Liu Chengrui was born in Qinghai in 1983 and grew up in a semi-nomadic family. In 2005, he graduated from the Department of Fine Arts at Qinghai Normal University and currently lives and works in Beijing. His works encompass performance art, painting, and writing. The “Ten-Year Plan” initiated at Qinghai Lake in 2006 serves as the humanistic cornerstone of his creations. Through the “agreement” that connects numerous participants, they collectively reshape their life scenes and social identities. Liu’s works strive to approach one\u2019s willpower and the poetic essence in daily life, presenting strong personal beliefs and complex spiritual realities through the imagery of mythology, allegory, and consumerism. Poetry, as the source of imagination, is central to his creative process. He operates a daily-updated poetry platform called “Punishing Pride” and has independently published poetry anthologies including Grief (2017), So the River (2013), and Which Way to East (2004).<\/p>\n
Liu Chengrui\u2019s major solo exhibitions include \u201cPan Yu\u201d, Trealm, Guangzhou, 2024; \u201cLiu Chengrui Solo Project: Fresh Off the Start,” Contemporary Art Shenzhen Office, Shenzhen, 2024; \u201cSir, you are a true laborer\u201d, MadeIn Gallery, Shanghai, 2024; \u201cTiger\u2019s Laughing Mouth\u201d, MadeIn Art Museum, Shanghai, 2023; \u201cHello Spring\u201d, Cai Jin Space, Beijing, 2022; \u201cPagan\u201d, MadeIn Gallery, Shanghai, 2016; \u201cInto the Sun\u201d, X Gallery, Beijing, 2015; \u201cSo The River\u201d, A4 Contemporary Arts Center, Chengdu, 2013; \u201cOur Backgrounds are All the Same\u201d, Vitamin Creative Space, Beijing, 2011. <\/p>\n
Major group exhibitions include “The Journey of A Seed — META POINT,” MOCA Yinchuan, Yinchuan, 2024; “The Show Must Go On,” Simple One, Beijing, 2024; \u201cAll Tomorrow’s Parties,” Wind H Art Center, Beijing, 2024 ; \u201cPoetry be the Barbarian\u201d, ASE Foundation, Shanghai, 2024; \u201cCloud Sculpture, The First Invitational Exhibition\u201d, Song Art Museum, Beijing, 2023; \u201cEmotion and Universe\u201d, Harvest Moon Art Centre, Chongqing, 2022; \u201cAbout Wind\u201d, Nanjing Art Museum, Nanjing, 2021, \u201cStratification and Synthesis\u201d, Xiezilong Image Art Museum, Changsha, 2020; \u201cHeavy Artillery\u201d, White Rabbit Gallery, Sydney, Australia, 2016; The 3rd Ural Industrial Biennial of Contemporary Art, Yekaterinburg, Russia, 2015; The 6th Moscow Biennial of Con-temporary Art, Moscow, Russia, 2015; Performance Platform Lublin, Labirynt Gallery, Lublin, Poland, 2013; The 19th Nippon International Performance Art Festival, Tokyo, Osaka, Nagano, Japan, 2013; The 53rd Venice Biennale \u2013 Exhibits from Macao, Venice, Italy, 2009. Liu was awarded the Excellence Award in the Youth Plus-Young Artists Promotion Project supported by China National Arts Fund (2015), first prize in the 1st Circle Art Youth Award (2015) and a Merit Award in “Inward Gazes \u2013 Documentaries of Chinese Performance Art”, Macau Museum of Art (2008).<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","tags":[],"artists_categories":[5],"class_list":["post-421","artists","type-artists","status-publish","hentry","artists_categories-representing-artists"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madeingallery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artists\/421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madeingallery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artists"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madeingallery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/artists"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madeingallery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madeingallery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421"},{"taxonomy":"artists_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madeingallery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artists_categories?post=421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}