Rachel Liu (b. Qingdao, China) is a visual artist and art educator based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her work examines the dichotomy between photography's indexical and evidentiary nature, and its limitation and stubbornness to remain ambiguous and opaque. The inherent paradoxical nature of the medium has informed many aspects of her artistic practice.

Rachel Liu is the recipient of several prestigious awards. Most recently, she was awarded 1st Place Single Image Winner of LensCulture's inaugural Art Photography Award 2018. In the same year, she was also selected as one of twelve San Francisco Bay Area based artists at Root Division's 12th annual juried exhibition showcasing emerging talents and cutting edge art.

Rachel received her MFA degree in Photography in 2015. Selected grant and residencies include Vermont Studio Center and Kala Art Institute.