Lyn Liu was born and grew up in Beijing, China. She studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York and École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where she achieved her two Bachelor degrees in Fine Arts. She is currently an MFA candidate for the Columbia Visual Arts program. Liu works in painting, printmaking, and publication. Her work focuses on the interdependent relationship between an individual and a community. The psychological perspective from which she views the social strategy is closely linked to her biography.