Liu Qinghe 刘庆和

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Liu Qinghe is considered a contemporary master of ink and wash painting, renowned for challenging the boundaries of this traditional medium to portray today's realities.^[1] Liu lives and works in Beijing.

Contents 1 Date & Place of Birth 2 Education & Development 3 Art 4 Awards and Honors 5 Exhibitions 6 Gallery Affiliation(s) 7 Acquisitions & Auctions 8 Interviews 9 References

[edit] Date & Place of Birth

Liu was born in Tianjin, China in 1961.

[edit] Education & Development

In 1981, Liu received his diploma from the Tianjin School of Arts and Crafts. In 1987, he earned his Bachelors degree from the Folk Art Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA), going on to receive his Masters Degree from the Chinese Painting Dept, CAFA, in 1989. In 1992, Qiu served a residency at the Royal Academy of Fine Art (RAFA) studio in Madrid, Spain. Today he serves as Assistant Professor in the Chinese Painting Dept at CAFA.

[edit] Art

Liu Qinghe originally belonged to the group of artists that emerged in the early 1990s. This later generation was schooled in an intolerant and languid academic system on the one hand and on the other, were exposed to and inundated by dramatic social, cultural and personal change brought about by the introduction of a market economy to China.

Grappling with such themes in daily life, Liu saw the need to reflect on contemporary society and the everyday in his artistic practice as one way to inject life into this traditional medium. The bulk of his figurative works over the years depicts everyday people, his family, his friends, and those he has invented. They are placed in urban backdrops, engaged in contemporary relationships and fixed in modern-day ideological crisis. Their feelings of insecurity, confusion, dejection, lethargy and helplessness are apparent in his portraiture of a diverse collection of real life characters and situations.

[edit] Awards and Honors

Liu won Second Prize at the 1985 Academy Show at CAFA. In 1994, he was awarded the Gold Prize of the Beijing Exhibition, at the 8th National Fine Arts Exhibition, NAGC.

[edit] Exhibitions

Liu had an important solo exhibition at Today Art Museum in Beijing in 2007. His work has been included in group exhibitions such as "Corporeality-The Human Body in Contemporary China" at  Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, in 2007.

For Liu Qinghe's exhibition history, click here.

[edit] Gallery Affiliation(s)

Liu is represented by Red Gate Gallery in Bejing and Goedhuis Contemporary in New York.

[edit] Acquisitions & Auctions

Liu's work is collected by the Embassy of Australia, Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, National Art Museum in Beijing, and Shanghai Art Museum, among others.^[1]

For Liu Qinghe's auction record, (Chinese) click here.

[edit] Interviews

To view a video interview of Liu with Studio Door China, click here. 

[edit] References

http://www.artnet.com/Artists/ArtistHomePage.aspx?artist_id=13874&page_tab=Bio_and_links http://galleries.absolutearts.com/cgi-bin/galleries/show?what=artists&id=304&login=redgategallery http://www.mcaf.net/html/B-Artists-Liu-Qinghe.html http://www.studiorouge.cn/picture.aspx?uid=3aa0aa3e-9292-4d0b-a0e1-a4711fd42b4d

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} http://www.goedhuiscontemporary.com/