Liu Lining
1980 Born in Shanxi Province

2003 Graduated from the Printmaking Department of China Central Academy of Fine Arts with a bachelor's degree

Currently works and lives in Beijing

GROUP EXHIBITION

2015
2015 Art Nova 100, Beijing

2014  

New Focusing - 2014 New Year's Eve Art Exhibition, Su Space, Beijing

Look toward the Horizon - The New Sound of Contemporary China Youth Art, Nice

Future Returns, Contemporary Art from China, Michigan State University, Michigan

China-Italy Biennale, Dashanzi 798 Art District,Beijing

Only for Existence - Group Exhibition for Young Artists, FM Art Space, Guangzhou

2012  

Made in China - Contemporary Chinese Artists Luciano Benetton Collection, Italy

2011  

2011 Art Nova 100, Beijing/Guangzhou/Shanghai丨Wuxi

2010  

Chinese Contemporary Youth Art Exhibition, Galleries MIMESIS, Geneva

Liu Lining responds with sensitivity to visual objects. He uses ordinary objects to weave together interesting stories that combine youthful imagination with realistic metaphors, and can make stressed audiences smile. These stories become a kind of nursery tale in modern society, full of humor and drama. They fantastically combine many different childhood memories, searching for youthful dreams in a constantly changing, different modern life by flipping on its head the materialistic nature of modern society. In an earnest style, he writes an impossible story, revealing a kind of free spirit and conveying the false nature of "reality" today. This is a new generations' wise humor. Their relaxed and irreverent attitude, as well as their ability to breakdown serious topics in a humorous was, are products of their growing up in a time of improved economic conditions, and show the trends in Chinese painting today. -Wang Chunchen (Professor of CAFA)