Liu Lifen
1979 Born in Yunnan province, China
Artist, Director of Tai Project苔画廊, Kunming, Yunnan.
www.tai-project.cn
www.943studio.cn
Education
2017 Art Management of Sichuan Fine Art College, Chongqing, China
2005-2006 Works and studies in Malmoe, Sweden
1998-2002 Chinese Painting Department of Yunnan Art Institute, Bachelor’s degree
Working Experience
05/2011- Present
Founder/Director of Tai Project
Curator/organizer of 38 art exhibitions, 46 International Artist-in-residency
program in Kunming, 16 South-east Asia Artist-in-residency/ exchange projects.
2009-2012
Lecturer of Comprehensive arts of Yunnan WenHua Arts Institute, Yunnan
First Experimental Art Course in Kunming, independent artists invited to be lecturer
2009.05–2009.12
Curator & Gallery Manager, Yunart gallery, Kunming, China
2002.04-2007.08
Gallery Manager, TCG Nordic Gallery, Kunming, China
Art Conference
2014
Australian Studies Conference – The Big Picture: Lives, Landscapes, Homelands in Australian and Chinese Art at Renmin University, Beijing
2010
“Creative Industry Sharing and Forum”, Su Zhou
“China Creative Industry Forum”, Hang Zhou, Shang Hai
2009
“China Residencies”, organizing by Red Gate Gallery, Beijing
2007
“Who is organizing Art Event?, Beijing112A studio, British Triangle foundation
2003
Mekong Lab-Conference of Southeast Asi’s Contemporary art Collaboration”, Chiangmai, Thailand
Grant
2017 China Creative Industry Fund, China
2015 AUSTRALIAN EMBASSY BEIJING
2012 -2013 Stadt Zurich, Swaziland and Kunming City
2008 ANA (Asianetwork) ANA (Singapore)
2007 “1001 Fairytales” by Ai WeiWei, Documenta 12, Germany
Artistic Practice
Solo/ Two man Exhibition
2017 “Solo a Cappella” Tai project, Kunming
“What Is Man”, KB Art, Simrishamn, Sweden
2016 “In the Morning”, TCG Nordica, Kunming
2015 “Rooftop Convention”, Tai project, Kunming
2007 “Morning Mist” Experimental Fashion Show, TCG Nordica, Kunming
“Janeric Johansson·Liu Lifen”，Konsthallen I Pumphuset，Sweden
2006 “Time of Foreign Land， Wuthering Heights, Malmoe, Sweden
2003 “China Art“， Lista Fyr, Norway
Artist-in-residence
2015 “Top End Road Trip“ Aboriginal Art Research, Australia
201 “Visit 14”, Artist-in-Residency, Mariannelund, Sweden
2012-13 Zurich-Kunming Artist 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
Selected Group Exhibitions/Art projects
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 Institute, Bangkok, Thailand.
“She’s Vision – 2010 International Contemporary Aggressive Female Artists Chengdu, 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
“Image Nation – works by a new generation of Chinese artists”, Contrasts Gallery, Shanghai
The 3rdGuizhou Biennial, Guizhou, China
2006
“Look forward, look back”, YUNART Gallery, Kunming, Yunnan, China
2003,2004
“Sugar &Salt” art exchange project at TCG Nordica (China) and Malmoe (Sweden)
