Liu Xiaodong (; born 1963 in Liaoning, China) is a contemporary Chinese artist.

Education

Liu was born in 1963 in the small industrial village of Jincheng, a pulp and paper-producing center on the outskirts of

Jinzhou Jinzhou (, ), formerly Chinchow, is a coastal prefecture-level city in central-west Liaoning province, China. It is a geographically strategic city located in the Liaoxi Corridor, which connects most of the land transports between North Chi ...

Liaoning province Liaoning () is a coastal province in Northeast China that is the smallest, southernmost, and most populous province in the region. With its capital at Shenyang, it is located on the northern shore of the Yellow Sea, and is the northernmost ...

. At age 17 he moved to

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to study art at the

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. (中央美术学院) He received a

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in oil painting in 1988, and a

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in oil painting in 1995, both from CAFA. In 1998–99 he continued his studies overseas at the

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at the

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. He now holds tenure as a professor in the painting department at CAFA.

Filmography

1990 ''

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:'' Began participating with the Chinese Independent Film Movement, starting as the lead role in ''The Days'', which was named one of the top 100 most important international films of the past century by the BBC. 1993 '' Beijing Bastards:'' Art director for the movie. 2006 '' Dong'' ("East",《东》): Starred in a documentary of the Three Gorges and Thailand painting project by director

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. This film entered the 2006

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as a candidate for the Golden Lion Award. 2011 Hometown Boy: This documentary follows Liu Xiaodong as he returns to his hometown thirty years later, and paints his family, friends and his hometown.

Public Exhibitions

2021 * "Liu Xiaodong: Your Friends," UCCA Edge, Shanghai, China * "Liu Xiaodong: Borders,"

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, Dallas, USA 2020 * "Liu Xiaodong," Lisson Gallery, East Hampton, USA 2019 *"Liu Xiaodong: Expedition to Uummannaq, Greenland"

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, Copenhagen, Denmark *"Weight of Insomnia,"

Lisson Gallery Lisson Gallery is a contemporary art gallery with locations in London and New York, founded by Nicholas Logsdail in 1967. The gallery represents over 50 artists such as Art & Language, Ryan Gander, Carmen Herrera, Richard Long, John Latham, ...

, London, UK 2018 *"Slow Homecoming -- 1983-2018 Retrospective," Kunsthalle Düsseldorf & NRW-Forum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany 2017 *"Chittagong," Massimo De Carlo Gallery, Milan, Italy 2016 *"Liu Xiaodong in South Africa," ESLITE GALLERY, Taipei, Taiwan *"Liu Xiaodong: Migrazioni,"

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, Florence, Italy. 2015 *"Painting as Shooting,"

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, Venice, Italy; Faurschou Foundation, Beijing, China and Copenhagen, Denmark *“Diary of an Empty City," Faurschou Foundation, Beijing, China 2014 *"Liu Xiaodong in Indonesia," ESLITE GALLERY, Taipei, Taiwan *"Childhood Friends Getting Fat - Moving Image of Liu Xiaodong 1984-2014," Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai, China *"Liu Xiaodong's Two Projects," Shao Zhong Foundation Art Museum, Guangzhou, China 2013 *"Liu Xiaodong: Hometown Boy Print Series," ESLITE GALLERY Project One, Hong Kong *"In Between Israel and Palestine,"

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, New York, USA *"Hometown Boy,"

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, Seattle, USA *"Liu Xiaodong: Half Street,"

, London, England *"Liu Xiaodong in Hotan,"

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, Beijing, China 2012 *"The Process of Painting," Graz Art Museum, Graz, Austria *"Liu Xiaodong in Hotan," Xinjiang Arts Center, Urumqi, China *"Liu Xiaodong and Yan Pei Ming: Dual Exhibition," Massimo De Carlo Gallery, Milan, Italy 2011 *"Hometown Boy: Liu Xiaodong," ESLITE GALLERY, Taipei, Taiwan 2010 *"Liu Xiaodong: Hometown Boy," Ullens Center for Contemporary Arts, Beijing, China''Liu Xiaodong - Hometown Boy,'' The Independent, 18 November 2010
/ref> *"Liu Xiaodong: Yan' Guan Town," Mary Boone Gallery, New York, USA 2009 *"Traces: Liu Xiaodong," Angle Gallery, Beijing, China *Inaugural Exhibition,

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Gallery, Beijing, China 2008 *"Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and Beijing Girls: New Paintings by Liu Xiaodong," Mary Boone Gallery, New York, USA *"Displacement: The Three Gorges Dam and Contemporary Chinese Art,"

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, Chicago, USA 2007 *"Liu Xiaodong," ESLITE GALLERY, Taipei, Taiwan *"The Richness of Life: The Personal Photographs of Contemporary Chinese Artist Liu Xiaodong 1984-2006," Timezone 8, Beijing, China 2006 *Biennale of Sydney 2006, Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, NSW *"The Three Gorges Project - Paintings by Liu Xiaodong," Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, USA *"Liu Xiaodong: Painting from Life," Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangdong, China *"Hot Bed: A Painting Project by Liu Xiaodong," Tang Contemporary Art Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand 2005 *"Childhood Friend Getting Fat," LOFT Gallery, Paris, France *"Sketches from the Battlefield: Portraits of the New 18 Disciples of Buddha," ESLITE GALLERY, Taipei, Taiwan *"The Wall - Reshaping Contemporary Chinese Art,"

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, Buffalo, USA *"Regeneration - Contemporary Chinese Art from China and the U.S.,"

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, Tempe, USA *The Second Beijing International Art Biennale 2005, Beijing International Art Biennale, Beijing, China *"Mahjong - Chinesische Gegenwartskunst,"

Kunstmuseum Bern The Museum of Fine Arts Bern (German: ''Kunstmuseum Bern''), established in 1879 in Bern, is the museum of fine arts of the de facto capital of Switzerland. Its holdings run from the Middle Ages to the present. It houses works by Paul Klee, Pa ...

, Bern, Switzerland 2004 *"Three Gorges," China Art Archives & Warehouse (CAAW), Beijing, China *"Regeneration - Contemporary Chinese Art," David Winton Bell Gallery, Providence, USA *"Bunker Museum of Contemporary Art - 18 Solo Exhibitions," Bunker Museum of Contemporary Art, Kinmen, Taiwan 2003 *"Alors, la Chine?,"

Centre Pompidou The Centre Pompidou (), more fully the Centre national d'art et de culture Georges-Pompidou ( en, National Georges Pompidou Centre of Art and Culture), also known as the Pompidou Centre in English, is a complex building in the Beaubourg area of ...

- Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris, France *"Liu Xiaodong: State of Survival," ESLITE GALLERY, Taipei, Taiwan 2002 *The 1st Guangzhou Triennial, Guangzhou Triennial, Guangzhou, China *"Liu Xiaodong at Donghai," Art Center of Donghai University, Taichung, Taiwan 2001 *"Liu Xiaodong," LOFT Gallery, Paris, France 2000 *"Liu Xiaodong 1990-2000," Central Academy of Fine Arts Art Museum, Beijing, China *"Liu Xiaodong and His Time," LIMN Art Gallery, San Francisco, USA

Literature

* Heinz-Norbert Jocks: ''Stille Tage in New York. Ein Gespräch mit dem chinesischen Künstler Liu Xiaodong''. Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, Frankfurt, 18. April 2021, p.36.

References

External links

Xiaodong Studio

Interview with Liu Xiaodong at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Gallery
Liu Xiaodong special video

Liu Xiaodong featured in ART21 - Beijing (Season 10, Ep. 2)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Liu, Xiaodong 1963 births Living people Chinese contemporary artists Painters from Liaoning Central Academy of Fine Arts alumni Complutense University of Madrid alumni