류 샤오동은 1963년 중국 랴오닝성에서 태어났다. 베이징 중앙미술학원北京 中央美術学園을 졸업했고, 1995년 동 대학원에서 석사학위를 받았다. 그 후 1998년부터 1년간 스페인 마드리드 대학교 파인아트 아카데미Academy of Fine Arts, Complutense University of Madrid에서 공부했고, 현재는 모교에서 교수로 재직하며 베이징에서 작업하고 있다. 중국 현대 회화의 선두주자로 평가받는 류 샤오동은 서정적인 소재의 작품으로 많은 이들에게 친근하게 다가간다. 평범한 사람들에게서 매력을 느끼는 작가는, 배경을 고르고 모델을 그 공간 안에 세워 그들을 현실적으로 표현한다. 현실감을 만드는 작가의 테크닉과 상상력은, 사람과 공간, 그리고 그 안에서 일어나는 서로간의 교류를 재조명하고, 보는 이의 감성을 자극한다. 친근함과 부드러움, 애정, 그리고 그 공간에 서 있는 모델의 감정과 생동감이 작품에 나타난다. 1963 Born in China 1988 Bachelor of Fine Arts in oil Painting, Central Institute of Fine Arts, Beijing, China 1995 Master of Fine Arts in oil Painting, Central Institute of Fine Arts, Beijing, China 1998-1999 Study in Academy of Fine Arts, University of Complutense, Madrid, Spain Solo Exhibitions 2008 “Qinghai-Tibet Plateau & Beijing Girls -----New Paintings by Liu Xiaodong” Mary Boone Gallery, New York 2007 “Liu Xiaodong Solo Exhibition 2007” Eslite Gallery, Taiwan “The Richness of Life: The Personal Photographs of Contemporary Chinese “Artist Liu Xiaodong 1984-2006 ” Time Zone 8， Beijing，china 2006 Liu Xiaodong: Painting from Life” Art Museum of Guangdong, China “The Three Gorges Project---Painting by Liu Xiaodong” Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, U.S.A. “Hot Bed--a painting project by Liu Xiaodong” Tang gallery, Bangkok Tailand “Liu Xiaodong’s new works: Domino” Xin Beijing Gallery, Beijing 2005 “Childhood friend getting fat” LOFT Gallery, Paris 2004 Three Gorges: Displaced Population & Three Gorges: Newly Displaced Population” China Blue Gallery & CAAW Beijing China “Eighteen Soldiers Between Mainland and Taiwan” Bunker Museum of Contemporary Art. Jinmen China Taiwan 2003 "Liu Xiao Dong" Eslite Gallery, Taiwan 2002 "Liu Xiao Dong" Art Center of Donghai University, Taiwan 2001 "Liu Xiao Dong" LOFT Gallery, Paris, France 2000 "Liu Xiaodong 1990-2000" Museum of Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China "Liu Xiao Dong and His Time" LIMN Gallery, San Francisco, CA USA 1990 "Liu Xiao Dong" Gallery of Central Institute of Fine Arts, Beijing, China Group Exhibitions 2008 “China 21Century” Palazzo delle Esposizioni Roma Italy 2007 "The Painting of Modern Life" Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, London， UK “Made in China” Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen, Denmark “Made in China” Israel Museum, Jerusalum, Israel “Energy and Character” China Art Museum, Beijing, China “Energy and Character” China Art Museum, Beijing, China “ART LAN @ ASIA” ZAIM, Yokohama, Japan “Korea-China Contemporary Art Exhibition------Giants in Illusion” Korea 2006 “The Blossoming of Realism——The Oil Painting of Mainland China since 1978” Taipei Fine Arts Museum “Zones of Contact---2006 Biennale of Sydney” Sydney, Australia 2005 “History of River---The Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition in New Era” Art Museum of China, Beijing China "2th Beijing Biennial Art Exhibition" Art Museum of China, Beijing, China “Wang Guangle, Yin Chaoyang, Men Xinxi, Xia Xiaowan, Liu Xiaodong Art Show” Art 110 Gallery, Beijing, China “The Wall---Reshaping Contemporary Chinese Art” Millennium Art Museum, Beijing “Mahjong---Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection” Bern Museum, Switzerland “The 2th Chinese Art Triennial” Nanjing, China 2004 "Regeneration: Contemporary Chinese Art from China and the US" Samek Art Gallery, Bucknell University, PA, USA “Dreaming of the Dragon’s Nation---Contemporary Art Exhibition from China” Irish Museum of Modern Art, Irish “Feel Memory” Yibo Gallery, Shanghai, China 2003 "Premieres Lueurs Sur L' Orient--L' aventure de la peinture chinoise au 20 Siecle" Palais de la Porte Doree, Paris, France "Alors, La Chine?" Centre Pompidou, Paris, France "1th Beijing Biennial Art Exhibition" Art Museum of China, Beijing, China "3th Exhibition of Chinese Oil Painting" Art Museum of China, Beijing, China "An Opening Era" Art Museum of China, Beijing, China "The Nude ----Ideal and Reality----From Neoclassicism to Today" Bologna Modern Art Museum, Italy 2002 "A Decade of Experimental Chinese Art - Guanzhou Triennial" Art Museum of Guangdong, Guangzhou, China "China Contemporary Art" Art Museum of Brazil, San Paulo, Brazil "Beijing-Paris" Paris, France "East+West Chinese Contemporary Art" Austria "Contemporary Chinese Art" Goedhuis Gallery, New York, NY, UAS 2001 "China Art Now" Singapore Art Musuem, Singapore "Academic and Un-Academic" YiBo Gallery, Shanghai, China "Towards a New Image---1981-2001 Twenty Years of Contemporary Chinese Painting" Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu, China 2000 "Shanghai Spirit, Shangai Biennial Art Exhibition" Shanghai, China "The New Face of China" Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney, Australia "China Art in the 20th Century" Art Museum of China, Beijing, China 1999 "Gate of Century: 1979-1999" Modern Art Museum of Chengdu, Chengdu, China "1999China Art" LIMN Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA "Dong Yu Museum's Collection" Dong Yu Museum, Shen Yang, China "Upriver Museum's Collection" He Xiang-Ning Museum, Shen Zhen, China 1998 "East Meet East in the West" LIMN Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA "Upriver Museum's Collection" Upriver Museum, Chengdu, China "Representing The People " Chinese Arts Centre，London 1996 "Exhibition of the Association of Chinese Oil Painters" Art Museum of China, Beijing, China 1995 "Contemporary Chinese Oil Painting from Realism to Post Modernism" Brussels, Belgium 1994 "Between East and West: Transformation of Chinese Art in the Late 20th Century" The Discover Museum, CT, USA "Sketch Exhibition of Chinese Artists" New York, Beijing, Hongkong and Taiwan "Transformation" Mark Tansey studio, New York, NY, USA "Liu Xiaodong & Yu Hong's works" OIPCA East Village, New York, NY, USA 1993 "New Art from China: Post 1989" Marlborough Gallery, London, England 1992 "Post 1989 China Avant-garde Art Exhibition" Hongkong and Australia " Art Today in China" California Art Institute, Valencia, CA，USA 1991 "20th Century China" Art Museum of China, Beijing, china 1989 "Chinese Avant-garde Art Exhibition" Art Museum of China, Beijing, China Public Collections 2006 Asian Art Museum, SF USA 2001 Singapore Art Museum, Singapore 1999 Shanghai Art Museum, China Queensland Art Gallery, Australia Art Museum of Central Institute of Fine Arts, China 1998 Modern Chinese Art Foundation, Belgium 1997 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, USA 1995 China Art Gallery, China 1994 Guy and Myriam Ullens Foundation, Switzerland 1993 Fukuoka Gallery, Japan