Liaoning, China, 1963. Lives and works in Beijing.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
2022 - Liu Xiaodong: Your Friends, curated by UCCA Director Philip Tinari and UCCA Curator Yan Fang, UCCA Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, PRC
2021
2021 - Borders, Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, USA. Catalogue
2021 - Liu Xiaodong: Your Friends, curated by UCCA Director Philip Tinari and UCCA Curator Yan Fang, UCCA Edge, Shanghai, PRC
2020
2020 - New England, Massimo De Carlo, London, UK. Catalogue
2019
2019 - Expedition to Uummannaq, Greenland, Louisiana Museum, Humlebæk, USA
2018
2018 - Slow Homecoming, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, D. Catalogue
2017
2017 - Chittagong, Massimo De Carlo, Milano, I. Catalogue
2016
2016 - Liu Xiaodong: Migrazioni, Palazzo Strozzi, Firenze, I. Catalogue
2016 - Painting as Shooting, curated by Jérôme Sans, Farschou Foundation, Nodhavn, DK. Catalogue
2016 - Weight of Insomnia, Chronus Art Center, Shanghai, PRC
2015
2015 - Painting as Shooting, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venezia, I
2015 - Diary of an empty city, curated by Jérôme Sans, Faurschou Foundation, Beijing, PRC
2014
2014 - Liu Xiaodong in Indonesia, ESLITE GALLERY, Taipei, TW
2014 - Liu Xiaodong: Childhood Friends Getting Fat, Minsheng Museum, Shanghai, PRC. Catalogue
2014 - Liu Xiaodong's Two Projects, Shao Zhong Foundation Art Museum, Guangzhou, PRC
2014 - Liu Xiaodong: Half Street, Lisson Gallery, London, UK. Catalogue
2013
2013 - Liu Xiaodong: Hometown Boy, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, USA. Catalogue
2013 - Liu Xiaodong's Hotan Project, Today Art Museum, Beijing, PRC
2013 - Liu Xiaodong: In Between Israel and Palestine, Mary Boone Gallery, New York, USA. Catalogue
2012
2012 - The Process of Painting, Kunsthaus Graz, Graz, A. Catalogue
2012 - These Days, Very Happy, Massimo De Carlo, Milano, I
2011
2011 - Liu Xiaodong: Hometown Boy, Eslite Gallery, Taiwan, TW
2010
2010 - Liu Xiaodong: Yan' Guan Town, Mary Boone Gallery, New York, USA
2010 - Liu Xiaodong: Hometown Boy, UCCA, Beijing, PRC. Catalogue
2009
2009 - Traces: Liu Xiaodong, Angle Gallery, Beijing, PRC
2008
2008 - Qinghai-Tibet Plateau & Beijing Girls: New Paintings by Liu Xiaodong, Mary Boone Gallery, New York, USA
2007
2007 - Awakening From a Ten-Year Long Sleep 1997-2007, HJY Art Center, Beijing, PRC
2007 - Liu Xiaodong 1984-2006, Time Zone 8, Beijing, PRC
2007 - The Richness of Life: The Personal Photographs of Contemporary Chinese Artist, Time Zone 8, Beijing, PRC. Catalogue
2007 - Liu Xiaodong Solo Exhibition, Eslite Gallery, Taiwan, TW
2006
2006 - Art in Motion, Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, PRC
2006 - Energy and Character, Shanghai Art Museum, Shangai, PRC
2006 - Liu Xiaodong's New Works: Domino, Xin Beijing Gallery, Beijing, PRC
2006 - Hot Bed: A Painting Project by Liu Xiaodong, Tang Gallery, Bangkok, TH
2006 - The Three Gorges Project: Painting by Liu Xiaodong, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, USA. Catalogue
2005
2005 - Childhood Friend Getting Fat, Loft Gallery, Paris, F
2004
2004 - Eighteen Soldiers Between Mainland and Taiwan, Bunker Museum of Contemporary Art, Taiwan, TW
2004 - Three Gorges: Displced Population & Three Gorges: Newly Displaced Population, Chinablue Gallery & CAAW, Beijing, PRC
2003
2003 - Liu Xiaodong, Eslite Gallery, Taiwan, TW
2002
2002 - Liu Xiaodong, Art Center of Donghai University, Taiwan, TW
2001
2001 - Liu Xiaodong, Loft Gallery, Paris, F
2000
2000 - Liu Xiaodong and His Time, LIMN Gallery, San Francisco, USA
2000 - Liu Xiaodong 1990-2000, Museum of Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, PRC
1990
1990 - Liu Xiaodong, Gallery of Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, PRC
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
2019 - Under Construction, Tank Shanghai, Shanghai, PRC
2019 - The warmth of other suns, The Phillips Collection, 2019, USA
2017
2017 - La Terra Inquieta (The Restless Earth), La Triennale di Milano, Milano, I. Catalogue
2017 - Art And China After 1989: Theater Of The World, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum , New York, USA. Catalogue
2016
2016 - What About the Art? Contemporary Art from China, QM Gallery Al Riwaq, Doha, Q
2016 - Bentu, des artistes chinois dans la turbolence des mutations, Foundation Louis Vuitton, Paris, F
2016 - Datumsoria, Chronus Art Center, Shangai, PRC
2016 - Self, Massimo De Carlo, London, UK
2016 - La collection, un choix d'oeuvres chinoises, Foundation Louis Vuitton, Paris, F
2014
2014 - 10th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, ROK. Catalogue
2014 - Asia Triennial Manchester, Manchester, UK
2014 - 1st Xinjiang International Arts Biennale, Urumqi, PRC
2014 - Right Is Wrong: Four Decades of Chinese Art from the M+ Sigg Collection, Bildmuseet, Umeå, S
2013
2013 - Experiencing Simplicity: Realistic Paintings from Long Collection, Long Museum, Shanghai, PRC
2013 - Mind Beating, Spazio Thetis, Venice , I
2013 - Host and Guest, Tel Aviv Art Museum, Tel Aviv, IL
2013 - Portrait of the Times: 30 Years of Contemporary Art, Shanghai Contemporary Art Museum, Shanghai, PRC
2013 - From Beijing - Works by the Faculty of China Central Academy of Fine Arts, New York Academy of Art, New York, USA
2013 - CAFA Professors: Special Exhibition of the Works of Central Academy of Fine Art Professors, Central Academy of Fine Art Museum, Beijing, PRC
2013 - Passage to History. 20 Years of La Biennale di Venezia and Chinese Contemporary Art, Arsenale di Venezia, Venezia, I. Catalogue
2012
2012 - Face, Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai, PRC
2011
2011 - Reshaping History: China Art from 2000 to 2009, China National Convention Center, Beijing, PRC
2011 - Museum on Paper: Twelve Chinese Artists, Iberia Centre for Arts, Beijing, PRC
2011 - A New Horizon: Contemporary Chinese Art, National Museum of Australia, Canberra, AUS
2011 - Collecting History: China New Art, MOCA, Chengdu, PRC
2010
2010 - Fresh Ink, Museum of Fine Art, Boston, USA
2010 - Rehearsal' 2010 Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, PRC
2010 - Zaoxing: Artwork from the Faculty of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Museum of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, PRC
2010 - Contemporary Art from China and Belgium, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, PRC
2010 - Thirty Years of Chinese Contemporary Art 1979-2009, Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai, PRC
2010 - The Force From Central Academy of Fine Arts: Contemporary Art Exhibition, Museum of Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, PRC
2009
2009 - Collision - Experimental Cases of Contemporary Chinese Art, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, PRC
2009 - The Three Gorges Dam and Contemporary Chinese Art, Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, USA
2009 - The Three Gorges Dam and Contemporary Chinese Art, Museum of Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA
2009 - 10 Biennial Havana, Havana, C
2008
2008 - Case Studies of Artists in Art History and Art Criticism, SZ Art Center, Beijing, PRC
2008 - Now in Coming, Art 3, Beijing, PRC
2008 - Half-life of a Dream: Contemporary Chinese Art from the Logan Collection, SFMOMA, San Francisco, USA
2008 - Waiting on the Wall: Chinese New Realism and Avant-Garde in the Eighties and Nineties, Groninger Museum, Groninger, NL
2008 - China 21Century, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Roma, I
2007
2007 - Facing Reality, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, PRC
2007 - China: Facing Reality, Ludwig Contemporary Museum, Wien, A
2007 - Korea-China Contemporary Art Exhibition: Giants in Illusion, Seoul, ROK
2007 - Art Lan @ Asia, Zaim, Yokohama, J
2007 - Energy and Character, China Art Museum, Beijing, PRC
2007 - Made in China, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, IL
2007 - Made in China, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen, DK
2007 - The Painting of Modern Life, Hayward Gallery, London, UK
2006
2006 - The Blossoming of Realism: Oil Painting of Mainland China Since 1978, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, TW
2006 - Zones of Contact, Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, AUS
2005
2005 - The 2nd Chinese Art Triennial, Nanjing, PRC
2005 - Mahjong: Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection, Bern Museum, CH
2005 - The Wall: Reshaping Contemporary Chinese Art, Millennium Art Museum, Beijing, PRC
2005 - Wang Guangle, Yin Chaoyang, Men Xinxi, Xia Xiaowan, Liu Xiaodong Art Show, Art 110 Gallery, Beijing, PRC
2005 - 2nd Beijing Biennial Art Exhibition, Art Museum of China, Beijing, PRC
2005 - History of River: The Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition in New Era, Art Museum of China, Beijing, PRC
2004
2004 - Feel Memory, Yibo Gallery, Shanghai, PRC
2004 - Regeneration: Contemporary Chinese Art from China and the US, Samek Art Gallery, Bucknell, USA
2004 - Dreaming of the Dragon's Nation---Contemporary Art Exhibition from China, Irish Museum of Modern Art, IRL
2003
2003 - Premiers Lueurs Sur L' Orient: L' Aventure de la Peinture Chinoise au 20 Siecle, Palais de la Porte Doree, Paris, F
2003 - The Nude: Ideal and Reality, From Neoclassicism to Today, Bologna Modern Art Museum, Bologna, I
2003 - An Opening Era, Art Museum of China, Beijing, PRC
2003 - 3rd Exhibition of Chinese Oil Panting, Art Museum of China, Beijing, PRC
2003 - 1th Beijing Biennial Art Exhibition, Art Museum of China, Beijing, PRC
2003 - Alors, La Chine?, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, F
2002
2002 - Contemporary Chinese Art, Goedhuis Gallery, New York, USA
2002 - Beijing-Paris, Paris, F
2002 - China Contemporary Art, Art Museum of Brazil, San Paolo,
2002 - A Decade of Experimental Chinese Art - Guangzhou Triennial, Art Museum of Guangdong, Guangzhou, PRC
2001
2001 - Towards a New Image: 1981-2001, Twenty Years of Contemporary Chinese Painting, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu, PRC
2001 - Academic and Un-Academic, Yibo Gallery, Shanghai, PRC
2001 - China Art Now, Singapore Art Museum, SGP
2001 - East + West Chinese Contemporary Art, Austria, A
2000
2000 - The New Face of China, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney, AUS
2000 - China Art in the 20th Century, Art Museum of China, Beijing, PRC
2000 - Shanghai Spirit, Art Exhibition, Shanghai Biennial, Shanghai, PRC
1999
1999 - Upriver Museum's Collection, He Xiang-Ning Museum, Shenzhen, PRC
1999 - Dong Yu Museum's Collection, Dong Yu Museum, Shenyang, PRC
1999 - 1999 China Art, LIMN Gallery, San Francisco, USA
1999 - Gate of Century: 1979-1999, Modern Art Museum of Chengdu, Chengdu, PRC
1998
1998 - Upriver Museum's Collection, Upriver Museum, Chengdu, PRC
1998 - Representing The People, Chinese Arts Centre, London, UK
1998 - East Meet East in the West, LIMN Gallery, San Francisco, USA
1997
1997 - Futuro, presente, passato, curated by Germano Celant, XLVII Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte La Biennale di Venezia, Venezia, I. Catalogue
1997 - 97 Asia Art Show, Art Summit, Dhaka, BD
1997 - Chinese Portrait in the Last 100 Years, Art Museum of China, Beijing, PRC
1997 - 8+8-1, Schoeni Art Gallery, Hong Kong, HK
1997 - 8+8-1, Chicago Art Fair, Chicago, USA
1997 - 8+8-1, Connaught Brown, London, UK
1997 - 8+8-1, Vierte Etage Gallery, Berlin, D
1996
1996 - Exhibition of the Association of Chinese Oil Painters, Art Museum of China, Beijing, PRC
1995
1995 - Contemporary Chinese Oil Painting from Realism to Post Modernism, Bruxelles, B
1994
1994 - Liu Xiaodong & Yu Hong's Works, OIPCA, New York, USA
1994 - Transformation, Mark Tansey, New York, USA
1994 - Between East and West: Transformation of Chinese Art in the Late 20th Century, The Discover Museum, Bridgeport, USA
1993
1993 - Contemporary Chinese Painting, Z Gallery, New York, USA
1993 - Red Star Over China, Keen Gallery, New York, USA
1993 - New Art from China: Post 1989, Marlborough Gallery, London, UK
1992
1992 - Post 1989 China Avant-Garde, Art Museum of China, Hong Kong, HK
1992 - Art Today in China, California Art Institute, Valencia, USA
1991
1991 - China Annual Oil Painting Exhibition, Art Museum of China, Beijing, PRC
1991 - 20th Century China, Art Museum of China, Beijing, PRC
1989
1989 - Chinese Avant-garde Art Exhibition, Art Museum of China, Beijing, PRC
1988
1988 - The Sketch Exhibition, China Art Museum, Beijing, PRC
