Jiayue (Cindy) Liu ’26 is currently majoring in anthropology and minoring in studio art. She is from China, and her journey with art started with doing Chinese calligraphy when she was six. She officially began learning studio art in 2022 during her first year at Brandeis when she took the introduction to painting class. In the past two years, she has decided to continue having art as an integral piece of her life. She considers herself a keen observer of life, always paying attention to the world around her and expressing it through drawing and painting. She believes that art allows her to act as an “organ” that could transform her observations into visible forms. She enjoys the process of seeing things, interpreting them in her mind and expressing her insights through visual art.

This past summer, she participated in the Brandeis in Siena Program, spending time in Italy exploring art in a vibrant and historical setting. Many of the pieces she created were originally sketches created while traveling. Later on when back to studio, she applied the oil painting based on the sketches. She hopes these pieces keep personal records of the summer and always remind her of her thoughts in the moments she created these art pieces.