Liu Xiaodong
Liu Xiaodong (b. 1963 in Jincheng, Liaoning Province, China) lives and works in Beijing.
He is best known for his involvement in a new generation of Chinese realism characterised by the need to break free of historical or propagandistic motifs to express stronger emotions. Xiaodong is in search of scenes that are part of life. Looking for people’s everyday existence, he depicts moments and stories from contemporary human life showing an extraordinary empathy, capturing not only the characters but also their environment. His practice tackles contemporary social issues including migrant displacement, environmental crisis, living conditions of the less fortunate and the results of ill-politics and economic disruption.
Artworks
Exhibitions
Museums
Films & Dialogues
Biography
Solo exhibitions
Year
Country, Exhibition Name, Location
2022
PRC, Liu Xiaodong: Your Friends Curated by UCCA Director Philip Tinari and UCCA Curator Yan Fang, UCCA Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing
2021
PRC, Liu Xiaodong: Your Friends Curated by UCCA Director Philip Tinari and UCCA Curator Yan Fang, UCCA Edge, Shanghai
USA, Borders, Dallas Contemporary, Dallas
2020
UK, New England, Massimo De Carlo, London
2019
DK, Expedition to Uummannaq, Greenland, Louisiana Museum, Humlebæk
2018
D, Slow Homecoming, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf
2017
I, Chittagong, Massimo De Carlo, Milano
2016
PRC, Weight of Insomnia, Chronus Art Center, Shanghai
I, Liu Xiaodong: Migrazioni, Palazzo Strozzi, Firenze
DK, Painting as Shooting Curated by Jérôme Sans, Farschou Foundation, Nodhavn
2015
PRC, Diary of an empty city Curated by Jérôme Sans, Faurschou Foundation, Beijing
I, Painting as Shooting, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venezia
2014
UK, Liu Xiaodong: Half Street, Lisson Gallery, London
PRC, Liu Xiaodong’s Two Projects, Shao Zhong Foundation Art Museum, Guangzhou
PRC, Liu Xiaodong: Childhood Friends Getting Fat, Minsheng Museum, Shanghai
TW, Liu Xiaodong in Indonesia, ESLITE GALLERY, Taipei
2013
USA, Liu Xiaodong: In Between Israel and Palestine, Mary Boone Gallery, New York
USA, Liu Xiaodong: Hometown Boy, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle
PRC, Liu Xiaodong's Hotan Project, Today Art Museum, Beijing
2012
A, The Process of Painting, Kunsthaus Graz, Graz
I, These Days, Very Happy, Massimo De Carlo, Milano
2011
TW, Liu Xiaodong: Hometown Boy, Eslite Gallery, Taiwan
2010
PRC, Liu Xiaodong: Hometown Boy, UCCA, Beijing
USA, Liu Xiaodong: Yan' Guan Town, Mary Boone Gallery, New York
2009
PRC, Traces: Liu Xiaodong, Angle Gallery, Beijing
2008
USA, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau & Beijing Girls: New Paintings by Liu Xiaodong, Mary Boone Gallery, New York
2007
TW, Liu Xiaodong Solo Exhibition, Eslite Gallery, Taiwan
PRC, The Richness of Life: The Personal Photographs of Contemporary Chinese Artist, Time Zone 8, Beijing
PRC, Liu Xiaodong 1984-2006, Time Zone 8, Beijing
PRC, Awakening From a Ten-Year Long Sleep 1997-2007, HJY Art Center, Beijing
2006
PRC, Liu Xiaodong's New Works: Domino, Xin Beijing Gallery, Beijing
USA, The Three Gorges Project: Painting by Liu Xiaodong, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco
Group exhibitions
Year
Country, Exhibition Name, Location
2022
Night Owl Curated by Archie Raphulu, MASSIMODECARLO, VSpace
2019
USA, The warmth of other suns, The Phillips Collection, 2019
PRC, Under Construction, Tank Shanghai, Shanghai
2017
USA, Art And China After 1989: Theater Of The World, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum , New York
I, La Terra Inquieta (The Restless Earth), La Triennale di Milano, Milano
2016
UK, Self, Massimo De Carlo, London
PRC, Datumsoria, Chronus Art Center, Shangai
F, Bentu, des artistes chinois dans la turbolence des mutations, Foundation Louis Vuitton, Paris
Q, What About the Art? Contemporary Art from China, QM Gallery Al Riwaq, Doha
2014
ROK, 10th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju
PRC, 1st Xinjiang International Arts Biennale, Urumqi
S, Right Is Wrong: Four Decades of Chinese Art from the M+ Sigg Collection, Bildmuseet, Umeå
UK, Asia Triennial Manchester, Manchester
2013
USA, From Beijing - Works by the Faculty of China Central Academy of Fine Arts, New York Academy of Art, New York
PRC, CAFA Professors: Special Exhibition of the Works of Central Academy of Fine Art Professors, Central Academy of Fine Art Museum, Beijing
I, Passage to History. 20 Years of La Biennale di Venezia and Chinese Contemporary Art, Arsenale di Venezia, Venezia
PRC, Portrait of the Times: 30 Years of Contemporary Art, Shanghai Contemporary Art Museum, Shanghai
IL, Host and Guest, Tel Aviv Art Museum, Tel Aviv
I, Mind Beating, Spazio Thetis, Venice
PRC, Experiencing Simplicity: Realistic Paintings from Long Collection, Long Museum, Shanghai
2012
PRC, Face, Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai
2011
PRC, Collecting History: China New Art, MOCA, Chengdu
AUS, A New Horizon: Contemporary Chinese Art, National Museum of Australia, Canberra
PRC, Museum on Paper: Twelve Chinese Artists, Iberia Centre for Arts, Beijing
PRC, Reshaping History: China Art from 2000 to 2009, China National Convention Center, Beijing
2010
USA, Fresh Ink, Museum of Fine Art, Boston
PRC, Zaoxing: Artwork from the Faculty of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Museum of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing
PRC, The Force From Central Academy of Fine Arts: Contemporary Art Exhibition, Museum of Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing
PRC, Thirty Years of Chinese Contemporary Art 1979-2009, Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai
PRC, Contemporary Art from China and Belgium, National Art Museum of China, Beijing
PRC, Rehearsal' 2010 Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai
2009
PRC, Collision - Experimental Cases of Contemporary Chinese Art, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing
Public collections
Country
Location
Australia
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Austria
Graz Art Museum, Graz
Belgium
Modern Chinese Art Foundation, Ghent
China
Central Academy of Fine Arts Art Museum, Beijing
Dong Yu Museum, Shenyang
Guandong Museum of Art, Guangzhou
Museum for Contemporary Art Chengdu, Chengdu
National Art Museum of China, Beijing
Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai
Start Museum, Shanghai
The Parkview Museum, Beijing
Upriver Art Museum, Chengdu
Yuz Foundation, Shanghai
Denmark
Faurschou Foundation, Copenhagen
Japan
Fukoka Art Museum, Fukoka
Singapore
Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
Switzerland
Guy and Myriam Ullens Foundation, Geneva
Museum for Modern Art, Zürich
United Arab Emirates
Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi
United States of America
Asian Art Museum, San Francisco
Getty Center, Los Angeles
Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
MoMA – Museum of Modern Art, New York
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco
TIA Collection, Santa Fe