Artist-in-residence 2024

CUHK

Artist-in-Residence

Built on the success of the inaugural CUHK Artist-in-Residence Programme in 2023, the Faculty of Arts is delighted to continue supporting the programme, closely partnering with different units by receiving generous support from the university.

This university-level residence programme provides an effective platform for the university community to engage with prominent artists from around the globe and brings refreshing artistic experiences to the CUHK members. The programme will continue and aspire to become a key feature of cultural and artistic life at CUHK.

2024

Liu Xiaodong

Painter of Contemporary Life

2023

Lois Conner

Photographer

Upcoming Events

Public Lecture

Liu Xiaodong: Painting in Action

22 Nov 2024 (Fri) | 4:30-6:00pm

LT7, Lee Shau Kee Building

Master Class

Date: 30 Nov, 7 & 14 Dec 2024 (Sat) | 1:00pm to 4:00pm

Venue: Experiential Learning Space, 1/F, Art Museum

Quota: 20 students per class

(First-come, first-served basis,

CUHK UG and PG students are welcome.)

2024

Liu Xiaodong

劉小東

Liu Xiaodong is a painter of contemporary life who depicts everyday people in his enormous oil paintings, highlighting the human dimension of global issues like economic hardship, environmental crises, and migration.

Born in 1963 in Liaoning, China, Liu Xiaodong has become a leading figure among Chinese painters. He has undertaken projects in Japan, Italy, the UK, the US, Cuba, Austria, and China. His paintings are tender reminders of our shared humanity, allowing viewers to see themselves in the joys and struggles of his subjects.

Liu Xiaodong received his BFA and MFA in painting from the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, and teaches as tenured professor. He continued his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain. His work has been shown in major solo exhibitions at venues around the world including Faurschau Foundation, New York (2022), UCCA Shanghai and Beijing (2021-2022 touring exhibition); Dallas Contemporary (2021); Louisiana Museum of Art, Humlebæk, Denmark (2019); Kunsthalle Düsseldorf and NRW Forum, Germany (2018); Palazzo Strozzi-Strozzina, Florence (2016); Today Art Museum, Beijing (2013); Kunsthaus Graz, Austria (2012); and UCCA Beijing (2010). He has participated in group exhibitions at institutions including Somerset House, London (2020); the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (2017); Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris (2016); Long Museum, Shanghai (2014); Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai (2012); San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (2008); and Centre Pompidou, Paris (2003). His work has also been included in the Gwangju Biennale (2014); Venice Biennale (1997, 2013); Havana Biennial (2009); Biennale of Sydney (2006); and Shanghai Biennale (2000).