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Liu Ren

Liu Ren is a Ph.D. at the central Academy of Fine Arts,Chinese contemporary artist.

She was born in 1980 in Qinghuangdao, a seaside town in China Hebei province. In 2007, she graduated with a Master of Arts in Photography and Digital Media from the Central Academy of Fine Arts in China, where she was a professor from 2009 to 2015. Ph.D. candidate at CAFA now.

Liu Ren held solo exhibitions in China, the United States,Korea, The Netherlands. Her works have been also featured in numerous exhibitions in around Belgium, Italy, Switzerland, Canada among others.Her works can be found in National Art Museum of China in Beijing, in Museum Jan van der Togt in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, as well as in art collections of various galleries around the world.Liu Ren received numerous excellence awards in national and international photography competitions namely Full Scholarship of CAFA for the year 2021-2022,Silver Award winner at Asia ArtZoo Competition in 2011, the First Prize Winner at Photography Exhibition at the French Cultural Center in China in 2006, New Person Prize at China Pingyao International Photography Festival 2006 among others. CCTV, le monde, art guide, Asia art news and other media have also reported her works many times.

Liu’s works of creative photography are multilayered in visuals and meaning, as she draws on her own experiences, emotions and dreams for inspiration.Using advanced software, she often overlays colorful animals and flora over images of cityscape, imparting her dreams and memories onto reality. While some of her pictorial fantasy lands lean towards the melancholy, her work contains an underlying and unwavering sense of whimsy, nostalgia, and wonder. 

Liu Ren is a Ph.D. at the central Academy of Fine Arts,Chinese contemporary artist.

She was born in 1980 in Qinghuangdao, a seaside town in China Hebei province. In 2007, she graduated with a Master of Arts in Photography and Digital Media from the Central Academy of Fine Arts in China, where she was a professor from 2009 to 2015. Ph.D. candidate at CAFA now.

Liu Ren held solo exhibitions in China, the United States,Korea, The Netherlands. Her works have been also featured in numerous exhibitions in around Belgium, Italy, Switzerland, Canada among others.Her works can be found in National Art Museum of China in Beijing, in Museum Jan van der Togt in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, as well as in art collections of various galleries around the world.Liu Ren received numerous excellence awards in national and international photography competitions namely Full Scholarship of CAFA for the year 2021-2022,Silver Award winner at Asia ArtZoo Competition in 2011, the First Prize Winner at Photography Exhibition at the French Cultural Center in China in 2006, New Person Prize at China Pingyao International Photography Festival 2006 among others. CCTV, le monde, art guide, Asia art news and other media have also reported her works many times.

Liu’s works of creative photography are multilayered in visuals and meaning, as she draws on her own experiences, emotions and dreams for inspiration.Using advanced software, she often overlays colorful animals and flora over images of cityscape, imparting her dreams and memories onto reality. While some of her pictorial fantasy lands lean towards the melancholy, her work contains an underlying and unwavering sense of whimsy, nostalgia, and wonder.