Xinmei Liu grew up in Shanghai, China and now lives in New Jersey where she works as a freelance illustrator. Xinmei has a BFA in Communications Design (Illustration) from Pratt Institute and received her MFA in Illustration from the School of Visual Arts in 2020.

Her personal work is mostly inspired by her cultural background, social issues, childhood experience and personal history. Vintage ads and packaging, Chinese calendar posters and propaganda posters are among the influences that shaped her style.

Xinmei has worked on a range of projects in the editorial and publishing fields with various clients, including The New York Times, The New Yorker, NBC News, Foreign Policy, Medium, Amazon Publishing, Scholastics and Shanghai Museum amongst others.

Xinmei's works have been admitted into the permanent collection of The Museum of Avant-garde in Switzerland, and have been recognized by the Society of Illustrators, American Illustration, 3x3 International Illustration Shows, Illustration West, Communication Arts and now the One Club for Creativity. She and her work has been featured on It's Nice That, Communication Arts, Radii China, Creative Review, Girls Club Asia and other press.