Tianlian Liu

INK PAINTER

Based in Beijing and New York, b. 1987

Liu Tianlian's paintings constantly generate new picture structures through her "Secession" fine brushwork techniques and traditional Chinese painting pigments, which are outside the traditional Chinese painting techniques. She never hesitates to use her keen eyes and sharp self-examination to give new meaning to old things, thus creating dreams, reality and bizarre works.

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ARTWORKS

  • The Party of the Buddhas (仙会图）

    55.1x141.7, Ink and Color on Paper and Silk, 2023

  • The Party of the Buddhas Detail

    55.1x141.7, Color on Paper and Silk, 2023

  • Liu has been deeply influenced by Western aesthetic concepts since he was a child, while at the same time exploring China's unique cultural artistic conception. She calls her free wandering between ancient and modern times, Chinese and Western cultures "horticultural grafting", and the natural and living combination it produces produces sweet fruits within the existing system. The energy accumulated in this process has gradually become a kind of culture, which continues to shine and promote human civilization forward.

  • Arhats on Solaris

    69.3x23.6x2.0 inches, Ink and Color on Paper and Silk, 2023

  • Luohan's Excursion (罗汉出游图)

    19.685 x 31.496 inches, Ink and Color on Paper and Silk, 2023

  • The Story of Zhong Kui (钟馗嫁妹）

    66.9x27.6x1.6 inches, Ink and Color on Paper and Silk, 2022

  • Eternal Lamp - Prosperous Blossoms

    94x44 inches, Ink and Color on Paper, 2022

  • Eternal Lamp - Auspicious Signs of Peace

    94x44 inches, Ink and Color on Paper, 2022

  • Radiant Illumination in Gorgeous Splendor (荧煌照绮罗）

    71x31.5x1.5 inches, Ink and Color on Paper and Silk, 2022

  • Radiant Illumination in Gorgeous Splendor (荧煌照绮罗）

    71x31.5x1.5 inches, Color on Paper and Silk, 2022

  • Monet and Camille in Kimono

    D. 47.2 inches, Ink and Color on Paper, 2019

  • Hundreds of Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix (百鸟朝凤）

    D. 78.7 inches, Ink and Color on Paper, 2022

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  • Hundreds of Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix Detail

    71x31.5x1.5 inches, Ink and Color on Paper and Silk, 2022

  • Wedding Of Chagall

    94.5x47.2 inches, Ink and Color on Paper, 2021

  • The surreal scenes created by the artist, as shown in the science fiction novel "Solaris" that inspired her and the "culture of ghosts and gods" she frequently cited, all reveal the reluctance to accept and acknowledge deep within human beings. of myself. The artist becomes an inner observer, gazing at the layers of illusion floating above the world, pointing out what we should examine inwardly and what we should examine culturally.

Experience

  • Solo Exhibition

    • 2021 Joy after Hearing: Liu Tianlian Solo Exhibition, Line Gallery, Beijing, China;
    • 2018 Two worlds: Liu Tianlian Solo Exhibition, Hi Art Center, Beijing, China;
    • 2017 Description: Liu Tianlian Solo Exhibition, Hi Art Center, Beijing, China;
    • 2015 Into the creek: Liu Tianlian Solo Exhibition, Hi Art Center, Beijing, China;
    • 2013 A Fantasy World: Liu Tianlian Meticulous, Flower-Bird Paintings, Exhibition, Pearl River Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China;
    • 2012 Old Rains New Branches: Liu Tianlian Meticulous Brushworks Exhibition, HOW Space, Guangzhou, China;
    • 2012 Focusing • Mirror: Liu Tianlian Solo Exhibition, Rainbow Art Gallery, 798 Art Zone, Beijing, China;
    • 2011 Many Flowers, Many Fishes: Liu Tianlian Solo Exhibition, Tangning Gallery, Guangzhou, China;
    • 2010 Liu Tianlian Small Ink Painting Exhibition, Heidelberg Schiller Gallery, Germany; Foreword: Liu Tianlian Small Ink Painting Exhibition, MUMA Art Space, Guangzhou, China.

  • Group Exhibition

    • 2019 UNTIL THE MOSSGROWS: Women Artists in Ink-Painting, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Shenzhen, China;
    • 2016 Works of Post 80’s after 2008 from Long Museum Collection, Long Museum Pudong, Shanghai, China;
    • 2014 Viewing, Beyond Art Space, 798 Art District, Beijing, China;
    • 2013 Beyond Forms with Pure Spirti: Li Jingbin, Liu Tianlian & Wang Mengsha Ink painting Group Exhibition, 798 Art District, Beijing, China; Never Land, Beyond Art Space, 798 Art District, Beijing, China;
    • 2011 Chengdu Biennale, Chengdu, China; Shaking hands with China: Yong Artists Group Exhibition, Museum of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Guangzhou, China;
    • 2010 Ink Painting Research of South China Painting Faction Invitation Exhibition, Royal Gallery, Paris, France; National Graduate Exhibition, Museum of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Guangzhou, China;
    • 2009 Chengdu Biennale, Chengdu, China; The first session of the Guangzhou Youth Art Exhibition, Guangzhou Youth Artists Association, Guangzhou, China.
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