Liu Lifen Biography
1979 Born in Yunnan province, China
Lives and Works in Kunming, Yunnan
Education
2005-2006 Lives and studies in Hyllie park folkhogskola, Malmoe, Sweden
1998-2002 Chinese Painting Department of Yunnan Art Institute, Bachelor’s degree
Artist-in-residence:
2015 “Top End Road Trip“ Aboriginal Art Reseach, Australia
2014 “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
“Who is organizing Art Event?”, Beijing112A studio, British Triangle foundation
2003 Mekong Lab- Conference of Southeast Asia’s Contemporary art Collaboration”,
Chiangmai, Thailand
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
Institut, 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
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
2003,2004 “Sugar &Salt” art exchange project at TCG Nordica (China) and Malmoe
(Sweden)
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 Asia’s Contemporary art Collaboration”,
Chiangmai, Thailand
Grant:
2012 Zurich-Kunming Artist Residency Exchange Award (6 months)
2008 ANA (Asianetwork) ANA (Singapore)
