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Liu Lifen
1979 Born in Yunnan province, China
1998-2002 Chinese Painting Department of Yunnan Art Institute, Bachelor’s degree
2012-2013 Visit Artist in Zurich, Switzerland
2005-2006 Visit Artist in Malmoe, Sweden
Lives and Works in Kunming, Yunnan and Sweden
Received Grants and Scholarship from China Creative Industry Fund, Australian Embassy Beijing, Stadt Zurich in Switzerland and Culture Department of Kunming City; ANA (Asianetwork) in Singapore etc. for artist-in-residency program and projects.
Solo Exhibition
2020 “Kanaljen Konst”Gallery Openning exhibition, Mariannelund, Sweden
2019 “Here·There”, Galley F48, Oslo, Norway
2017 “Solo A Cappella”, Tai project, Kunming
2015 “Rooftop Convention”, Tai project, Kunming
2006 “ Time of Foreign Land， Wuthering Heights, Malmoe, Sweden
Two man Exhibition
2017 “What is Man”, KB ART, Simrishamn, Sweden
2016 “In the Morning”, TCG Nordica, Kunming
2007 “Morning Mist” Experimental Fashion Show, TCG Nordica, Kunming
“Janeric Johansson·Liu Lifen”，Konsthallen I Pumphuset，Sweden
2003 “China Art“， Lista Fyr, Norway
Selected Group Exhibitions/Art projects:
2019 “Paper “, Streetview Anderlecht, Belgium
2019 “Constellation- Yunnan Oil Painting Since 1978”, CGK Art Gallery, Kunming, China
2018 “Human Driven”, Ai Wei Art Museum, Kunming
2015 “China-Thailand International art Exhibition”, Rajamangala University of
Technology Rattanakosin, Bangkok, Thailand
“ Yi Jing Yunnan”, Hong Yang Gallery, Kunming, China
2014 “Out and Home”, Dha-Tsang Art Space, Kunming, China
2011 “Handelser i kok”, Kulturcentrum i Ronneby, Sweden
2010 “Ling Long Tower”, Yuan Xiaoceng Art Museum, Kunming, China
“Illegal, Temporary and Precarious States of Being - Migration”, Pridi Bhanomyong Institut, Bangkok, Thailand.
“She’s Vision - 2010 International Contemporary Aggressive Female ArtistChengdu
Invitation Exhibition”, Qi Sheng Art Museum, Cheng Du
“Four Season·Spring”, Yunnan female artists exhibition, TCG Nordica, Kunming China
2009 “Song Zhuang Art Festival”, Shang Pu Museum, Beijing,China
“Above the Clouds”- travel art projects in Dali, Lijiang, XiAn and Beijing, China
2008 “Yunnan-Vietnam Artists Exchange” Project, YUNART Gallery in Kunming China and Nhasan Studio in Hanoi, Vietnam
2008 “Chinese Contemporary Art Identity and Transformation”, Kalmar Castel, Sweden
“Folk-08” project, Mariannelund, Sweden
2007 “Chinese Contemporary Art Identity and Transformation”, Bohuslans Museum, Uddvala, Sweden
“Janeric Johansson and Liu Lifen’s work”, Konsthallen I Pumphuset, Sweden
2007 “Image Nation - works by a new generation of Chinese artists”, Contrasts Gallery, Shanghai
2007 The 3rd Guizhou Biennial, Guizhou, China
2006 “Look forward, look back”, YUNART Gallery, Kunming, Yunnan, China
Artist-in-residence
2017 KB ART, Simrishamn, Sweden
2015 “Top End Road Trip“ Aboriginal Art Research, Australia
2014 “Visit 14”, Artist-in-Residency, Mariannelund, Sweden 2012-2013 Zurich-
Kunming
Aist Residency Exchange Award, Zurich, Switzerland
2012 “Curator in Residence” of “Two Generations Tour Exhibion” , Australia.
2009 Prescott University, USA
2008 “My Home Museum” Residency program, F518 Art Community, Shen Zhen
2007 “Occasion Linking”, Residency project between Beijing and Kunming, Song Zhuang,Beijing
2003/2004 “Sugar &Salt” art exchange project at TCG Nordica (China) and Malmoe (Sweden)
2020-2021
New artworks
2019 Here & There
Artworks in exhibition
 The Lake No.1 by Liu LifenOil on canvas 180x90cm 2017 |
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 The Lake No.2 by Liu LifenOil on canvas 180x90cm 2017 |
 Ripple by Liu LifenOil on canvas 204x104cm 2019 Sold |
 Blank No.2 by Liu Lifen45.5x30.5cm Acrylic & Water Color on Paper 2016 |
 Bird Man No.3 by Liu Lifen65x50cm Ink and Acylic on Paper 2016 |
 Touch No.2 by Liu Lifen30.5X45.5cm Acrylic, Ink on Paper 2016 Sold |
 Swimming No.6 by Liu LifenWater color on paper 30.5X45.5cm 2016 |
 Sadness by Liu LifenOil on canvas 80x100cm 2015 Sold |
 Pregnant by Liu lifenOil on Canvas 45x60cm 2019 Sold |
 Untitle by Liu LifenAcrylic, Ink on Paper 30.5X45.5cm 2016 |
 Untitle by Liu LifenAcrylic, Ink on Paper 30.5X45.5cm 2016 |
 Sniff by Liu LifenOil on Canvas 73x60cm 2019 Sold |
 Crying byLiu LifenAcrylic and Ink on Paper 76x57cm 2016 |
 Waterfall Desire by LiuLifenOil on canvas 30x40cm 2016 |
 My Shadow by Liu LifenOil on Canvas 73x60cm 2019 Sold |
 Dream by Liu LifenAcrylic on Paper 45.5x30.5cm 2016 |
 Dialogue by Liu LifenAcrylic and Water Color on Paper 45.5x30.5cm 2016 Sold |
 Untitle by Liu LifenAcrylic, Ink on Paper 30.5x45.5cm 2019 Sold |
Here and There
About Liu Lifen and her art
by Xia Hua
Regarding the title of exhibition, Here and There, which is taken from a related word wheresoever in a sentence in the Buddhist scriptures Perfection of Wisdom in Chinese. It means constant time and space. Therefore here and there means also now and then. We believe that is suitable for artist Liu Lifen’s artistic creations and some part of her personal life. Before the artist moved in Simrishamn in Sweden 2018, she had been constantly resident in several studios or spaces in different countries for fifteen years. It was a worldwide roaming and the living style of this artist. Liu presents some connection and intrinsic logic in her artworks. We are glad to see these unique soul landscapes of Liu Lifen through the new exhibition today.
In 2018/2019, Lifen experienced an important changing in her life. She moved to Simrishamn in Sweden from Kunming in China due to her new job. Almost completely synchronized, she got pregnant and became a mother. During the nodes and processes of this period, she began to create a new series paintings. We can see her new expression is different from her early paintings. As a mother, Liu gives attention to all things around her. A newborn baby, a growing daughter accompanied by toys. Nearly close-up of marine life, seawater. All of this is being expressed on her new paintings. Her former works, like Lake (2017), showed a nearly panoramic view, a bystander's perspective. Liu often painted a lonely paper boat or a small house, they symbolize any kind of floating, fragility and uncertainty. Unstable things with no destination. Now, the paper boat disappears. She approaches and examine these things. They are a quiet swan, or a sleeping waterfowl rounded by ripples and sea creatures, like soft and warm fabric. New works show some certainty and calm. They are here and don’t need a destination anymore. No longer a far-sighted perspective this time.
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