Liu Bolin is an artist from China’s Shandong province. Born in 1973, he currently lives and works in Beijing. Bolin received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Shandong College of Arts in 1995 and his Master of Fine Arts from the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing in 2001. His work has been exhibited in museums and galleries around the world.
Bolin’s work walks the line between performance, art and protest, immortalised by photography. In his Camoflage (Invisible Man) works, Bolin is painted by assistants in a process that can take up to 10 hours, in order to blend perfectly into his surroundings. These works were inspired back in 2005 when the Chinese authorities tore down his studio due to his increasing notoriety and critically political work.
Exhibition History
Solo Exhibitions
2013 “Liu Bolin”, Galerie Paris-Beijing, Paris, France
2012 “Liu Bolin: Hide in the City,” Multimedia Art Museum Moscow
2011 “Hiding in the City”, Galerie Paris-Beijing, Beijing, China
2011 “The Invisible Man,” Eli Klein Fine Art, New York, NY
2011 “The Invisible Man,” Vänermuseet, Lidköping, Sweden
2011 “The Invisible Man,” Fotografiska Stockholm, Sweden
2011 “Hiding in Italy,” Forma Centro Internazionale Di Fotografia, Milano, Italy
2010 “Hiding in the City,” Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela
2010 Sunshine International Art Museum, Songzhuang, Beijing, China
2010 “On Fire,” Eli Klein Fine Art, New York, NY
2008 “China Report 2007,” Eli Klein Fine Art, New York, NY
2007 “Sculpture,” Dashanzi Art Zone, Beijing, China
2007 “Distortion,” Dashanzi Art Zone, Beijing, China
1998 Haiyang Works Exhibition, Yantai, China
Group Exhibitions
2011 Fotográfica Biennale, Museo de Fotografía, Bogotá, Colombia
2011 “Black and White,” Zero Field Art Center, Beijing, China
2010 “The Right to Protest,” Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem, Israel
2010 “Reflection of Minds,” Shanghai MoCA, Shanghai, China
2010 “Passing China,” Sanatorium, Istanbul, Turkey
2010 “HomeLessHome,” Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem, Israel
2010 “Armed & Dangerous: Art of the Arsenal,” Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA
2009-10 “Animamix Biennial,” Shanghai MoCA, Shanghai, China; Today Art Museum, Beijing, China; Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
2009 “Shore – Contemporary Academy Sculpture Exhibition,” Moon River Art Museum, Beijing, China
2009 “Blank – Making China,” Zhongjian Art Museum, Beijing, China
2009 “International Contemporary Art Invitational Exhibition,” Seoul Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
2009 “Erotic – Contemporary Art Invitational Exhibition,” Dadi Rui City Exhibition Center, Jinan, China
2009 “The Big World: Recent Art from China,” Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, USA
2009 “Passing By China,” Eli Klein Fine Art, New York, NY
2009 “Camouflage,” La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain
2008 “Mixed Maze – Group Photography Exhibition,” Red Mansion Foundation, London, UK
2008 “New Middle Kingdom,” Royal Liver Building, Liverpool, UK
2008 “Force-Form,” International Contemporary Art Exhibition, Bridge Art Center, Beijing, China
2008 Sunshine International Art Museum, Songzhuang, Beijing, China
2007 “Olympic Landscape Sculpture Exhibition,” Beijing, China
2007 “Les Rencontres d’Arles,” Arles, France
2007 “Made in China – Chinese Contemporary Art,” Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
2007 “Union – Exhibition of Chinese and Chile Artists,” No. 1 China Art Base, Beijing, China
2007 “Union in June,” Chinese Performance Art Exhibition, Songzhuang, Beijing, China
2007 “Resettling – Suo Jia Village Modern Art Exhibition,” Beijing International Arts Camp II Ka Tsuen, Beijing, China
2007 “The First ‘Breathing’ – Shandong Modern Art Exhibition,” Shandong Museum, Shandong, China
2006 Songzhuang Art Festival, Songzhuang Art Zone, Beijing, China
2006 “Qingzhou International Contemporary Art Exhibition,” Qingzhou Museum, Shandong, China
2006 “Third Contemporary Art Exhibition,” Sunshine International Museum, Beijing, China
2006 “Contemporary Art Exhibition of Dismantle,” Xiyuantianlu Business Hotel, Beijing, China
2005 “Beijing Calligraphy Exhibition,” Maside Art Center, Beijing, China
2005 “Lead Times,” Chang Chau Chinese Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition, Tianjin Harbor Plaza, Tianjin, China
2005 “Di-Di-Dismantle,” Beijing International Arts Camp II Ka Tsuen, Beijing, China
2005 “Considerable,” West Lake International Sculpture Exhibition, Hangzhou Fine Art Museum, Hangzhou, China
2001 “The Second Invitational Sculpture Exhibition of Contemporary Young Sculptors,” Hangzhou Fine Art Museum, Hangzhou, China
2001 “Works Exhibition,” The First China Sculpture Competition, China
2000 “The Second Metals Work Exhibition,” Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
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