May Be Again at Para Site in Hong Kong (2016), the 10th Shanghai Biennale, in Shanghai, China (2014) and the 10th Gwangju Biennale in Gwangju, South Korea (2014).