Lives and works in Beijing

1964 - Born in Beijing

1984 - Graduated from School of Arts & Crafts, Beijing

1986 - Studied at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing

1994 - Graduated from Hochshule der Kunst, Berlin

1998 - Artist-in-Residence, Rijksacademie, Amsterdam

2001 - Internship at delfina Studios, London

Solo Exhibitions

2006    Temptations, Sperone Westwater, New York

2005    Liu Ye, Tomio Koyama, Project Room, Tokyo

2004    Red Yellow Blue, Schoeni Art Gallery, Hong Kong

2001    Fellini, A Guardsman, Mondrian, The Pope and My Girlfriend, Chinese Contemporary Gallery, London

2000    Liu Ye, Galerie Lococo Muilder, Berlin

1997    Liu Ye, Ming Jing Di Gallery, Beijing

1995    Liu Ye, Gallery Taube, Berlin

1993    Liu Ye, Gallery Taube, Berlin

Selected Group Exhibitions

2006    Mahjong: Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection, Hamburger Kunsthalle

2005    The First Chinese Contemporary Arts Annual Exhibition, China Millenium Monument Art Museum, Beijing

2005    A cartoon, Top Space, Beijing

2005    Mahjong: Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection, Kunstmuseum Bern

2005    Liu Ye/Kaneda Shoichi, Galerie Frank Schlag & Cie, Essen

2005    Vehicle & Mirror, Beijing New Art Projects, Beijing

2004    Fiction.Love – Ultra New Vision in Contemporary Art, Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei

2005    Dreaming of the Dragon Nation, The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin

2005    Stone Face, Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai

2003    Left Hand, Right Hand, 798 Space Art & Culture Co. Ltd, Beijing

2005    ChinArt, Ludwig Museum, Budapest

2005    ChinArt, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea di Roma, Rome

2005    Lifetime, Beijing Tokyo Art Projects, Beijing

2002    Paris-Peking, Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris

2005    ChinArt, Museum Kuppersmuhle fur Moderne Kunst, Duisburg, Germany

2005    The First Guangzhou Triennial: A Decade of Experimental Chinese Art, Guangdong Art Museum, Guangzhou

2005    Chinese Contemporary Art, Reykjavik Art Museum, Iceland

2001    The First Chengdu Biennial, Chengdu, China

2005    Transparence/Opacity, De Markten, Brussels

2000    Liu Ye & Mao Yan, Chinese Contemporary Ltd, London

2005    A Selection from the Collection, Shanghai Art Museum

1998     It's Me!, Forbidden City Taimiao, Beijing

2005    Mondrian in China, Art Gallery of the International Palace, Beijing

1997     Made in China, Galerie Serieuze Zaken, Amsterdam

1995     New Anecdotes of Social Talk, Art Gallery of the International Palace, Beijing

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