Art Stories: The Official Podcast
Aug 10, 2026 · 43 min · 12 segments
In this episode of the Art Stories Podcast, hosted by Sky Lilah (@skylilah), we sit down with Ruobing Liao, a Toronto-based oil painter whose work combines vivid color with expressive, deeply…
Ruobing LiaoGuest
Sky LilahHost
Actually, I, uh, I was born in a family that, uh, my father, he is doing some kind of, uh, designer work.
And their friends are, and classmate, their old classmate, all the adults around me are all, um, like art related, so I never doubted myself being in, like living in like a artist kind of way.
So I started, uh, learning, painting, drawings wh- when I was just like seven, six, seven years, uh, years old.
It's so beautiful to see that clearly you grew up in such a supportive environment then for the arts.
Actually, I, uh, I was born in a family that, uh, my father, he is doing some kind of, uh, designer work.
And their friends are, and classmate, their old classmate, all the adults around me are all, um, like art related, so I never doubted myself being in, like living in like a artist kind of way.
So I started, uh, learning, painting, drawings wh- when I was just like seven, six, seven years, uh, years old.
It's so beautiful to see that clearly you grew up in such a supportive environment then for the arts.
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