She has had solo shows at Adam Shaw Gallery (Memphis, TN) in 2008 and Chinese American Art Council (New York, NY) in 2011.
Liao has won the En Foco New Works Award in 2012, Flash Forward - Emerging Photographers 2011 (Magenta, Canada), Photography Now 2009 (Center of Photography at Woodstock), and Hey, Hot Shot (Jen Bekman Gallery) in 2008, and more. She was also a Honorable Mentionee of New York Photo Awards 2009 at New York Photo Festival and a finalist of ITS#10 Photo Award (Trieste, Italy).
Liao is currently doing a studio residency at Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and will have a darkroom residency at Camera Club of New York in 2013. She has done an artist residency at Woodstock AIR program in 2010. Liao holds a MFA in photography from University of Memphis.