Artwork Collection

01 For Jurying Consideration

OCAD University helped me explore new territories in visual expression, with a multi-staged and interdisciplinary approach. I focus on the interaction between the fragile environment and industrialized civilizations, using traditional and digital instruments for my art creative process. My goal is to observe the world from a contemporary scientific understanding, exploring infinite creative possibilities and telling stories about global concerns.

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"Channelling Kelvingrove" - Dan's Chapter: John Fulton’s Grand Orrery
"Channelling Kelvingrove" - Dan's Chapter: John Fulton’s Grand Orrery

Video

"Channelling Kelvingrove" - Dan's Chapter: John Fulton’s Grand Orrery

As part of my exchange study experience during the fall of 2023, I participated in a group film production project. Here is my chapter of the film that reflects the inner thoughts of a 19th-century mechanical orrery called: "John Fulton’s Grand... More

The Moving Highlands
The Moving Highlands

Mixed Media

The Moving Highlands

Digital collages sourced from watercolour paintings depicting the Scottish landscape during my exchange study

The Constructed Figure from Observational Studies
The Constructed Figure from Observational Studies

Drawing

The Constructed Figure from Observational Studies

Fractals as an infinite visual loop not only echo the very essence of our living world but also indicate how all lives manage themselves to thrive. Therefore, I am excited to push the boundaries by creating this new life-sized self-similar drawing... More

The Hybrid/Constructed Figure in Contemporary Art and Popular Culture
The Hybrid/Constructed Figure in Contemporary Art and Popular Culture

Painting

The Hybrid/Constructed Figure in Contemporary Art and Popular Culture

This oil painting might sympathize with an iconic pop-culture appearance and reflects my nostalgia for childhood

Human-Machine
Human-Machine

Drawing

Human-Machine

Multi-layered mixed-media drawing of multiple figures

Polina with One Streak of Pink-Dyed Hair
Polina with One Streak of Pink-Dyed Hair

Animation

Polina with One Streak of Pink-Dyed Hair

Experimental animation investigating the possibility of incorporating watercolour timelapse

Work by

Dan Liu aka. Dan / 奇丹

Drawing & Painting - Digital Painting and Expanded Animation

“OCAD University expanded my horizons to uncharted territories in pursuing visual expression. As a result, I now practice my arts in the direction of multi-staged and interdisciplinary approaches. The...” [More]