Born in Beijing in 1982, Dapeng Liu is a Sydney-based artist who has worked full-time since 2014. Primarily working in oil painting, his practice explores landscape as a perceptual and philosophical space in which natural forms, constructed systems, memory and light intersect. Through a tension between abstraction and representation, his work considers how contemporary vision reshapes historical understandings of landscape.

Liu holds a Master of Arts (Research) in Art History from the University of Sydney, where he was awarded a full Australian Government postgraduate scholarship. His background in art history informs a critically engaged practice that draws on historical traditions of Chinese landscape painting while examining evolving relationships between humans and nature under contemporary conditions of perception.

Liu is the winner of the 2026 Minderoo Foundation Spirit Prize at The Lester Prize, one of Australia's leading portraiture awards. He was also a finalist in the 2026 Sovereign Asian Art Prize, one of the most prestigious and the longest running contemporary art awards in the Asia-Pacific region presented annually in Hong Kong since 2004. He is also a three-time finalist in the Archibald Prize, one of Australia’s most significant art awards. 

Liu has exhibited widely in commercial and institutional contexts and participated in art fairs locally and overseas. His works are held in public and private collections in Australia and internationally.