LIU KE

Born in 1976 in Ningxiang, Hunan, Liu Ke graduated from the Department of Oil Painting of the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts in 2003. He is currently a professor at the Academy, the Vice Dean of the School of Painting and the Head of the Department of Oil Painting. He is also the Executive Director of the Boxes Art Museum and the founder of Sabaki Space in Guangzhou.

He uses vertical lines to create works limited to the relationship between vertical lines where they press against each other through the repeated overlays, with the intention of allowing the viewer to become aware of the potential tensions between objects and space. The gradual division method in his work, where the image is divided by dense vertical lines and then becomes an overlay, with the gaps becoming more narrow, and the gaps cohering a concentrated force, revealing energy through the collision of vertical or horizontal blocks. The abstract symbols and intriguing colors are used to allow the viewers to voyage through a mystical 'vortex' of art. The shift of the plane and the 'point' created in the dichotomy between the material level and spiritual level form a passage from the starting line and the gaps of the overlays to the two-dimensional and three-dimensional worlds, while entangling the everyday emotional fragments in the picture.

Look At The Great Wall No.3

LIU KE

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Look At The Great Wall No.2

Angels Break Through Brambles And Thorns No.2

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The Universe In The Cave No.1

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Experiencing the State of Extremity｜Liu Ke Solo Exhibition “Ocean by My Left”

January 18, 2023 Hong Kong
INTERVIEW

Vortex of Silence: Katsuyoshi Inokuma, Soonik Kwon, Liu Ke

Beijing
2023.10.28 – 12.02

LIU KE: Ocean by My Left

HK H Queen’s 7-8/F
January 11 – February 28, 2023

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023: Liu Ke: The Structure Of Desire, K Gallery, Chendu,China
Liu Ke: OCEAN BY MY LEFT, Whitestone Gallery, Hong Kong, China
2022: THE PROBLEM OF UNTITLED-Liu Ke, SabakiSpace, Guangzhou, China
2021: MY HEART IS STREAM–Liu Ke solo exhibition, One Art Museum, Beijing, China
EVERY DAY IS THE LAST DAY; EVERY DAY IS THE FIRST DAY, Solo Exhibition of Liu Ke, K Gallery, Chendu, China
2019: HEIMAT IN ABSTRACTION & FIGURATION: Works of Liu Ke, DOMAGKATELIERS (Municipal Studio House Domagkpark, Halle 50), Munich, Germany
Object Liberty：Solo Exhibition of Liu Ke, Art Museum of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Guangzhou, China
TIMELINE OF HOMELAND: Works of Liu Ke, Kunsthalle Kempten, Kempten, Germany
2018: Montagne Sainte-Victoire, Hive Center for Contempory Art, Shenzhen, China
2015: listen above the blue – Liu Ke solo exhibition, Honeycomb Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
2014: Greation outside images–Liu Ke solo exhibition, Ace Station, Guangzhou, China
2013: Streaks – Liu Ke solo exhibition, Space Station, Beijing, China
2010: Dilemma – Liu Ke solo exhibition, Art Museum of Guangzhou Academy of fine arts, Guangzhou, China
2008: Listen to Wolf – Liu Ke solo exhibition, Pretty Land Gallery, Frankfurt, German

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024: “GUANG Mei: L'église des Cordeliers en échos”, Avignon, France
2023: “Vortex of Silence-Katsuyoshi Inokuma.Soonik Kwon.Liu Ke”, Whitestone Gallery, Beijing
“RHYTHM SECTION·15238”, Kunstverein Augsburg, Germany
SABAKI-ING, Boxesartspace, Shenzhen, China
2022: ”The epoch of Yin”, K Gallery, Chendu, China
”Trace and Presence-Contemporary Art Invitational Exhibition”, YUELAI Art Museum, Chongqing, China
2021: FOLDING：Sekine Nobuo. Liu Ke. Wu Shan. Yan Bo, Platform China, Beijing
SABAKI-ING, Trealm Hui Art Space, Guangzhou, China
2020: Uncertainties: PRD Post-pandemic Contemporary Art Exhibition, Ox Warehouse, Macao, China
Fusion scene, K GALLERY, Chengdu, China
2019: The 13th National Exhibition of Fine Arts, National Art Museum of China, Beijin, China
Crossover-The experience of intersection, Wuhan Art Museum, Wuhan, China
DE STIJL AND THE FUTURE-Between China and Europe, United art museum, Wuhan, China
2018: Abstract Plus–The new possibilities of abstract painting in China, Essence Contempory Art Museum, Chongqin, China
The 6th Guangzhou Triennial - Branch Venue Public Art Project, Symbiosis-Future, Shunde, Chine
2017: "Reform Mission – A Century of Guangdong Art Exhibition, Guangdong Station", Guangdong Art Museum, Guangzhou, China
Shenzhen Industrial Station 2017 BI–CITY Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture(Shenzhen) Luohu Sub-Venue, Shenzhen, China
PARK, Holly'sGallery & KerlinGallery, Guangzhou & Hongkong, China
2016: Sabaki–The Autonomous Dimension of a Private Housing Art Institution, Boxes Art space, Shenzheng, China
2015: The boundary of the order: abstract painting way in China, Honeycomb Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
2014: Optimism space, times museum Guangzhou, China
2013: Reflective Nature # a new primary enchanting sensitivity, 55th Venice biennale Participating countries, Venice, Italy
Urban Phantom, 3th Chongqing Youth Art Biennale, Chongqing, China
2012: Most painting–China Youth Oil Painting Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijin, China
2011: Cold-blooded – Contemporary Art Exhibition, Beijing Amelie Gallery, BeiJing, China
2010: Care less silly - Contemporary Art in The Guangdong”Art Exhibition, Guangzhou, 53 Art Museum, Guangzhou, China
2009: Artistic Communication between China and Thailand, modern art gallery of Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand
2008: Painting & Sculputuer Beyond the Surface–Works of Chinese Abstract Art Exhibition, Macao Museum of Art, Macao, China
2007: Glass - The invitation of Chinese Contemporary Abstract Art Exhibition, K-Gallery, Chengdu, China
2006: Shifting From Changgang Road - Contemporary Art Exhibition, Times Museum Guangdong Art Museum, Guangzhou, China
2005: Fengjian Action Art Show (The 2nd Session of Guangzhou Contemporary Art Triennium Exhibition—Self-organization), Guangdong Art Museum, Guangzhou, China
2003: Turnaround ——The 1st session of Contemporary Artist Annual Invitational Exhibition, Chongqing Art Museum, Chongqing, China
The 3rd session of China Oil Painting Exhibition, China Art Museum, Beijing, China

1976: Born in Ning xiang of Hunan Province of china, Live and work in Guangzhou.
2003: Graduated as a master from Guangzhou academy of fine arts,
Professor of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, member of the Academic Committee,
Vice Dean of the School of Painting Arts and Head of the Oil Painting Department;
Deputy director of China Artists Association Mixed Materials Painting Art Committee;
Executive Director of Songshan Lake Art Museum and Boxes Art Museum;
Head of Sabaki Space·Guangzhou.

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