LIU Xiaohui
Liu Xiaohui’s painterly practice attempts to discover the possibility of painting in the present from everyday life. He proposes subject matters and immerses himself in the riddles and fields of painting with colors, light, shapes, compositions, and intentions. He often returns to those seemingly similar painting motifs, whose in-depth explorations aim to extract the essence from the painting, removing the falsehoods and preserving the truth to emerge from the fog. His works on canvas connect the two ends of figuration and abstraction. Those life moments and details that move him provide his paintings an impetus and tangible shape, which grow into more profound and abstract imagination and potential through his repetitive rendering and discoveries.
Liu Xiaohui (b. 1975, Shandong Province, China) received his BFA from the Mural Painting Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China in 1999. In 2010, he received MFA from the Mural Painting Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China. Recent solo exhibitions include Hibiscus, WHITE SPACE (Shunyi), Beijing, China (2023); Liu Xiaohui: Détournement, A07 798 Art Zone, Beijing, China (2020); LIU Xiaohui: Movements, ShanghART Beijing, Beijing, China (2018); Liu Xiaohui: The Mystery of Sisyphus, Antenna Space, Shanghai, China (2015). His works have been widely exhibited in major institutions including Beijing Minsheng Art Museum, Beijing (2022); Wuhan Art Museum, Wuhan (2021); National Art Museum of China, Beijing (2015); CAFA Art Museum, Beijing (2013); Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou (2006). Liu Xiaohui currently lives and works in Beijing, China.
