LIU Ye

Chinese　1964

Born in Beijing in 1964, Liu Ye belongs to the generation of artists that grew up during the Cultural Revolution era. Liu Ye graduated from the School of Arts and Crafts in 1984, subsequently entering the Central Academy of Fine Arts. Prior to graduation from the mural department in 1989, Liu Ye flew to Germany and was enrolled in the University of Fine Arts in Berlin. He returned to China in 1994 with a Master’s degree. Liu Ye’s works of art express a cartoon-like bearing, a style attributed to the influence of his father, a children’s literature author, and that of the propaganda posters created during the Cultural Revolution. Liu Ye’s paintings always adopt a squarish composition, featured with children with round faces and Mondrian’s paintings. Liu has staged exhibitions globally and received international recognition. He currently lives and works in Beijing.

Selected Public Collections:
Shanghai Museum, Shanghai, China
Museum of Contemporary Art Chengdu, Chengdu, China
Today Art Museum, Beijing, China

Selected Exhibitions:
“Silk Road” China Art Gallery, Beijing, China, 1991
“Mondrian in China” Art Gallery of the International Palace in Beijing, Beijing, China, 1998
“Liberation” Chinese Contemporary Gallery, London, United Kingdom, 1999
“Fellini, A Guardsman, Mondrian, The Pope and My Girlfriend” Chinese Contemporary Gallery, London,
United Kingdom, 2001
“ChinArt” Museo d'Arte Contemporanea di Roma, Rome, Italy; Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary, 2003
“Red Yellow Blue” Schoeni Art Gallery, Hong Kong, 2004
“Project Room” Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, 2005
“Chinese Window” Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland, 2007