- Liu Xiaodong
Liu Xiaodong (b. 1963 in
Jincheng ,Liaoning Province, Northern China) is a contemporary Chinese artist.Education
Liu studied at the
Central Academy of Fine Arts (中央美术学院) inBeijing and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in oil painting in 1988. In 1995 he was awarded a Masters of Fine Art in oil painting at the same university. From 1998. He continued his studies overseas at theAcademy of Fine Arts at theMadrid Complutense University inSpain Filmography
1990: 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: Art director for movie: "
Beijing Bastards ".2006: Starred in Documentary, "Dong" ("East",《东》), a documentary of the Three Gorges and Thailand painting project by director
Jia Zhangke . This film was entered into the 2006Venice Film Festival as a candidate for the Golden Lion Award.Public Exhibitions
*2006
**Biennale of Sydney 2006, Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, NSW
**The Three Gorges Project - Paintings by Liu Xiaodong, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA*2005
**The Wall - Reshaping Contemporary Chinese Art, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
**Regeneration - Contemporary Chinese Art from China and the U.S., ASUART - Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
**The Second Beijing International Art Biennale 2005, Beijing International Art Biennale, Beijing
**Mahjong - Chinesische Gegenwartskunst, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern*2004
**Three Gorges, China Art Archives & Warehouse (CAAW), Beijing
**Regeneration - Contemporary Chinese Art, David Winton Bell Gallery, Providence, RI*2003
**Alors, la Chine ?, Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris*2002
**The 1st Guangzhou Triennial, Guangzhou Triennial, Guangzhou, Guangdong*2001
**Liu Xiaodong, Galerie Loft, Paris*2000
**Photography as fine art, galerie skala, Cologne
**Portraits, figures, couples and groups, BizArt, ShanghaiExternal links
* [http://www.xiaodongstudio.com/ Xiaodong Studio]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGOTOsOHubY Interview with Liu Xiaodong at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]
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