PROFILE
1962
Born in Ji'an, Jiangxi Province, China
1977-1985
Employed by Jingdezhen Pottery and Porcelain Sculpturing Factory, Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, China
1985-1989
Studied in the Fine Arts Department of Jingdezhen Pottery College, Major in Sculpture
1990
"LIU JAINHUA'S WORKS", Solo show, Yunnan Art Institute Museum, Kunming, China
1991
"MODERN POTTERY & SCULPTURE EXHIBITION", Group show, Hong Kong
1992
"THIRD SPORT ART EXHIBITION", National Art Museum, Kunming, China
1994
"ART FROM THE SOUTH", Group show, West Gallery, Kunming, China
1995
"CONDITIONS OF TODAY", Yunnan Art Museum, Kunming, China
1996
"4th DOCUMENTRY EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY CHINESE ART: SCULPTURE AND CONTEMPORARY CULTURE", Sichuan Art Museum, Chengdu, China
"REVERE LIFE", Group show, Sichuan Art Museum, Sichuan, China
"CONTEMPORARY ART FROM CHINA: WORKS BY THREE ARTISTS", Cultural Centre, Wiesbaden, Germany
1997
"CHARACTERS OF THE METROPOLIS", Group show, Yunnan Art Institute, Kunming; Sichuan Art Academy, Chongqing
"LIFE CATAGORIES", Yunnan University, Kunming, China
1998
"THE 5th DOCUMENTRY EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY CHINESE ART", Sichuan Art Academy, Chongqing, China
"1st ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY SCULPTURES", Hexiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen; German Embassy, Beijing
1999
"AT THE DOOR OF THE NEW CENTURY: CONTEMPORARY CHINESE ART 1979-1999", Modern Art Museum, Chengdu, China
"OPENING NEW CHANNELS", Dongyu Art Museum, Shenyang, China
"SETTING OFF FROM CHINA', Design Museum, Beijing, China
"TOWARDS MATERIALISM AND THAT SORT OF BEAUTY", Huadong Teacher's College, Shanghai, China
"THREE ARTISTS FROM KUNMING", Group show - Hanart Gallery, Hong Kong
"CHINA 46", Touring group show - Shanghai, China; Taipei, Taiwan; Melbourne, Australia
2000
"THE FIGURE IN CHINESE CONTEMPORARY ART", The Air Gallery, Hanart, Hong Kong
"CONTEMPORAY CHINESE SCULPTURE", Sculpture Hall, Qingdao, China
"CLASHING AND SELECTING: CONTEMORARY SCULPTURE EXHIBITION", Hangzhou, China; Qingdao, China; Shenyang, China; Shenzhen, China
"TALES OF TWO CITIES", Asia Contemporary Art, London, UK
"DIALOGUE WITH MOORE: CONTEMPORARY SCULPTURE EXHIBITION", Guangdong Art Museum, Guangzhou, China
"CHINESE FIGURES", Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong
"EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY CHINESE ART IN 2000: TIME OF REVIVING", Upriver Gallery, Chengdu, China
"15 ARTISTS", Courtyard Gallery, Beijing, China
2001
"1st CHENGDU BIENNALE", Modern Art Museum, Chengdu, China
"DELIGHT AND ILLUSION", Solo show - Shanghart Gallery, Shanghai, China
"PORCELAIN-LIKE SKIN", Solo show - Hanart Gallery, Hong Kong
"MADE BY CHINESE", Navarra Gallery, Paris, France
"BOY AND GIRL", Upriver Gallery, China; Singapore, Hong Kong; Art 32 Basel, Switzerland
"CONTEMPORARY ART: THREE PEOPLE EXHIBITION", Madrid, Spain
"ART TIMES", Jin Wen Art Centre, Shanghai, China
2002
"ART BASEL", Basel, Switzerland
'Liu Jianhua's Works', National Art Foundation, Taiwan - Hanart, Hong Kong - Taibei, Taiwan
"MONEY AND VALUE", Swiss National Bank, Switzerland
"FLESHLY", Gallery Artside, Seoul, South Korea
"OVER FLAVOURED", Shanghai, China
"SOMETHING LIKE CHINA POP", Sydney, Australia - Melbourne, China - Brisbane, Australia
"PARIS PEKING", Paris, France
"DREAM 02" - Group Show - The Red Mansion, Oxo Gallery and Barge House, London, UK
2003
"50th VENICE BIENNALE", selected to represent China
2004
"OPEN ASIA: 7th INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE AND INSTALLATION EXHIBITION", Hamiltons Gallery, London, UK
"A SECRET HISTORY OF CLAY: FROM GAUGUIN TO GORMLEY", Tate Liverpool, UK

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