LIU Ying Zhao was born in Heilongjiang, China in 1956. LIU has participated in numerous exhibitions in China, United States, United Kingdom, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Macau, Indonesia and won various awards. LIU's paintings have appeared on numerous auctions in Hong Kong, the United States, Singapore and China during the past few years, and seventeen times were at Christie's Hong Kong. As one of the most outstanding contemporary Chinese artists, LIU's achievements have been widely reported by newspaper, television and radio throughout China and around the world.

Award

• 1992 - " Thunderstorm" - Liaoning Provincial Third Class Award - 50th Anniversary National Exhibition of Fine Arts
  "Girl with a Clarinet" - Nomination Award - National Biennial Oil Paintings Exhibition, Guangzhou


• 1994 - " Process" - First Class Honour Award - 1st Still Life Oil Painting Exhibition of China

Education

• 1983 - Bachelor of Fine Arts - Heilongjiang Normal College - Faculty of Fine Arts


• 1992 - Master of Fine Arts - Majored in Oil Painting & Art Education - Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts

Major Auctions

• 1992 - Christies - " Still Lives. Harmony" - (Liu's works were auctioned successfully for seventeen consecutive times at Christie’s since 1992)


• 1993 - Butterfields San Francisco - " Live Series"


• 1994 - China Guardian Auction House - "Red Pomegranate"
  Butterfields San Francisco - "Still Lives"
  China Guardian Auction House - " Red Musical Note"


• 1995 - Singapore International Auctions - " Still Lives"


• 1996 - Beijing Pacific International Auctions - "Rivers and Mountains"

Press

"Chinese Oil Paintings", "Art", " Aesthetic Circle", " Art Observer", " Northern Art", " Art Circle", " School Art", " Hundred Contemporary Chinese Artists Collection", "People's Daily", "Tianjin Daily"

Major Exibition

• 1992 - 50th Anniversary National Exhibition of Fine Arts
  Asian Arts International Exposition
  Central Academy of Fine Arts Exhibition, Hong Kong
  National Biennial Oil Paintings Exhibition, Guangzhou


• 1993 - Central Academy Of Fine Arts Exhibition, Macau


• 1994 - Asian Arts International Exposition
  1st Still Life Oil Painting Exhibition of China


• 1995 - Tour Exhibition in New York and San Francisco

Publication

• 1995 - " Twelve Chinese Contemporary Oil Painting Artists' Collection"


• 1999 - " Still Life Oil Painting Technique Illustration" by Heilongjiang Art Publisher


• 2000 - " Liu Ying-Zhao's Art of Oil Painting" by Tianjin Green Willow Publishing Company