Tinghui Liu

Negotiated Freedom

Illustration

2026

Digital Art Layered on Analogue Work

Artwork #4 in "Where Play Persists"

“This dreamlike composition brings together symbolic animals such as horses, doves, and butterflies to explore emotional energy, transformation, and the pursuit of freedom. While dream imagery suggests openness and imaginative flow, visual barriers interrupt the space, emphasizing the persistence of constraint. The work reflects how expression is shaped by both internal desire and external limitation.”

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Tinghui Liu

“I begin with instinctive marks and allow them to be shaped, interrupted, and partially controlled. My work explores the space where spontaneity and structure meet, and where play continues to exist...” [More]