刘晓先
1963 Born in Beijing
1981-1985 Bachelor of Science, Optical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology
1996-1998 Diploma in Photography and Certificate in Scientific Photography, TAFE NSW Australia
1998 BA Honours (Photomedia), SCA, University of Sydney
1999-2002 Master of Visual Arts, Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney
Selected Exhibitions
2018 Chaos & Order, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne
2017 Buddha’s Smile, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Curtain Call, Stills Gallery, Sydney
2014 Revelations, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne
2012 Made in China, touring exhibitions around Australia
2009 Solo show, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne
Zhongjian: Midway touring exhibitions 4 cities in China and 15 regional galleries in Australia till 2011
2008 China Diaries Solo exhibition. The Customs House, Sydney
2007 Andy and Oz: Parallel Visions The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh USA
Living Elvis, RMIT Gallery
Shift: places changing. Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery.
2006 Light Sensitive: Contemporary Australian Photography from the Loti Smorgon Fund, National Gallery of Victoria
Echoes of Home, Museum of Brisbane¾Game: New Work from LIU XIAO XIAN, solo exhibition, Asia-Australia Arts Centre
Colour (less), Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery
Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, Contemporary Photo-media Art Gallery of South Australia.
To Look Within: Self Portraits in Australia National Portrait Gallery and University Art Museum of The University of Queensland.
2003 The Way We Live Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Contemporary Australian Portraits National Portrait Gallery Canberra ACT
National Photographic Purchase Award exhibition, Albury City Art Gallery, Albury NSW
Solo exhibition, Gow Lansford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand.
ARCO 02 Australia, International Contemporary Art Fair, Feria de Madrid, Spain¾Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship 2002 exhibition, Art Space Sydney
Solo exhibition, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, Adelaide
2001 The National Sculpture Prize Exhibition, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra ACT
Buddha Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
Solo exhibition “From my other lives to the present”, Gallery 4a, Sydney
Masques, the Rencontres Internationales de la Photography, Arles, France
Solo exhibition of “My Other Lives”, Queensland College of Art Gallery
From Pinhole to Pixel, Sir Hermann Black Gallery, Sydney
The Australia Projects, Federation Festival, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne
Solo exhibition My Other Lives, Stills Gallery, Sydne
Moët & Chandon Exhibition 2000–Passing Time, AGNSW ¾Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship 2000 exhibition, Art Space Sydney
Part of “Inside-Out” International touring exhibition in Australia. NGA, ACT
1999 Moët & Chandon Touring Exhibition, AGSA, AGNSW, NGA, RMIT
Art as Art New Space, Rozelle
1998 Degree show 1998, Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney
Beyond China Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery
In & Out International touring Exhibition, Singapore, Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra, Perth, Hobart, Rockhampton, Cairns, Hong Kong & Beijing continually to year 2000.¾ Solo Exhibition Point of View, Stills Gallery, Paddington NSW Australia
About Face: Aspects of Australian Portraiture c.1770-1993, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra ACT Australia ¾ Solo Exhibition Lost Memory, Stills Gallery, Paddington NSW Australia
1993 Chinese New Wave Exhibition, Fire Station Gallery, Rozelle NSW Australia
1992 New Wave Exhibition, Chameleon Contemporary Art Space, Hobar
Echoes of China—From behind the Bamboo Curtain, 3 Contemporary Chinese Artists, Irving(now Sherman) Galleries, Sydney ¾Twelve Contemporary Chinese Artists Exhibition, University of Sydney
1990 Sydney Spring International Festival of New Music and Visual Arts, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Solo Exhibition Xiao Xian’s Black and White Photographs, Zhihua Gallery, Beijing 1988 ¾Four City Artist Exhibition, Beijing
Collections
Works are collected by National Gallery of Australia , Art Gallery of NSW, National Gallery of Victoria, Queensland Art Gallery, Art Gallery of South Australia, National Portrait Gallery of Australia (Canberra), RMIT Gallery (Melbourne), Art Museum of the University of Queensland, and Queensland College of the Arts Gallery as well as many private collections. through the years since 1988.
1981-1985 Bachelor of Science, Optical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology
1996-1998 Diploma in Photography and Certificate in Scientific Photography, TAFE NSW Australia
1998 BA Honours (Photomedia), SCA, University of Sydney
1999-2002 Master of Visual Arts, Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney
Selected Exhibitions
2018 Chaos & Order, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne
2017 Buddha’s Smile, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Curtain Call, Stills Gallery, Sydney
2014 Revelations, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne
2012 Made in China, touring exhibitions around Australia
2009 Solo show, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne
Zhongjian: Midway touring exhibitions 4 cities in China and 15 regional galleries in Australia till 2011
2008 China Diaries Solo exhibition. The Customs House, Sydney
2007 Andy and Oz: Parallel Visions The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh USA
Living Elvis, RMIT Gallery
Shift: places changing. Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery.
2006 Light Sensitive: Contemporary Australian Photography from the Loti Smorgon Fund, National Gallery of Victoria
Echoes of Home, Museum of Brisbane¾Game: New Work from LIU XIAO XIAN, solo exhibition, Asia-Australia Arts Centre
Colour (less), Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery
Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, Contemporary Photo-media Art Gallery of South Australia.
To Look Within: Self Portraits in Australia National Portrait Gallery and University Art Museum of The University of Queensland.
2003 The Way We Live Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Contemporary Australian Portraits National Portrait Gallery Canberra ACT
National Photographic Purchase Award exhibition, Albury City Art Gallery, Albury NSW
Solo exhibition, Gow Lansford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand.
ARCO 02 Australia, International Contemporary Art Fair, Feria de Madrid, Spain¾Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship 2002 exhibition, Art Space Sydney
Solo exhibition, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, Adelaide
2001 The National Sculpture Prize Exhibition, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra ACT
Buddha Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
Solo exhibition “From my other lives to the present”, Gallery 4a, Sydney
Masques, the Rencontres Internationales de la Photography, Arles, France
Solo exhibition of “My Other Lives”, Queensland College of Art Gallery
From Pinhole to Pixel, Sir Hermann Black Gallery, Sydney
The Australia Projects, Federation Festival, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne
Solo exhibition My Other Lives, Stills Gallery, Sydne
Moët & Chandon Exhibition 2000–Passing Time, AGNSW ¾Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship 2000 exhibition, Art Space Sydney
Part of “Inside-Out” International touring exhibition in Australia. NGA, ACT
1999 Moët & Chandon Touring Exhibition, AGSA, AGNSW, NGA, RMIT
Art as Art New Space, Rozelle
1998 Degree show 1998, Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney
Beyond China Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery
In & Out International touring Exhibition, Singapore, Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra, Perth, Hobart, Rockhampton, Cairns, Hong Kong & Beijing continually to year 2000.¾ Solo Exhibition Point of View, Stills Gallery, Paddington NSW Australia
About Face: Aspects of Australian Portraiture c.1770-1993, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra ACT Australia ¾ Solo Exhibition Lost Memory, Stills Gallery, Paddington NSW Australia
1993 Chinese New Wave Exhibition, Fire Station Gallery, Rozelle NSW Australia
1992 New Wave Exhibition, Chameleon Contemporary Art Space, Hobar
Echoes of China—From behind the Bamboo Curtain, 3 Contemporary Chinese Artists, Irving(now Sherman) Galleries, Sydney ¾Twelve Contemporary Chinese Artists Exhibition, University of Sydney
1990 Sydney Spring International Festival of New Music and Visual Arts, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Solo Exhibition Xiao Xian’s Black and White Photographs, Zhihua Gallery, Beijing 1988 ¾Four City Artist Exhibition, Beijing
Collections
Works are collected by National Gallery of Australia , Art Gallery of NSW, National Gallery of Victoria, Queensland Art Gallery, Art Gallery of South Australia, National Portrait Gallery of Australia (Canberra), RMIT Gallery (Melbourne), Art Museum of the University of Queensland, and Queensland College of the Arts Gallery as well as many private collections. through the years since 1988.
