1962
Born in Ji'an, Jiangxi Province, 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
1989-2004
Associate Professor of the Sculpture Department of the Yunnan Arts Institute, Kunming, Yunnan Province
2004-
Associate Professor of the Sculpture Department of the Fine Arts School of Shanghai University
Lives and works in Shanghai, China

Selected Solo Exhibitions
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’s Solo Exhibition”, Arario, Seoul, Korea
2006
“Anomalous Thoughts”, Galleria Continua, Beijing, China
2003
“Do You Really Know about It?”, ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai, China
2002
“Liu Jianhua”, Hanart Gallery, Art Foundation, Taipei, China
2001
“Delight and Illusion”, ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai, China
“Porcelain: Like Skin”, Hanart Gallery, Hong Kong, China

Selected Group Exhibitions
2008
“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
“New World Order: Present-day Installation Art and Photography”, Groninger Museum, The Netherlands
2007
“Polit-Sheer-Form Office in Shanghai”, BizArt Art Center, Shanghai, China
“A Vista of Perspectives”, OCT Contemporary Art Terminal of He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
“Polit-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
“China Now”, Cobra Museum of Modern Art, Amstelveen, The Netherlands
The 2nd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Federation Tower, Moscow, Russia
“Social Art”, State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
“Setting off the South West: Contemporary Art Exhibition”, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
2006
“Art in Motion”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China
Singapore Biennale 2006, Sculpture Square, Singapore
“Only One Wall”, Art Space, Sydney, Australia
“38 Artist’s Solo Exhibition”, Creative Garden 2577, Shanghai, China
The 6th Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
The 1st MOCA Envisage, Shanghai MOCA, Shanghai, China
“China Now”, Kunst Der Gegenwart Sammlung Essl, Vienna
Busan Biennale, Busan, Korea
2005
“Awakening: La Faance Mandarine - The French Influence on Chinese Art”, China Nation Museum of Fine Art, Beijing, China
“The Elegance of Silence: Contemporary Art from East Asia”, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
The 3rd World Ceramic Biennale 2005 Korea, International Conference Hall Ceramic Research Center, Icheon, Korea
“XIANFENG: Chinese Avant-garde Sculpture”, Museum Beelden Aan Zee, the Hague/Schevenin, the Netherlands
The 1st International Biennial of Contemporary Chinese Art, Montpellier Art Museum, France
“Mahjong”, Bern Art Museum, Switzerland
“Only One Wall”, Beijing Commune, Beijing, China
“Self Organization: Section of the 2nd Triennial of Guangzhou”, Guangdong Art Museum, Guangzhou, China
2004
“62761232: Courier Exhibition”, BizArt Art Center, Shanghai, China
“Dreaming of the Dragon’s Nation: Contemporary Art from China”, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
Shanghai Duolun Exhibition of Young Artists, Dulun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
“The Secret of Clay：From Gauguin to Gormley”, Tate Liverpool, London, UK
“Open Asia 2004”, Venice - Lido, Italy
“Body•China: Contemporary Art Exhibition”, Marseilles Museum of Contemporary Art, France
2003
“Alors la Chine?”, Center Pompidou, Paris, France
The 34th Basel International Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
The 50th Biennale di Venezia, China Pavilion; Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou; 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, Shanghai, China
2002
“Money and Value / Final Taboo”, National Bank, Swiss
The 33rd Basel International Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
“Paris•Peking: Collection Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Art”, Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris, France
The 1st Triennial Art Exhibition of Chinese Arts, Guangzhou Art Museum, Guangzhou, China
“Contemporary Art from China”, Kuppersmuhle Museum, Duisburg, Germany; Roma 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
“Boy and Girl”, Upriver Loft, Kunming, Soobin Art Gallery, Singapore
The 32nd Basel International Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
“Art Era: the 1st Jing Went5 Art Exhibition”, Jin Mao Mansion, Shanghai, China
The 1st Chengdu Biennale, Modern Art Museum, Chengdu, China
2000
“Chinese Figures”, Hanart Gallery, Hong Kong; Air Gallery, London
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; London, UK
“Clashing and Selecting: Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition”, Hangzhou; Qingdao; Shenyang; Shenzhen, China
“Chinese Figures: Tales of the Two Cities, Asian Contemporary Art”, Air Gallery, London, UK
“Dialogue with Moore: Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition”, Guangdong Art Museum, Guangzhou, China
1999
“Towards Materialism and that Sort of Beauty”, Normal University of South East China, Shanghai, China
“Three Artists from Kunming”, Hanart Gallery, Hong Kong, China
“CHINA 46”, Shanghai, Taipei, Melbourne, Australia
“At the Door of the New Century, Chinese Contemporary Art 1979-1999”, Modern Art Museum, Chengdu, China
1998
The 5th Documentary Exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Art, Sichuan Art Museum, Chongqing, China
The 1st Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Sculptures, He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
“Review•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”, Wiesbaden Cultural Center, Germany
1995
“Current Situation Exhibition”, Yunnan Art Museum, Kunming, China (Sponsored by Sino-American Culture Exchange Center of Colombia University, USA)