Lui Liu - Artist Info

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    Lui Liu (Yi Liu) b. 1957

    Often compared with Italian baroque artist Carvaggio, Lui Liu plays with the absurd and grotesque in his painting.

    Born in Northern China, he graduated from the esteemed Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, and participated in the famous "China Avant-garde Show" at the National Gallery in 1989. His paintings were reproduced and reviewed by "Art Presse" in Paris as the signature works of the exhibition.

    In 1991, he went to Canada and has been dividing his time between the two countries ever since.

    Lui Liu is a member of Ontario Society of Artists. He held solo shows at the Taiwan Fine Arts Museum and at the Contemporary Art Center of Holland in 1999. Other sol...

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