Liu Liguo is an example of the Chinese style and trend we call “Gaudy Art”, a school of thought whose subscribers often make use of pastiche in their illustration of the vulgarity of contemporary society.  The substance of Liu Liguo’s works are a reflection on consumer society. Whether its a sculpture or one of his beautiful avant-garde paintings, everything is materially opulent, dripping with sensuality, abundance & creativity.
1961
Born in Heilongjiang, China
1991
Graduated from the fine arts department of Beijing’s National Theatre Institute
Currently lives and works in Beijing, China

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2007
Liu Liguo Solo Exhibition, Xin Dong Cheng Space for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
1998
”Life Styles”, Art Document Storehouse, Beijing, China
1994
Private Exhibition, Huade residence, Beijing, China

Selected Group Exhibitions
2008
3.15- Let’s Consume!, Xin Dong Cheng Space for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
2007
Chinese Fine Arts,Gallerie de Bellecour,Lyon,France
The Power of the Universe, Asia Art Center,Beijing,China
China Now: Lost in Transition, Eliklein Fine Art, Houston, U.S.A.
The Contemporary Road of Media and Tradition, Asia Art Center, Beijing, China
The Escape: The Rescue of the Language of Tradition and Revolution, Nanjing Square
Contemporary Art Museum, Nanjing, China
Basel International Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
Brussels International Art Fair, Brussels, Belgium
Liberate “Concerning the Transformation of Cultural Language”, 798 Art Festival, Beijing, China
”Yellow Brick Road “Post-modernist Story of Transformation, Contemporary Art Exhibition, the First Sound Gallery,Beijing, China
Beijing International Art Fair, Beijing, China
2006
Second Exhibition of “China Today”, National Museum of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
”Mao: Contemporary Visions”, JGM Gallery, Paris, France
”Flowers”, Songzhuang Museum of Art, Beijing, China
”Beyond Experience – New China”, Arario Gallery, Beijing, China
”Icons and iconoclasts”, Hazlitt  Gooden & Fox, New York, U.S.A.
Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition, Hazlitt  Gooden & Fox, New York, U.S.A
ARCO 06, International Modern Art Fair, Madrid, Spain
Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy
MiArt, Milan, Italy
Art@agnes, Tokyo, Japan
”Japanimation”, Tokyo Gallery, Beijing, China
”Endless”, Arario Gallery, Beijing, China
”Brothers”, Xin Dong Cheng Space for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
CIGE, World Trade Center, Beijing, China
Art Fair Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
”Mashup, Match & Mix”,Critical–Zero Factory, Beijing, China
”Grey-Red”, New Art Project , Beijing, China
2005
Lineart, Flanders Expo Center, Gent, Belgium
”Joy”, Artandgallery, Milan, Italy
FIAC, Paris, France
”Charm and Strength” – Mao Zedong and the Chinese Contemporary Artists, Xin Dong Cheng Space for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
” Dream Producers” (II/VI): The Imaginary Museum of Chinese Contemporary Art, Xin Dong Cheng Space for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
Post Factory – Come and Gone, 798 Factory, Beijing, China
”Critical”,2 Zero Fields Gallery, Dashanzi Art District, Beijing, China
”Degenerate Dharma”, Beijing Tokyo Art Projects, Beijing, China.
CIGE, World Trade Center, Beijing, China
Shanghai Art Fair, Shanghai, China
Under the Sky above Beijing, Yijingxuan Gallery, Beijing, China
Sonzhuang Ten Year Invitational, Beijing, China
2004
”Forbidden Senses”, Sensuality in Contemporary Chinese Art, Espace culturel François
Mitterrand, Périgueux, France
FIAC (France International Art Contamporary), Paris, France
CIGE, World Trade Center, Beijing, China
”Yellow Earth, Thick Earth” (retrospective of ten years in Chinese sculpture),
Millennium Monument, Beijing, China
2003
”China Art Today”, Millennium Monument, Beijing, China
Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao, China
”My Way”, Museum of Fine Arts, Guangzhou, China
2001
2001 Art Forum Berlin, Berlin, Germany
” Reinventing the Images and Signs”, Huanyu Jingdian Cultural Centre, Beijing, China
”Self-expression”, Art Documents Storehouse, Beijing, China
2000
Image and Net Art Exhibition, Jilin Academy of Fine Arts, Changchun, China
Two-dimensional Contemporary Art, China Women’s Activity Centre,Beijing, China
February Group Show, Courtyard Gallery, Beijing, China
1999
”Ouh la la ! Kitsch!” Teda Museum, Tianjin, China
Songzhuang Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Eastlink Gallery,Shanghai, China
The First Chinese Installation Artists Documentary Exhibition, The Commune of Art, Hong Kong
1997
”Live Styles”, Hamburg, Bremen, Germany
1996
First Chinese Design Exhibition, International Exhibition Centre, Beijing, China
”Eleven’s – The Avant-garde”, Taikoo Place, Hong Kong
1995
”9 Artists” – Exhibition of Portuguese Embassy in China, Beijing, China
1994
Chinese Inks, Capital Museum, Beijing, China
Beijing Resident Artists, Capital Museum, Beijing, China
1993
Annual Oil Painting Exhibition, National Museum of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
1992
”Five Painters”, The Beijing Concert Hall Gallery, Beijing, China
Graduation Show, Institute for Traditional Theatre, Beijing, China
International Stage Design, Theatre Institute, Tokyo, Japan
1990
Stage Design for Maeterlinck’s ” L’intruse”, Chinese Youth Art Theatre, Beijing, China
1989
Ink and Wash, Ten artists, Capital Museum, Beijing, China
1986
Exhibition of Young Artists from Heilongjiang, Heilongjiang Museum of Fine Arts, China