Beili Liu is a Chinese-born US-based visual artist who makes large-scale, process-driven installations that address themes of migration, cultural memory, materiality and labor. Through unconventional use of commonplace materials such as thread, needle, scissors, fire, and water, Liu extrapolates complex cultural narratives through a hybrid work form that merges site-responsive installation, sculpture, public art, and performance. Liu lives and works in Austin, Texas. Liu is the Leslie Waggener Professor in the Fine Arts and is a University of Texas System Regents' Outstanding Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin.