Born in Calcutta, India, Liao graduated from University of California (Mechanical Drafting) in 2001. One of the chief exponents of "bad painting" in China, he currently lives and works in Changsha, Hunan province in China. Liao first caught the art world's attention in 2008-9 with his inaugural solo exhibition in Shanghai, misleadingly entitled "Quietly Appeared Commercial Salon ie. Useless King on the Shore of the Fools, Wu Shanzhuan, Wang Xin ...