1962 Born in Ji'an, Jiangxi Province, China
1977-1985 Worked in Jingdezhen Pottery and Porcelain Sculpture Factory
1985-1989 Studied in Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, majoring in Fine Arts of Sculpture
1989-2004 Worked in Art College, Yunnan Arts University
Since 2004 Working in College of Fine Arts, Shanghai University, teaching in Sculpture
Lives and works in Shanghai, China
Solo Exhibitions
2015 To Be Done, Pace Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Polit-Sheer-Form in Taipei, Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei, Taiwan
2014 Square, Pace Beijing, Beijing, China
Polit-Sheer-Form: Fitness for All, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
Polit-Sheer-Form!, Queens Museum, USA
Discard, The Keng Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
Do the Same Good Thing, Times Art Museum, Guangzhou, China
2012 Liu Jianhua, Pace Beijing, Beijing, China
Silent Anomalies, Art & Public Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland
2011 Discard, Shanghai Pujiang Overseas Chinese Town, Shanghai, China
Screaming Walls, Beijing Ullens Center For Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China
We are Polit-Sheer-Form, Shanghai Gallery of Art at Three on the Bund, Shanghai, China
2010 Floating Landscape, Z-art Center, Shanghai, China
2009 Horizon, Beijing Commune, Beijing, China
Tofu, Kungfu, Beijing Commune, Beijing, China
2008 Dream in Conflict, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, Italy
No Title, Beijing Commune, Beijing, China
Library, Beijing Commune, Beijing, China
2007 Export - Cargo Transit, Shanghai Gallery of Art at Three on the Bund, Shanghai. China
Daily·Fragile - Tomb, King’s Lynn Art Center, King’s Lynn, UK
Daily·Fragile, Oxburgh Hall , Oxburgh, UK
Liu Jianhua, Arario Seoul, Seoul, South Korea
Polit-Sheer-Form Office In Shanghai, BizArt Art Center, Shanghai, China
Polit-Sheer-Form, Beijing Commune, Beijing
Virtual Scene, paul freches gallery, Paris, France
2006 Anomalous Thoughts, Galleria Continua, Beijing, China
2005 Only One Wall, Beijing Commune, Beijing, China
2004 Liu Jianhua, Red Mansion Foundation; Hamiltons Gallery, London, UK
2003 Do You Really Know about It?, ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai, China
2002 Liu Jianhua, Hanart Gallery; Taiwan Art Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan
2001 Delight and Illusion, ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai, China
Porcelain - Like Skin, Hanart Gallery, Hong Kong, China
1990 Liu Jianhua, Yunnan Arts Institute, Kunming, China
Group Exhibitions
2015
Reshaping Tradition-Contemporary Ceramics from East Asia, USC Pacific Art Museum, Los Angles, America
“2015 The Sixth Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennaie 2015”, Niigata-ken，Japan
“Power of Education”, Shanghai Himalayas Museum, Shanghai, China
“Shanghai Ever”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China
Glasstress 2015 Gotika, Collateral Event of the 56th International Art Exhibition
Fondazione Berengo/ Exhibition Space on Murano, Venice, Italy
China 8, NRW-Forum, Dusseldorf, Germany
Kunstmuseum, Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Osthaus Museum, Hagen, Germany
Wind Veers To the East, Boao Asian Art Exposition, Hainan, China
On Your Mark, Gallery, 1933, Shanghai, China
The System of Objects, Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Myth/HistoryⅡ: Shanghai Galaxy, Yuz Museum, Shanghai, China
Beyond G(l)aze, KODE SAMTID, Bergen, Norway
2014
The World Ⅲ in the third World, Center of Academic Resources, Chulalongkorn university, Bangkok, Thailand
Fine Arts Academy of Shanghai University Purple Roof Art Gallery, Shanghai, China
Unlived by what is Seen, Gallery Continua, Pace Beijing, Tang Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
Oltre la material, Academy of Fine Arts, Bologna, Italy
Study, Jewelvary Art Space, Shanghai, China
Pursuing Dream – 2014 Shanghai Sculpture Exhibition, Shanghai Sculpture Space, Shanghai, China
Conversations through the Asian collections, Art Gallery of New South Wales, New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
The Making of A Museum, Aurora Museum, Shanghai, China
ART021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair, Ground Floor Exhibition, Shanghai China
Global Channel- Five Experimental Objects of Chinese Contemporary Art, Qilou Art Space, Haikou, China
Unscrolled Reframing Tradition in Chinese Contemporary Art, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Do The Same Good Deed, Time Square, New York, USA
Asian Contemporary Art Week, Asia Society and Museum, New York, USA
Asia Pacific Breweries Foundation Signature Art Prize 2014, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
AN ESTRANGED PARADISE. CONTEMPORARY CHINESE ART FROM THE DSL COLLECTION, Jewish Museum, Moscow, Russia
Image Boundary: 2014 Shanghai Contemporary Artists Exhibition, Shanghai Sculpture Space, China
Shanghai Deal, Radical Space, Shanghai, China Xiang Kan,
Nanjing International art Festival, Invited Exhibition, Nanjing International Exhibition Center, Nanjing, China
Asia Triennial Manchester: Conflict & Compassion, National Football Museum, Manchester, Britain
Wuhan 3rd Documentary Exhibition of Fine Arts, Wuhan, China
East bridge, 798 Art Factory, Beijing. China
Summer Group Show, Pace Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Aura of Poetry, Moca, Shanghai, China
Art of Living, Jingan Kerry Center, Shanghai, China
We have never participated – The 8th Shenzhen Sculpture Biennale 2014, OCT Contemporary Art Center, Shenzhen, China
Beyond G(l)aze, Suzhou Jinji Lake Art Museum, Suzhou, China
Oltre la material, Mo Space, Xinmi, China
China, AMNUA, Nan, China
Picturing Global China, Oregon University White Box Gallery, Oregon Portland, USA
Arte Fiera Bologna - Discovering Ink, BolognaFiere S.P.A. - Viale della Fiera, Bologna, Italy
2013
Design Shanghai 2013 - ART WORLD Second Hand Exhibition, Power Station of Art, Shanghai, China
Concrete & Possibility, Bi-city Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture, Shenzhen, China
2013 Annual Exhibition of Fine Art Sculpture teachers, Fine Arts Academy of Shanghai University Purple Roof Art Gallery, Shanghai, China
Encounters – Art Sanya, Baihua Gu Yalong Bay Sanya, Sanya, China
DS China Contemporary Art Avant-garde Awards, DS World Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Alan Badiou and the Artists, Mecooon Space, Shanghai, China
The Overlapping Reflection – Zhujiajiao Contemporary Art Exhibiton, Zhujiajiao, Shanghai, China
Filter The Public, Shanghai World Financial Center, Shanghai, China
Residual Value – Contemporary Art Exhibition, Shanghai Pudong Lujiazui Central Area, Shanghai, China
Extension–2013 international sculpture exhibition of Chinese Datong Biennial, Heyang Art Museum, Datong, China
Dior Esprit, Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China
Portrait of the Times – 30 Years of Chinese Contemporary Art, Power Station of Art, Shanghai, China
Revel – Celebrating MoCA’s 8 Years in Shanghai, Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China
Insightfu l Charisma – Inaugural Exhibition of Shanghai Himalayas Museum, Shanghai Himalayas Museum, Shanghai, China
ç, Arsenale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
Back to Earth – Rediscovering Ceramics in Art, Herbert Gerisch-Stiftung, Neumünster, Germany
Art 500: Dimensions of Dialogue, Halcyon Gallery, Shanghai, China
Pessimism or Resistance?, Taikang Space, Beijing, China
DUCHAMP and/or/in China, The Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
The Amazing Shoemaker, Salvatore Ferragamo Museum, Florence, Italy
Facing Faces, Yifeng Galleria, Shanghai, China
What to Think, What to Desire, What to Do, CaixaFroum Social and Cultural Centre, Barcelona, Spain
Shanghai Surprise: A Group Show on Contemporary Art in Shanghai, chi K11 art space, Shanghai, China
Halo Sanya, Plaza of CRREC, Sanya, China
2012
Mutual Contemplation of Image – 2012 Annual Exhibition of Fine Art College of Shanghai, Museum of Fine Art College of Shanghai University, Shanghai, China
Refill, Fine Arts Academy of Shanghai University Purple Roof Art Gallery, Shanghai, China
Of Human Scale and Beyond: Experience and Transcendence, Hong Kong Art Centre, Hong Kong, China
Just What is it about the End of the World that Makes it so Appealing?, V-Art Center, Shanghai, China
Talking Objects, Yifeng Galleria, Shanghai, China
The Discreet Charm of Bourgeoisie, Yi’s Furniture, Taipei, China
HOMO FABER, Castello Sforzesco, Milan, Italy
REAL LIFE STORIES, The Bergen Museum of Art, Bergen, Norway
2012 Shanghai Sculpture Programme – Life Latitude, Museum of Shanghai Oil Painting and Sculpture Institute, Shanghai, China
Artist in Wonderland – Kuandu Biennale, Kuandu Museum of Fine Art, Taipei, China
Time Traveler, Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition, Istanbul Modern, Istanbul, Turkey
Ctrl+N: Non-Linear Practice 2012 Gwangju Biennial special exhibition, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea
Uninkable, TOP Contemporary Art Center, Shanghai, China
ARSENALE 2012: The 1st Kiev Biennale of Contemporary Arts, Mystetskyi Arsenale, Kiev, Ukraine
Face, Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Dragon Show, Jinqiao International Commercial Plaza, Shanghai, China
Future Pass: From Asia to the Future World of Art, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, China
Passing Through Memory, Suzhou Jinji Lake Art Museum, Suzhou, China
2011
Beijing Voice: Leaving Realism Behind, Pace Beijing Gallery, Beijing, China
Start from the Horizon: Chinese Contemporary Sculpture since 1978, Si Shang Art Museum, Beijing, China
Nature of Matter: 2011 Shanghai Contemporary Invited Exhibition, Eastlink Gallery, Shanghai, China
Surreal versus Surrealism in contemporary Art, IVAM (Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno Centre), Valencia, Spain
Poster Exhibition, Top Contemporary Art Center, Shanghai, China
”The Evening of an era” – Exhibition of 1990s Yunnanese Contemporary Artists, Duffy Cigar Gallery, Yunan, China
Little Movements: Self-practice in Contemporary Art, OCT Contemporary Art Terminal of the He Xianning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
The Hague under the Heavens: Contemporary Chinese Sculpture, the Hague Sculpture and Museum Beelden aan Zee, Hague, Netherlands
Future Pass: From Asia to the Future World of Art, Abbazia di San Gregorio; Palazzo Mangilli-Valmarana, Venice, Italy
Glasstress 2011, Palazzo Cavalli Franchetti, Venice, Italy
Future Festival – Box, Top Contemporary Art Center, Shanghai, China
Black White, Zero Art Museum, Beijing, China
Rabbit in Art, Jinqiao International Commercial Plaza, Shanghai, China
Future Pass: From Asia to the Future World of Art, Wereldmuseum, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2010
Time Brings Nothing Change, Fine Arts Academy of Shanghai University Purple Roof Art Gallery, Shanghai, China
Big Draft - Shanghai, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Trace & Qualitative Leap: The Second Beijing Film Academy New Media ART Triennial, 4D Space Museum, Beijing Film Academy, Beijing, China
Double Act, DDM Warehouse, Shanghai, China
The Second Today’s Documents: Negotiations, Beijing Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
2010 Martell Artists of the Year, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai; Beijing Today Art Museum, Beijing; Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
14th international Sculpture Biennale of Carrara, Carrara, Italy
Will to Height, EpSite, M50 Art Zone, Shanghai, China
Nature of China: Contemporary Art Document Exhibition, True Color Museum, Suzhou, China
17th Biennale of Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Reshaping History: China Art from 2000 to 2009 , China National Convention Center , Beijing, China
New Experience——Art Square, Towada Art Center, Tokyo, Japan
Art For The World, Expo Boulevard World Expo Shanghai 2010, Shanghai, China
REM(A)INDERS, Galleria Continua, Beijing, China
ON YUNNAN , Beijing Center for the Arts, Beijing, China
Shanghai Art Of The City, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, USA
2009
Metroplis Now! A Selection of Chinese Contemporary Art, Meridian International Center, Washington, DC, USA
Material Link, Technopolis City of Athens, Athens; The Center of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
Small Productions, Shopping Gallery, M50 Art Zone, Shanghai, China
Vancouver Biennale 2009-2011, Vancouver, Canada
Warm Up, Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Three Decades: The Contemporary Chinese Collection, Queensland Art Museum, Queensland, Australia
Shanghai Town 1979-2009，The Bridge 8 Art Zone, Shanghai, China
Bourgeoisified Proletariat，Shanghai Songjiang Creative Studio，Shanghai, China
Europalia China Art Festival, Brussels, Belgium
2009 Hong Kong & Shenzhen Bi-city Biennale of Urbanism \ Architecture, Hong Kong; Shenzhen, China
Mahjong: Comtemporary Chinese Art, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, USA
’09 Annual Exhibition, Purple Roof Art Gallery, Shanghai, China
2008
Material Link, MoCA Shanghai (Museum of Contemporary Art - Shanghai), Shanghai, China
Reflective Asia: The 3rd Nanjing Triennial, Nanjing Museum, Nanjing, China
Insomnia, BizArt Art Center, Shanghai, China
2008 Living Zhangjiang: Maglev Express, Zhangjiang High-Tech Park, Shanghai, China
The Supplemental History: Contemporary Art Works from Collection of GDMoA, Guang Dong Art Museum, Guangzhou, China
Hypallage-the Post Modern Mode of Chinese Contemporary Art, The OCT Art & Design Gallery, Overseas Chinese Town, Shenzhen, China
Chinese Gardens for Living: Illusion into Reality, Staaliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Beijing–Athens: Contemporary Art From China, Technopolis of the city of Athens, Athens, Greece
Resilience, Galleria Continua/LE Moulin, Moulin, France
The World of Others, MoCA Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Portraying Food (and the Absence of It), Walsh Gallery, Chicago, USA
Where Are We?, Center for the Arts at Legation Quarter, Beijing, China
City Image: Contemporary Art Invitation Exhibition, Shenzhen Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
Intrude: Art & Life 366, Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
Facing Reality, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
Homesickness-Memory And Virtual Realrty, 798 at district, T Space, Beijing
A Year: ’08 Annual Exhibition, 99 Art Center Fine Arts College of Shanghai University, Shanghai, China
New world Order—Present-day Installation Art and Photography , Groninger Museum, the Netherlands
2007
A Vista of Perspectives, He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
Absolute Images, Arario Gallery, New York, USA
China Facing Reality, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Ludwig, Austria
The First Today’s Documents, Today Art Museum, Beijing
Mahjong: Contemporary Chinese Art, Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, Austria
Rejected Collection, Ke Center for the Contemporary Arts, Shanghai, China
China Now, Cobra Museum of Modern Art, Amstelveen, the Netherlands
Say and Hear Everywhere: The 3rd Guiyang Biennale of Art, Guiyang Art Museum, Guiyang, China
“What’s Next？”-Chinese Contemporary Art exhibition, Hong Kong City Hall, Hong Kong, China
2nd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Federation Tower, Moscow
Social Art, State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Setting off the South West: Contemporary Art exhibition, GuangDong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
You Think Who You Are? - Chinese Contemporary Art, Milan, Italy
The Contemporary of Media and Tradition, Taiwan Asia Art Center, Beijing, China
’07 Annual Exhibition, 99 Art Center Fine Arts College of Shanghai University, Shanghai, China