Nude art by Lui Liu from China

In the works of the specialist Chinese artist Lui Liu, who lives in Canada, he expresses the most magical way the surreal view of the world,

cultures and human desires.

Lui Liu was born in March 1957 in North China and came to Canada in 1991. Speaking both Chinese and English fluently, Lui Liu has beautiful painting techniques, unique language, which finds a wide range of public throughout the world. acquisition of technical launched during China's Cultural Revolution, when he was a young boy painting posters on the streets and continued in the most prestigious Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing.

 Through his works, Lui Liu creates a surreal world that transcends cultures and places. Growing up in China and living in the west give him a dual role of being an insider and outsider of both worlds and to withstand cost to "stand alone to the east and west, as he chooses," wrote Barry Callaghan, a renown Canadian author.

Lui Liu is a member of the Ontario Society of Artists. He lives and works in Toronto, Canada with his wife and daughter, and exposes in galleries throughout North America, Europe and Asia. He also held solo exhibitions in Taiwan Fine Arts Museum and the Dutch Centre for Contemporary Art. Lui Liu has been interviewed by various publications. It was also shown on Bravo! Art Network AP and television programs. Projects Lui Liu bought and commissioned by a variety of private and corporate collectors in North America and around the world.

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     EXHIBITIONS

• Mittica Gallery, Toronto, Canada, October, 2005;
• A Muse Gallery, Columbia, U.S.A., March, 2005;
• A Muse Gallery, Columbia, U.S.A., February, 2004;
• Cidnee Patrick Gallery, Dallas, U.S.A., March, 2003;
• Contemporary Art Center, Utrech, the Netherlands, March, 2002;
• Edith Baker Gallery, Dallas, U.S.A., September, 2001;
• Glass Garage Gallery, Los Angeles, U.S.A., October, 2000;
• Edith Baker Gallery, Dallas, U.S.A., July, 1999;
• Taipei Fine Art Museum, January, 1999;
• Galerie Blu, Birmingham, U.S.A., November, 1998;
• Corsica Cultural Foundation, Corsica, France, July 1998;
• Meg Gallery, Toronto, November 1996;
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  Artexpo 96', Barcelona, Spain, May 1996;
• Gallery Forni, Bologna, Italy, March 1995;
• Madison Gallery, Toronto, Canada, November 1994;
• Artrageous! Gallery, Windsor, Canada, November 1993;
• Karney Gallery, Toronto, Canada, September 1992;
• Art Gallery of the Central Academy of Fine Art, Beijing, 1991;
• China Avant-garde Show, the National Gallery, Beijing, 1989;
• Group Show: "Towards the Future," the National Gallery, 1987;
• Union Gallery, Hong Kong, 1986;
• November Show, Forbidden City, Palace Museum, Beijing, 1985;
• Exhibition of Modern Chinese Western-style Paintings, Japan, 1982. 
  
  
   PUBLICATIONS & AWARDS

• Cover Story, Art and Investment, September 2006, Beijing, China;
• Associated Press Television, Interview featuring Lui Liu, March 2006, New York, US;
• "Lui Liu", Bravo! Cable Network, November 2005, Toronto, Canada;
• "The Taken of Art", Art World, April 2003, Beijing, China;
• "From Mao to Munk", November 6, 1999, the National Post, Canada;
• "Pleased to Meet them", July 9, 1999, the Dallas Morning News;
• "Fait Accompli", June 16 - 23, 1999, the Met Magazine, Dallas, Texas;
• "Lui Liu", November 22, 1998, Detroit Free Press;
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  "Pushing Art to the Borderline", November 15, 1998, the Observer & Eccentric, Detroit, Michigan;
• The Protégé Honours, Toronto Arts Council, April 1997;
• Lui Liu, Collection & Review of  Chinese Oil Painters, Guanxi Publishing House, 1997,  China;
• Exile, Literary Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 4, 1995, Toronto;
• BorderCrossings, Magazine of the Arts, October, 1993, Manitoba;
• Tops, Entertainment Magazine, November 1993, Windsor, Canada;
• Art Press, Magazine of the Arts, Vol.141, 1989, Paris, France;
• Art, National Magazine of the Arts, No. 12, 1993, Beijing, China;
• A History of China Modern Art, 1979 -- 1989, Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House, 1992, China.

EDUCATION

• B.A., Department of Oil Painting, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China (1978 --   1982);
• Tianjin Arts and Crafts School, Tianjin, China (1972 -- 1976).