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Wendy Liu is a Lecturer in Art Practice at Stanford University, where she operates as a Bay Area-based interdisciplinary artist exploring cultural identity through material-based artistic practice.
Her research investigates acculturation and assimilation dynamics using wood carving and abstract paper works, focusing on family immigration pathways between Taishan, China and San Francisco. Liu examines emotional/sociological effects through material objects, challenging language-based immigrant status markers while revealing culture's material dimensions. Key projects include "You Are Here" (woodblock print series mapping transnational landscapes) and "Younger Sister Answer the Phone" (interactive piece on child language brokering), which dissect second-generation Chinese American identity complexities and hybrid self-presentation.
Liu's methodology employs performative interactions with symbolic materials to analyze Maslow's hierarchy of needs within immigrant contexts, contributing to discourses on cultural integration through tangible artistic expressions rather than theoretical frameworks.
