LIU WEIJIAN 刘唯艰 Biography

Basic

1981	Born in Hunan Province, China

Education

2001	Graduated from the middle school affiliated to the China Academy of Art
2005	Graduated from Shanghai Normal University College of Art

Solo Exhibitions

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2023	Liu Weijian: The Stage with Light, ShanghART, Shanghai
2022	Liu Weijian: The Stage With Light, Art Museum of Guangming Culture and Art Center, Shenzhen
2018	On the Way, Barn for Contemporary Art, Shenzhen
2015	Liu Weijian Solo Exhibition: I Love You, ShanghART Beijing, Beijing
2014	Liu Weijian: Under the Sun, ShanghART H-Space, Shanghai
2012	Liu Weijian Solo Exhibition, Edouard Malingue Gallery, Hong Kong
	The Idea Before Sunrise, Galería Yusto, Giner, Malaga, Spain
2010	Liu Weijian: Farewell My Country, LV Gallery, Louis Vuitton Maison, Hong Kong
	Antenna, a solo exhibition of Liu Weijian, ShanghART H-Space, Shanghai
2009	LIU Weijian, Solo Exhibition, ShanghART Main Space, Shanghai
2007	The Call of the Crows, Liu Weijian's Solo Exhibition, BizArt Art Center, Shanghai

Group Exhibitions

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2024	Keep See, Keep Seeing, G Museum, Nanjing
	Shifting Sands Still, ShanghART Singapore, Singapore
	Liu Weijian: Sofa, ShanghART M50, Shanghai
	The Imagery Between Lines and Paper, ShanghART, Shanghai
2023	You Spin Me Round Like A Record, Cloud Art Museum, Shenzhen
	Infinite, ShanghART M50, Shanghai
	Beyond 2003-2023, Mingyuan Art Museum, Shanghai
	A Journey of Love and Memory, Being Art Museum, Shanghai
2022	Wang Xingwei in Shanghai 2002-2008, Power Station of Art Museum, Shanghai
2021	Boomerang: OCAT Biennale 2021, OCAT, Shenzhen
	Cold Flame, BFC Art Festival, Bound Financial Center, Shanghai
2020	New Look, Baiziting Art Center, Nanjing
2016	Autobiography, New Contemporary Painting Invitation Exhibition, Ningbo Museum of Art
	Turning Point: Contemporary Art in China Since 2000, Shanghai Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai
	Dissensus Agitation, The Painting to Language, Today Art Museum, Beijing
2015	China 8, Contemporary Art from China at the Rhine and Ruhr, Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany
2013	Filter the Public, Shanghai World Financial Center 5th Anniversary Art Project, Shanghai World Financial Center, Shanghai
	Ignition Point, Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai
2012	Specificity, UCCA, Beijing
	LIU Weijian, SUN Xun, ZHOU Zixi-ShanghART Group Exhibition, ShanghART Main Space, Shanghai
	Re-Novation & Collateral Effects, Galerie Dix9, Paris, France
2010	China Power Station: Part IV, Pinacoteca Agnelli, Torino, Italy
	Thirty Years of Chinese Contemporary Art, Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai
2009	Shanghai History in Making from 1979 till 2009, 436 Jumen Rd., Shanghai
2007	The First Today's Documents 2007, Energy: Spirit ּ Body ּ Material, Today Art Museum, Beijing
	China Power Station: Part II, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway
2006	Second Shanghai Duolun Exhibition of Young Artists, Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai
2005	Gifts 1, A Case of Contemporary Art, Modern Art Museum of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou
2002	Shadow-XXX Art Exhibition, Qin Zhou Nan Road, Shanghai

Projects

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All)

2022	Liu Weijian: Using Paintings as Mirror \| Online Observation Project, ShanghART, ShanghaiOnline-Wechat

Collections

	Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai
	Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway
	DSL Collection, Paris, France

2024	Splendors of the Sun and Moon, Jiuzhi Art Museum, Shanghai
	Growth in Motion, ShanghART WB Central, Shanghai
	These Men are from the Moon, An Examination toward Cultural Gender Subjectivity, Dongyi No.6 Space of Art, Beijing
	Keep See, Keep Seeing, G Museum, Nanjing
	Shifting Sands Still, ShanghART Singapore, Singapore
	Great Flux, 1979 Gallery, Shenzhen
	Liu Weijian: Sofa, ShanghART M50, Shanghai
	The Imagery Between Lines and Paper, ShanghART, Shanghai
2023	Painting Tiny Times, 33ml offspace, Shanghai
	You Spin Me Round Like A Record, Cloud Art Museum, Shenzhen
	Infinite, ShanghART M50, Shanghai
	Mending the Sky, ShanghART M50, Shanghai
	Beyond 2003-2023, Mingyuan Art Museum, Shanghai
	Days after Days after Days, ShanghART Singapore, Singapore
	A Journey of Love and Memory, Being Art Museum, Shanghai
2022	Lost in Shanghai, In&Out，Ningbo
	Wang Xingwei in Shanghai 2002-2008, Power Station of Art Museum, Shanghai
2021	Boomerang: OCAT Biennale 2021, OCAT, Shenzhen
	Xin Jing, 1950 Art Space, Shenyang
	Cold Flame, BFC Art Festival, Bound Financial Center, Shanghai
2020	Winding Time, ShanghART Beijing, Beijing
	New Look, Baiziting Art Center, Nanjing
	Cache: From B to Z, ShanghART, Shanghai
2019	Pal ate/ette/, SGA, Shanghai
	Side Lanes, ShanghART, Shanghai
2018	Reshaping of Experience, Half Image, Shanghai
	White Flash, ShanghART Beijing, Beijing
	South, Wu Space, Shenyang
	Sense of Paper - Melting Point, L+ Space, Shanghai
	As A Reason for December 12th, Imagokinetics Lab - ChaBu, Hangzhou
2016	Autobiography, New Contemporary Painting Invitation Exhibition, Ningbo Museum of Art
	The 1st Daojiao New New Art Festival, Another Wave, XI Contemporary Art Center, Dongguan
	Turning Point: Contemporary Art in China Since 2000, Shanghai Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai
	The Uncertain, or the Shelved..., ShanghART H-Space, Shanghai
	The Uncertain, or the Shelved..., ShanghART Main Space, Shanghai
	The Poetic Community, First Anniversary of Xiamen Pilot Free Trade Zone International Contemporary Art Exhibition, Xiameng
	Modern Times, ShanghART Singapore, Singapore
	Dissensus Agitation, The Painting to Language, Today Art Museum, Beijing
2015	Comfort, ShanghART Beijing Group Exhibition, ShanghART Beijing, Beijing
	Don’t Shoot the Painter, UBS Art Collection Exhibition, Villa Reale's Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Milan, Italy
	Paper, ShanghART Singapore, Singapore
	China 8, Contemporary Art from China at the Rhine and Ruhr, Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany
	The System of Objects, Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai
2014	Collective Thoughts Divided Worlds, ShanghART Singapore, Singapore
	Starlight, ShanghART Main Space, Shanghai
2013	Studio, M50 Art Space, Shanghai
	Filter the Public, Shanghai World Financial Center 5th Anniversary Art Project, Shanghai World Financial Center, Shanghai
	Foundational Work II, ShanghART H-Space, Shanghai
	NEW FORCE v2: Young Artists Show, Leo Gallery, Shanghai
	Foundational Work, ShanghART H-Space, Shanghai
	Ignition Point, Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai
2012	Specificity, UCCA, Beijing
	LIU Weijian, SUN Xun, ZHOU Zixi-ShanghART Group Exhibition, ShanghART Main Space, Shanghai
	New Force, Shanghai Young Artists Show, Leo Gallery, Shanghai
	Re-Novation & Collateral Effects, Galerie Dix9, Paris, France
2011	19 Solo Shows About Painting, Platform China, Beijing
2010	Inertia, Taikang Terrace, Shanghai
	In the Garden, Contemporary Art Exhibition, Hangzhou
	China Power Station: Part IV, Pinacoteca Agnelli, Torino, Italy
	Thirty Years of Chinese Contemporary Art, Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai
	Jungle: A Close-Up Focus on Chinese Contemporary Art Trends, Platform China, Beijing
2009	Shanghai History in Making from 1979 till 2009, 436 Jumen Rd., Shanghai
	Blackboard, ShanghART H-Space, Shanghai
	Another Scene, Artists' Projects, Concepts and Ideas, ShanghART H-Space, Shanghai
2007	Amateur World, Platform China, Beijing
	The First Today's Documents 2007, Energy: Spirit ּ Body ּ Material, Today Art Museum, Beijing
	China Power Station: Part II, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway
	Individual Position 2, Video, Photo, and Installation, ShanghART H-Space, Shanghai
	Shouting Truth, A Contemporary Art Exhibition, Platform China, Beijing
2006	Gifts 2: A Case of Contemporary Art, Fanren Villa, Hangzhou
	Satellite 2006, Contemporary Art Pavilion, Shanghai
	Second Shanghai Duolun Exhibition of Young Artists, Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai
	Thirty-Eight Solo Exhibitions, Creative Garden, Shanghai
	China's Cutting Edge, New Video Art From Shanghai and Beijing, Anthology Film Archives, New York, U.S.A.
	Future Landscapes, Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai
2005	Gifts 1, A Case of Contemporary Art, Modern Art Museum of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou
2004	Warm Spring, Ionly.com.cn Digital Image Exhibition, Shanghai; Nanjing; Qingdao; Chengdu; Changzhou; Suzhou
2003	White Tower Mountain (Bai Ta Ling), Contemporary Art Exhibition, Bai Ta Ling Art Space, Hangzhou
2002	Shadow-XXX Art Exhibition, Qin Zhou Nan Road, Shanghai

2024	10 YEARS, ShanghART at West Bund 2015-2024, ShanghART, Shanghai
2023	Art and Design Education: FutureLab, Hall B, West Bund Art Center, Shanghai
	Open Studio, Artists' studios, Shanghai
2022	Liu Weijian: Using Paintings as Mirror \| Online Observation Project, ShanghART, ShanghaiOnline-Wechat

2024	Liu Weijian: View of the Self, JingHope Art Center, Sanya
2023	Liu Weijian: The Stage with Light, ShanghART, Shanghai
2022	Liu Weijian: The Stage With Light, Art Museum of Guangming Culture and Art Center, Shenzhen
2018	On the Way, Barn for Contemporary Art, Shenzhen
2015	Liu Weijian Solo Exhibition: I Love You, ShanghART Beijing, Beijing
2014	Liu Weijian: Under the Sun, ShanghART H-Space, Shanghai
2012	Liu Weijian Solo Exhibition, Edouard Malingue Gallery, Hong Kong
	The Idea Before Sunrise, Galería Yusto, Giner, Malaga, Spain
2010	Liu Weijian: Farewell My Country, LV Gallery, Louis Vuitton Maison, Hong Kong
	Liu Weijian works on paper, ShanghART 796 Huaihai Road, Shanghai
	Antenna, a solo exhibition of Liu Weijian, ShanghART H-Space, Shanghai
2009	LIU Weijian, Solo Exhibition, ShanghART Main Space, Shanghai
2007	The Call of the Crows, Liu Weijian's Solo Exhibition, BizArt Art Center, Shanghai
2006	Specimen and Secret, Creative Garden, Shanghai