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Kenji C Liu • Fine art prints & originals • Commissions open
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Painting my life & the world I want to see • Fine art originals & prints for sale #artforsale #commissions • Los Angeles • ☸️🪷🙏🏽🇹🇼🇯🇵

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Want my painting of Anti-Fascist Coyotes? Bid on it now and support a great LA land back org, Coyotl Macehuallis.

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Painting of coyotes laughing and being smirk, in purple, blue, and green Painting of coyotes laughing and being smirk, in purple, blue, and green, framed and hanging on a wall.
September 25, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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Little Tokyo is a community of immigrants. Happy to have worked with Mitsuru Sushi to create this temporary mural of the owner's sisters and father. Support this legacy business!

Huge thanks to Nellita's Craft for facilitating and for supplies.

#art #streetart #mural #portraits #paintings
July 2, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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Another portrait for Asian Americans who think ICE is not our fight. Quok Shee came to the US in 1916 with her husband & was detained at Angel Island in SF. She had to fight for nearly 2 years. Finally in 1918 a judge ruled that immigration officials had abused their power & withheld information. ⬇️
An oil painting by Kenji Liu of a Chinese woman, Quok Shee, in blues and yellows. She is facing to the right with a contemplative expression. In the background are shadows of redwood trees and ferns.
June 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Ju Toy was born in the US. He visited China, was denied re-entry to the US, and ordered deported. He sued. In 1905 the Supreme Court unanimously ruled immigration could deny entry to a US citizen of Chinese descent without judicial hearing. Ju Toy was deported. This precedent eventually...
Photo of Ju Toy. A Chinese man in early 20th century dress looks at the camera.
June 11, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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Here's my portrait of Wong Kim Ark, born in the US. He visited China and on his return, immigration officials denied him re-entry under the Chinese Exclusion Act. He fought and won, establishing that birthright citizenship applies to people other than whites and blacks.
Oil painting of Wong Kim Ark in blues, golds, and yellows. A Chinese American man looks at the viewer while a smaller, younger version of himself floats overhead.
June 11, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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I had this painting I didn't like lying around. So I decided to give it a makeover.

I worked on composition, value, texture, and color palette.

What do you think of the result? Leave a comment!

#painting #art #asianamericanartist #figurativepainting #artcollector #losangelesartist
May 30, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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Gratitude to Christine W. Schiepke for buying a giclee print of my painting, "Suehiro Cafe" as part of Art Print LA's fundraiser for wildfire relief.

She says: 1/2

#art #artforsale #giclee #artprint #fineart #littletokyo #losangeles #suehirocafe #artcollector
May 1, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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This is why I am working on a portrait series of important historic Asian American court cases, including this one of Wong Kim Ark. My next work in progress portrait is of Bhagat Singh Thind.
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oil portrait of Wong Kim Ark in blue, yellow, and gold. An older Wong looks out at he viewer while a younger Wong floats above him.
April 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Part of an in-progress series I'm working on. This 40" x 30" is titled Wong Kim Ark v. United States (1898), a court case which established birthright citizenship. For me it's important to reflect on current events in my #paintings!

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#art #wongkimark #asianamerican
Portrait of Wong Kim Ark in gold and blue oil paint. An older Wong sits in the lower two thirds of the canvas while a smaller younger Wong floats above.
April 5, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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Thank you very much to my recent customers from Los Angeles who purchased these original paintings of Little Tokyo!

#art #paintings #littletokyo #losangeles

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Small acrylic painting of the Koyasan Buddhist Temple alleyway in Little Tokyo, decorated for New Year's Day. Painting is composed of translucent layers of blue, yellow, red, and orange. At the far end of the alley is the entrance to the temple, and two dark blue figures are walking way from it towards the viewer. An acrylic painting of the First Street North block of Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, featuring the Daimaru Hotel and Far East buildings in the center. The painting is composed of reds, greys, and yellows against a light blue sky.
March 20, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Went to see this Sawako Goda exhibit today at Nonaka-Hill. Goda was a Japanese avant garde artist active for 50 years but the 1990s and 2000s are amazing. Recommend!

#art #artist #painting
March 15, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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At #AWP25 in LA this month, visit the Kaya Press booth for outstanding API diasporic literature. And, they'll be selling 8"x10" giclee art prints of my paintings of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha and Mahmoud Darwish.

#poetry #literaryportraits #art
Portrait of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha composed of blues and oranges. Cha looks out directly at the viewer and sports an 80s bob. Portrait of Mahmoud Darwish in pinks and lavenders. Darwish looks out at the viewer from behind glasses.
March 13, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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Current work in progress, an oil portrait of Korean American avant garde poet Theresa Hak Kyung Cha.

#artcollector #artbuyer #poet #poetry #oilpainting #portrait #asianamericanartist #theresahakkyungcha #dictee #asiandiasporaartist #koreanamerican #art #artist @blueskyartists.bsky.social @bsky.art
Oil portrait of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, in blues, orange, and grays. The subject is looking directly at the viewer.
February 18, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Thank you to my Feb 10 client from Riverside, CA who purchased postcards of the Atomic Cafe and greeting cards of Suehiro Cafe, both legacy businesses in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles.
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Original acrylic painting of the Atomic Cafe, a diner in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles. The artwork is painted in muted greens, blues, and orange. The cafe has a central entryway with two doors, and large windows to either side of the entryway. A vertical sign reads "CAFE" and a man wearing an apron stands in front of the doors. An acrylic painting of Suehiro Cafe in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles. The artwork is painted in muted blues and inviting oranges. There is a single front door with a large window to its right, with checkered black and white tiles beneath. A larger display window to the right features a neon "OPEN" sign.
February 11, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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New oil painting: Coyotes, 16" x 20"
Get in touch for more info!

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#art #marketplace #painting #forsale #artist #oilpainting #oiloncanvas #coyotes
Oil painting in green, blue, and yellow, of two coyotes in a bushy garden. One coyote is yawning and the other is sitting still facing the viewer.
February 8, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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If anyone is interested, here are the pieces for sale.
February 7, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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One of my recent oil paintings, a portrait of Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, one of my fav writers.

#art #painting #oilpainting #portrait #poet #poetry #mahmouddarwish #palestine #writer

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An oil portrait of Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish. His face is painted in shades of lavender against a background of turquoise and pink clothing.
January 27, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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mood
January 21, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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New Year's Day in Little Tokyo, Koyasan Buddhist Temple

#photography
Photo of an alleyway in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, leading to Koyasan Buddhist Temple, on New Year's Day
January 6, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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Enjoyed playing around on this painting:

pitaya / 火龍果 / dragonfruit
oil on canvas
20" x 24"

#art #fruit #painting #artist
December 30, 2024 at 9:23 PM
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Recent untitled creative work by my toddler:

#artist #art
December 27, 2024 at 7:07 AM
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Something recent:

Kwan Yin Side-Eye
Oil on canvas
30" x 40"

#painting #oilpainting #buyandsell #buddhist #buddhism #asianamerican
An oil painting of kwan yin statue surrounded by colorful lotus lights
December 17, 2024 at 7:16 PM