Liu Kincheloe

Liu Kincheloe (b. 1985 in Torrance, CA) lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. Liu received an MFA in Painting and Drawing from Pratt Institute (2012), a BFA Studio Art (2009) and a Psychology BA (2009) from The University of Texas at Austin. They were a resident at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (2013 and 2021), and a Pratt Forward resident (2024). Represented by Turley Gallery until its closure in 2026, with a two person show (2023), a solo show (2025), with work presentations in Upstate Art Weekend (2024),  Future Fair (2024), and the Dallas Art Fair (2025).

My paintings construct worlds where mythology, biology, the body, memory, and the natural world exist within the same reality. Chromosomes, sacred objects, bodily architectures, personified nature, and imagined beings share a common visual language, each carrying equal presence within the composition.

Working through recursive forms, mirrored structures, and densely layered imagery, I build paintings that unfold through sustained looking. Images emerge, recede, and gather into new constellations as attention moves across the surface. Meaning develops through the coexistence of forms, allowing multiple realities and ways of knowing to occupy the same space.

Body dysmorphia, meditation, energy practices, mythology, and the visual culture of my childhood all inform this world. They are not separate subjects but interconnected experiences that shape how I understand perception, consciousness, and embodiment.

Underlying the work is an animist worldview in which consciousness is embedded within relationships rather than confined to individual beings. Painting allows me to give form to this understanding by creating environments where material and imagined realities participate in one another, and where complexity is experienced as a fundamental condition of the living world.