Born in 1966 in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, Liu Chunhai, like many other intellectuals of his generation, endured the harshest period of the Cultural Revolution. Unafraid to create works that boldly depart from convention, Liu Chunhai audacious works tell the story of a man who refuses to stay silent about the grand disaster he witnessed. Liu Chunhai works show the true identity of girls who were at their prime of youth during the Cultural Revolution. His works question the forced morality of that specific period and visualises the hidden thoughts and emotions of an oppressed generation. He has been exhibited widely in China and abroad and his works have been collected by both public institutions and private collectors around the world.
1966
Born in Harbin, Helongjiang Province
1991
Graduated from the Fine Arts Department of the Harbin Teacher School
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2010
It's Not A Story•Liu Chunhai Solo Exhibition, Bada Gallery, Beijing, China
2009
Another Journey of Youth, Bada Gallery, Beijing, China
2008
Hot•Red Youth Everywhere, Liu Chunhai Solo Exhibition, Bada Gallery, Beijing, China
Leave Youth Un-empty, Baba Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2007
Story of Time•Liu Chunhai Solo Exhibition, Bada Gallery, Beijing, China
Chinese Comics•Liu Chun Hai , Ren Art Center, Beijing, China
2006
My Young Age, China Pata Gallery, Beijing, China
2005
Kortman Gallery, lllinois, U.S.A
2004
Mao and More Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2003
Mao and More Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2001
Wanfung Gallery, Beijing, China
Koizumi Gallery, Kanggawa, Japan
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011
SH Contemporary Art Fair 2011, by Soemo Fine Arts, Beijing, China
Contemporary Group Exhibition, Baba Gallery, Shanghai, China
2009
The Following Young Generations, Beijing, China
2008
Freedom, Soemo Fine Arts, Beijing, China
Art Fair-Primavera, Rotterdam, the Netherland
2007
Art Fair Arti07, the Hague, the Netherlands
Liu Chunhai, Zhang Lin & Huang Bai·Chinese Stories, Galerie Buddenbrooks, the Hague, the Netherlands
On the Way, Soemo Fine Arts, Beijing, China
Selected Collections
ARD German Television
Freie Universitat Berlin
Grain Import And Export Association Of France
Embassy of Greece
Embassy of the United States
Embassy of France
Gold Ion Group, Hong Kong
Beijing Branch Office of The Associated Press
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies