Born in Ji'an, Jiangxi Province, China 1962
He lives and works in Shanghai, China.

1977-1985
Worked in the Manufacturing Section of the Jingdezhen Pottery & Porcelain Sculpturing Factory, Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, China
1985-1989
Studied in the Fine Arts Department of the Jingdezhen Pottery & Porcelain College, Majoring in Sculpture, China
1989-2004
Associate Professor of the Sculpture Department of the Yunnan Arts Institute, Kunming, Yunnan Province
2004 - Now
Associate Professor of the Sculpture Department of Fine Arts School of Shanghai University, China

Solo Exhibitions
2009
Liu Jianhua · Horizon, Beijing Commune, Beijing, China
Tofu, Shanghai Songjiang Creative Studio, Shanghai, China
Tofu, Kungfu, Polit-Sheer-Form, Beijing Commune, Beijing, China
2008
Dream in conflict, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, Italy
Liu Jianhua, Beijing Commune, Beijing, China
2007
Export—Cargo transit, Shanghai Gallery of Art at Three on the Bund, Shanghai, China
Daily Fragile, Tomb, King’s Lynn Art Center, King’s Lynn, UK
Daily Fragile, Oxburgh Hall, King’s Lynn, UK
Liu Jianhua, Arario Seoul, Korea
2006
Anomalous Thoughts, Galleria Continua, Beijing, China
2004
Exhibition of Liu Jianhua’s Works, Red Mansion Foundation, Hamiltons Gallery, London, UK
2003
Do You Really Know about It? , ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai, China
2002
Exhibition of Liu Jianhua’s Works, Hanart Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2001
Delight and Illusion, ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai, China
Porcelain- Like Skin, Hanart Gallery, Hong Kong, China
1990
Exhibition of Liu Jianhua’s Works, Art Gallery, Yunnan Arts Institute, Kunming, China

Group Exhibitions
2010
ART FOR THE WORLD (THE EXPO), Expo 2010 Shanghai, Expo Boulevard, Shanghai, China
Rem(a)inders, Galleria Continua, Beijing, China
2009
Metroplis Now! A Selection of Chinese Contemporary Art, Meridian International Center, Washington, DC, USA
Material Link, Technopolis City of Athens; The Center of Contemporary Art in Thessaloniki, Greece
Small Productions, 50 Mo Ganshan Rd, Shopping Gallery, Shanghai, China
Vancouver Biennale, Vancouver, Canada
Warm Up, Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai, China
ShangHai town 1979~2009, No.8 Creative Studio, Shanghai, China
Bourgeoisified Proletariat, Shanghai Songjiang Creative Studio, Shanghai, China
Europalia, China Art Festival, Brussels, Belgium
2008
Christian Dior & Chinese Artists, UCCA (The Ullens Center for Contemporary Art), Beijing, China
Resilience, Galleria Continua/Le Moulin, Boissy-le-Châtel, France
City image—contemporary art invitation exhibition, Shenzhen Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
Intrude: Art & Life 366, Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
Facing Reality, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
Homesickness- Memory and Virtual Reality, 798 art distrit, T Space, Beijing, China
New world Older—Present- day Installation Art and Photography, Groninger Museum, The Netherlands
3rd Nanjing Triennia Reflective Asia, Nanjing Museum, Nanjing, China
Insomnia, BizArt Art Center, Shanghai, China
2008 Living Zhangjiang Maglev Express, Zhangjiang, Shanghai, China
The Supplemental History: Contemporary Art Works from Collection of GDMoA, Guang Dong Art Museum, Guangzhou, China
Hypallage-the Post Modern Mode of Chinese Contemporary Art, The OCT Art & Design Gallery, Overseas Chinese Town, Shenzhen, China
Chinese Gardens for Living: Illusion into Reality, Staaliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Germany
Beijing –Athens Contemporary Art From China, Technopolis of the city of Athens, Athene, Greece
The world of others, MoCA Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Portraying food (and the Absence of it), Walsh Gallery, Chicago, USA
Where are we?, Center for the Arts at Legation Quarter, Beijing, China
2007
Polit- Sheer- Form Office in Shanghai, BizArt Art Center, Shanghai, China
A Vista of Perspectives, Hexiangning Art Museum, Shenzen OCT Contemporary Art Terminal, Shenzen, China
Absolute Images, Arario Gallery, New York, USA
Polite – Sheer- Form, Beijing Commune, Beijing, China
China Facing Reality, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Wien, Austria
The First Today’s Documents, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
Mahjong: Contemporary Chinese Art From the Sigg Collection tour Exhibition, Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, Austria
Rejected Collection, Ke Center for the Contemporary Arts, Shanghai, China
China now, Cobra museum of modern art, Amstelveen, Holland
Say and Hear Everywhere- The Third Guiyang biennale of Art, Guiyang Art Museum Guyiang, China
What’s new? Chinese Contemporary Art exhibition, Hong Kong City Hall, Hong Kong, China
Second Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Federation Tower, Moscow, Russia
Social Art, State Tretyacov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
The Amory Show, New York, USA
Setting off the South West: Contemporary Art Exhibition, Guangdong museum of Art, GuangZhou, China
You think who you are? – Chinese Contemporary Art, Milan, Italy
The Contemporary of Media and Tradition, Taiwan Asia Art Center, Beijing, China
Art in Motion, Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China
2006
Singapore Biennale 2006, Sculpture Square, Singapore, China
Only One Wall, Art Space, Sydney, Australia
38 Artist’s Solo Exhibition, Creative Garden 2577, Shanghai, China
6th Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
China! Absolute Images, Arario Cheonan, Korea
The First MOCA Envisage, Shanghai MOCA, Shanghai, China
China Now Kunst Der Gegenwart Sammlung Essl, Vienna, Austria; Busan Biennale Busan, Korea
Fiction@Love / Forever Young, Land Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China
The Skin of City Images of the Contemporary, Shenzhen Museum of Art, Shenzhen, China
Mahjong, Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection, Hamburg Art Center, Germany
2005
Shanghai Constructions, ShangART Gallery, Three on the Bund, Shanghai, China
Dream Producers (II/VI) / The Imaginary Xin Dong Cheng Space for Contemporary Art, Museum of Chinese Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
The Elegance of Silence: Contemporary Art from East Asia, Mori Art Museum Tokyo, Japan
World Ceramic Biennale 2005 Korea, International Conference Hall Ceramic
Research Center, Icheon, Korea
Transparent Box “Jian Wai SoHo”, Beijing, China
Awakening:La Faance Mandarine The French Influence on Chinese Art China Nation Museum of Fine Art, Beijing, China
XianFena—Chinese Avant-garde Sculpture Museum Beelden Aan Zee,The
Hague/Schevenin, The Netherlands
First International Biennal of Contemporary Chinese Art, Montpellier Art Museum, Montpellier, France
Mahjong, Only One Wall ; Bern Art Museum, Switzerland , Beijing Commune, Beijing, China
Only One Wall, Beijing Commune, Beijing; China
Convergence at E116°/N40, International Contemporary Art exhibition, Platform
China Contemporary Art Institute Beijing, China
It is too me - lianzhou International, Lianzhou, Guangdong, China
Section of the 2nd Triennial of Guangzhou: Self Organization, Guang Dong Art Museum, Guangzhou, China
The Skin of the City-Reserch in possibility of images of the contemporary city, Tap Seac Gallery, Macao, China
Beautiful Cynicism, Arario Beijing, China
The First Fine Arts Archive Nomination Exhibition, Museum of Hubein Institute of Fine Arts, Wuhan, China
2004
”62761232”Courier Exhibition, BizArt Center, Shanghai, China
Dreaming of the Dragon’s Nation : Contemporary Art from China, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
Shanghai Duolun Exhibition of Young Artists, Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
The Secret of Clay：From Gauguin to Gormley, Tate Liverpool, UK
Open Asia 2004, Venice- Lido, Italy
Contemporary Art from China of 5 Artists, Orebro City Exhibition Hall, Sweden
The Chinese and French Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition, Nice, France
Body China. Contemporary Art Exhibition, Marseilles Museum of Contemporary Art,France
Forbidden Senses, Espace Cultaeel Francois Mitterrand de Perigueux, Acien Eveche de Sarlat, France
Exhibition of Celebrating the 20 th Anniversary of Hanart Gallery, Hong Kong, China
2003
Bologna Contemporary Art Fair, Bologna, Italy
“Alors la Chine?” , Center Pompidou, Paris, France
The 34 th Basel International Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
Daily fragile/ fragile, The 50th Biennale di Venezia, China Pavilion, Italy; Guangdong Art Museum, Guangzhou, China; Art Gallery of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
Alternative Modernity, Beijing X-RAY Art Center, China
“Open Sky” Contemporary Art Exhibition, Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, China
Surmounting Square, Shanghai Everbright Convention & Exhibition Center
2002
Money and Value / Final Taboo, National Bank, Switzerland
Appetite, Art Side Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
33rd Basel International Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
Too Much Flavour, 3H Art Center, Shanghai, China
Something Like China POP, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney, Australia
“Paris-Peking”, Collection Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Art, Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris, France
The First Triennial Art Exhibition of Chinese Arts, Guangzhou Art Museum, Guangzhou, China
“Contemporary Art from china”, Kuppersmuhle Museum, Duisburg, Germany;
Contemporary Art Museum, Roma, Italy; Das Ludwig Museum in Budapest, Hungary
Dream 02, OXO Art Center, London, UK
2001
Made By China, Contemporary Art Exhibition of 15 Artists, Navara Gallery, Paris France
Boy and Girl, Upriver Loft, Kunming, Soobin Art Gallery, Singapore, China
The 32 Basel International Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
Art Era-The First Jing Wen Art Exhibition, Jin Mao Mansion, Shanghai, China
The First Chengdu Biennale, Modern Art Museum, Chengdu, China
2000
Chinese Figures, Hanart, Hong Kong, China; Air Gallery, London, UK
Contemporary Art Exhibition of 15 Artists, Courtyard Gallery, Beijing, China
Reincarnation Era- Exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Art in 2000, Upriver Gallery, Chengdu, China
Contemporary Chinese Sculpture Exhibition, Sculpture Hall, Qingdao, China; Air Gallery, London, UK
Clashing and Selecting, Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition, Hangzhou, Qingdao, Shenyang, Shenzhen, China
Chinese Figures-Tales of the Two Cities, Asian Contemporary Art, London, UK
Dialogue with Moore, Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition, Guangdong Art Museum, Guangzhou, China
1999
At the Door of the New Century, Chinese Contemporary Art 1979-99, Modern Art Museum, Chengdu, China
Opening New Channel in 1999, Dongyu Art Museum, Shenyang, China
Setting off from China, Design Art Museum, Beijing, China
Towards Materialism and That Sort of Beauty, Normal university of South East China, China
Three Artists from Kunming, Hanart Gallery, Hong Kong, China
China 46, The exhibition with 46 contemporary chinese artist, Art Sans Frontiers Gallery, Shanghai, China; Taipei, Taiwan; Melbourne, Australia
1998
The 5th Documentary Exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Art, Sichuan Art Museum, Chongqing, China
The First Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Sculptures, He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
Review of Traditions, German Embassy, Beijing, China
1997
Life Categories Science and Technology Hall of Yunnan University, Kunming, China
Characters of the Metropolis, Yunnan Arts Institute, Kunming; Sichuan Art Academy, Chongqing, China
1996
The 4th Documentary Exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Art Sculpture and Contemporary Culture, Sichuan Art Museum, Chengdu, China
Revere Life, Sichuan Art Museum, Chengdu, China
Contemporary Art from China - Works by Three Artists, Wiessbaden Cultural Center, Germany
1995
Current Situation Exhibition, Yunnan Art Museum, Kunming, China (Sponsored by Sino-American Culture Exchange Center of Colombia University, U.S.A)
1994
“Painted Sculpture” Series, Art from the South–West, South West Mansion, Kunming, China
1992-1993
Green Series, Direction of Spirit- Dissociation Series
1992
The Third Sport Art Exhibition, China National Museum of Fine Art, Beijing, China
1991
Yunnan Province Fine Arts Exhibitions, YunNan Museum of Art, KunMing, China