Liu Xiaodong

For the Chinese footballer, see Liu Xiaodong (footballer).
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Liu.

Liu Xiaodong (simplified Chinese: 刘小东; traditional Chinese: 劉小東; pinyin: Liú Xiǎodōng; born 1963 in Liaoning, China) is a contemporary Chinese artist.

Education

Liu was born in 1963 in the small industrial town of Jincheng, a pulp and paper-producing center in Liaoning province. At age 17 he moved to Beijing to study art at the Central Academy of Fine Arts. (中央美术学院) He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in oil painting in 1988, and a Master of Fine Art in oil painting in 1995, both from CAFA. In 1998-99 he continued his studies overseas at the Academy of Fine Arts at the Complutense University of Madrid in Spain. He now holds tenure as a professor in the painting department at CAFA.[1][2]

Filmography

1990: Began participating with the Chinese Independent Film Movement, starting as the lead role in The Days, which was named one of the top 100 most important international films of the past century by the BBC.

1993: Art director for movie: Beijing Bastards.

2006: Starred in Documentary, Dong ("East",《东》), a documentary of the Three Gorges and Thailand painting project by director Jia Zhangke. This film was entered into the 2006 Venice Film Festival as a candidate for the Golden Lion Award.

Public exhibitions

References

  1. ↑ Lisson Gallery; Liu Xiaodong, artist biography. http://www.lissongallery.com/artists/liu-xiaodong
  2. ↑ Artnet; Liu Xiaodong, artist biography. http://www.artnet.com/artists/liu%20xiaodong/
  3. ↑ "Yan' Guan Town: Paintings by Liu Xiaodong". Harper's Magazine (Harper's Foundation) 323 (1,938): 49–51. November 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2012.(subscription required)
  4. ↑ Liu Xiaodong - Hometown Boy, The Independent, 18 November 2010

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