Geboren 1964 in Peking, China / born 1964 in Beijing, China
| 1984 | Abschluss an der Schule für Kunsthandwerk, Peking, China / graduated from School of Arts & Crafts Beijing, China |
| 1989 | Abschluss an der Zentralen Kunsthochschule, Peking, China / graduated from Central Academy of Fine Arts Beijing, China |
| 1994 | Master of Fine Arts, Universität der Künste Berlin, Berlin, Deutschland / MFA, University of Fine Arts Berlin, Germany |
| 1998 | Artist in Residence, Rijksacademie, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Lebt und arbeitet in Peking, China / lives and works in Peking, China
Einzelausstellungen / Solo Exhibitions
2009
Leave Me in the Dark, Sperone Westwater, New York, US
2007
Chinese Window, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, CH
Infatuation, Johnen + Schoettle, Cologne, DE
2006
Temptations, Sperone Westwater, New York, US
2005
Project room / Tomio Koyama Gallery , Tokyo, JP
2004
Red Yellow Blue, Schoeni Art Gallery, Hong Kong, CN
2003
Red Yellow Blue, Schoeni Art Gallery, Beijing, CN
2001
Fellini, A Guardsman, Mondrian, The Pope and My Girlfriend, Chinese Contemporary Gallery, London, GB
2000
Galerie Lococo Mulder, Berlin, DE
1997
Ming Jing Di Gallery, Peking, CN
1995
Galerie Taube, Berlin, DE
1993
Galerie Taube, Berlin, DE
Gruppenausstellungen / Group Exhibitions
2010
China. Real? - ArtChina Gallery, Hamburg, DE
2009
Facing China – The Fu Ruide Collection, Akureyri Municipal Art Museum, Akureyri, IS
Music to My Eyes-The First Exhibition of FAT ART, Today Art Museum, Beijing, CN
CHINAMANIA, ARKEN Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj, DK
Metropolis Now! A Selection of Chinese Contemporary Art, Meridian International Center, White-Meyer House (Cafritz Galleries), Washington D.C., US
Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, CN
2008
This is Asia? Andrew James Art, Shanghai
, CN
Mahjong: Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection, University of California Berkeley Art
Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, US
Martell Artists of the Year Exhibition, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou,
Shanghai,Beijing, CN
2007
RE-collection: A Retrospective Look at 15 Years of Art and Vision, Schoeni Art Gallery, Hong Kong, CN
Rockers Island – Works from the Olbricht Collection, Museum Folkwang, Essen, DE
China Now: Lost in Translation, Eli Klein Fine Art, New York
, US
Time Difference: New Art from the US and China, Initial Access, London, GB
2006
Mahjong, Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg collection, Hamburger Kunsthalle,Hamburg, DE
The First Chinese Contemporary Arts Annual Exhibition, China Millennium Monument Art Museum, Beijing, CN
Liu Ye / Kaneda Shoich, Gallery Frank Schlag & Cie. GmbH, Essen, DE
Art in Motion, Museum of Conemporary Art (MoCa) Shanghai, CN
2005
Vehicle & Mirror, Beijing New Art Projects, Beijing, CN
A Cartoon, Top Space, Beijing, CN
Mahjong, Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg collection, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, CH
2004
Fiction @ Love, Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei, TW
Dreaming of the Dragon's nation, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, IR
Stone Face, Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, CN
2003
Images of Women VIII, Schoeni Art Gallery, Hong Kong, CN
Left Hand, Right Hand, 798 Space Art & Culture Co. Ltd., Beijing, CN
A Bulimic Rhapsody, Tongdao Studio of 798 Factory, Beijing, CN
ChinArt, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, HU
ChinArt, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea di Roma, Rome, IT
Lifetime, Beijing Tokyo Art Projects, Beijing, CN
2002
Poster design of Contemporary Artists, Red Gate Gallery Beijing, CN
The Beauty of Screen, Today Gallery, Beijing, CN
Paris-Peking, Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris, FR
ChinArt, Museum Kuppersmuehle fur Moderne Kunst, Duisburg, DE
Small Panels Show, Schoeni Art Museum, Beijing, CN
High Summer, Yanhuang Art Museum, Beijing, CN
The First Guanghouw Trienal, Guangdong Art Museum, Guangzhou, CN
Beijing Inaugural Exhibition, Schoeni Art Gallery III, Beijing, CN
Chinese Contemporary Art, Reykjavic Art Museum, Reykjavik, IS
Boys from Beijing, Chinese Contemporary Ltd., London, GB
2001
The First Chengdu Biennale, Chengdu, CN
Chinese Mythology, Yidian Gallery, Shanghai, CN
First impression, Yibo Gallery, Shanghai, CN
Transparence / Opacity, De Markten, Brussels, BE
Undo, Aura gallery, Shanghai, CN
Graphix & Comix in China, Canvas International Art, Amsterdam, NL
2000
A Selection From Collection, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, CN
Liu Ye and Mao Yan, Mao Yan, Chinese Contemporary London, GB
1998
It's Me!, Forbidden City Taimiao, Beijing, CN
Mondrian in China, Art Gallery of the International Palace in Beijing, CN
1997
Made in China, Gallery Serieuse Zaken, Amsterdam, NL
1995
New Anecdotes of Social Talk, Art Gallery of International Palace, Beijing, CN
"China Contemporary Art Soars; Liu Ye Makes Record $2.5 Million", Bloomberg.com, 05.04.2010
"Ominous, somber, kitschy and forlorn", The Villager.com, 18.11.2009
"Liu Ye, Leave me in the Dark", Artnews.org, 15.10.2009
"Shanghai Biennali, Trans Local Motion", HauMau.com, 24.11.2008
"Allegory and Ambiguity", The New York Sun, 12.10.2006
"The Beautiful and the Banned", Whitewall, 01.10.2006