Jackie Liu (b. 2003, Massachusetts) is a disabled Chinese American painter and storyteller studying Art Practice, Philosophy, and Environmental Justice at Stanford University. Living with Long Covid and a plethora of mental illnesses, she responds to trauma by making art that visually captures moments of joy, and that feels viscerally joyful to create. Her work explores joy, wonder, playfulness, and humor as modes of resistance and healing. With oil paint layered over vibrant acrylic underpaintings, her intimately detailed portraits honor chosen family, memorialize moments of bliss, and elevate the minutiae of the quotidian. Metabolizing the fleeting moments of everyday life into the slowness of painting, she seeks to revive presence, memory, and connection in a fast-paced digital world.