Liu Kuo-sung (Liu Guosong) | |
1932 | Born in Bengbu, Anhui (Ancestral home in Qingzhou, Shandong), China |
1949 | Migrated to Taiwan |
1956 | Graduated from Department of Fine Art, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan |
Presently living in Taipei, Taiwan | |
Selected Solo Exhibitions | |
2019 | To The Moon, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Art, Kaohsiung, Taiwan |
2017 | A Man of the East, West, South & North, Shandong Museum, Jinan, China The Scripture of a Missionary of Modern Ink Painting III – Liu Kuo-sung Print Exhibition, Loftyart Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan |
2016 | Echo of the Universe, China Art Museum, Shanghai, China |
2015 | The Scripture of a Missionary of Modern Ink Painting II – Liu Kuo-sung Print Exhibition, Loftyart Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan |
2014 | The Scripture of a Missionary of Modern Ink Painting I– Liu Kuo-sung Print Exhibition, Loftyart Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan 50 Years after the Revolution Against the Brush, National Museum of History |
2013 | Surrounding Mountains, Towering Peak, Loftyart Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan 60 Years of Imparting Art – Liu Guosong Modern Ink Art, The General Association of Chinese Culture, Taipei, Taiwan The Art Gallery of Modern Chinese Paintings by Liu Guosong, Shandong Provincial Museum, Jinan, China |
2012 | A Man of East, West, South and North, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan |
2011 | A Creation Exhibition by Liu Guosong – Looking back at 80, National Art Museum of China, Beijing |
2010 | Goehuis Contemporary, London, UK Taipei City Government Art Gallery, Taiwan |
2009 | The Universe in the Mind: Liu Guosong 60 Years Retrospective, Hubei Provincial Museum, Wuhan, China Ningxia Museum, China Three Gorges Museum, Chongqing, China Ya Ming Art Museum, Anhui, China National Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan |
2008 | Galerie 75 Faubourg, Paris, France |
2007 | The Universe in the Mind: 60 Years of Painting by Liu Guosong, Palace Museum, Beijing, China Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China |
2006 | Zhejiang Provincial Museum, Hangzhou, China Hunan Provincial Museum, Changsha, China |
2005 | Singapore Tylor Print Institute, Singapore Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan |
2004 | Taiwan Exhibition Tour by Taiwan Soka Association Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong |
2003 | Cultural Centre of Taichung, Taiwan Shandong Qingdao Museum, China Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong |
2002 | The Universe in the Mind: A Retrospective of Liu Kuo-sung at 70, Tour in China, National History Museum, Beijing / Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai / Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangdong, China |
2001 | Chengdu Contemporary Art Museum, Chengdu, Sichuan, China |
2000 | Art Center, National Central University, Taiwan Goehuis Contemporary, New York, USA |
1999 | National Sun Yat-Sen Memorial HalI, Taipei, Taiwan |
1998 | Modern Art Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan |
1997 | He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China Modern Art Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan |
1996 | National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan G.Zen 50 Art Gallery, Kaohsiung, Taiwan |
1992 | National Museum of Art, Taichung, Taiwan Lung Men Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan |
1990 | Taipei Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan |
1989 | Ubersee-Museum, Bremen, Germany |
1988 | Weifang Museum, Weifang, Shangdong, China |
1987 | National Painting Museum of Hunan Province, Changsha, Hunan, China University Art Gallery, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China |
1986 | Art Gallery of Shanxi Artists Association, Xi’an, Shanxi, China Youth Palace, Lanzhou, Gansu, China Urumqi City Exhibition Hall, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China Cultural Palace, Chongqing, Sichuan, China University Art Exhibition Hall , Southwest University, Chongqing, Sichuan, China |
1985 | Hong Kong Arts Centre Museu Luis de Camoes, Leal Senado de Macau |
1984 | Shanghai Museum of Art, China Shandong Provincial Art Gallery, Jinan, China Zhejiang Exhibition Hall, Hangzhou, China Fuzhou May 1st Plaza Central Hall, Fuzhou, China |
1983 | National Museum of Fine Arts, Beijing, China Jiangsu Provincial Art Museum, Nanjing, China Heilongjiang Provincial Art Gallery, Harbin, China Hubei Provincial Art Exhibition Gallery, Wuhan, China Guangdong Art Institute Gallery, Guangzhou, China |
1982 | Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, Utah, USA |
1981 | Columbus Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA UMC Fine Art Gallery, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA Galerie Andree, Costa Mesa, California, USA |
1980 | Ulrich Museum of Arts, Wichita, Kansas, USA University of Arizona , Tucson, Arizona, USA Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, Monterey, California, USA Museum of Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, USA |
1979 | Play House Art Gallery, Canberra, Australia Museum fur Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt, Germany |
1978 | East and West Art Gallery, Melbourne,, Australia Greenhill Galleries, North Adelaide, Australia Churchill Gallery, Perth, Australia |
1977 | Plymouth State College Art Gallery, University of New Hampshire, Plymouth, New Hampshire, USA |
1976 | Ulrich Museum of Arts, Wichita, Kansas, USA Museum of Ohio University, Atnens, Ohio, USA |
1975 | Colorado Springs Fine Arts Centre, Colorado, USA M.M. Shinno Gallery, Los Angeles, California USA |
1974 | Laky Gallery, Carmel, California USA |
1973 | Hong Kong Art Centre, Hong Kong San Diego Museum of Art, California, USA Frank Caro Company, New York, USA |
1972 | Art Museum At the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA Utah State University Art Gallery, Logan, Utah, USA Brigham Young University Museum, Provo, Utah, USA Galerie Hans Hoeppner, Hamburg, Germany |
1971 | Museum fur Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt, Germany Hugh Moss Ltd., London, England Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery, England |
1970 | Museum fur Ostasiatische Kunst, Koln, Germany Joslyn Art Museum, Omoha, Nebraska, USA San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California, USA |
1969 | The Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, Texas, USA National Museum of History, Taipei , Taiwan St. Mary ‘s College Art Gallery, Nortre Dame, Indiana, USA |
1968 | Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, USA The Taft Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA The Luz Gallery, Makati, Rizal, The Philippines |
1967 | Lee Nordness Galleries, New York, USA Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Missouri, USA Georgia University Art Gallery, Athens, Georgia, USA |
1966 | Laguna Beach Museum of Art, California, Laguna Beach, USA Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA |
1965 | Taiwan Museum of Art, Taipei, Taiwan |
Selected Awards & Honors | |
2017 | Awarded Taiwan 36th Nation Cultural Award. |
2016 | Awarded Foreign Honorary Member by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Awarded Honorary Member for China Federation of Literary and Art Circles. |
2015 | Invited by Chinese National Academy of Arts and gave speech with Prof. Peter Michaelson of Stanford University on “Similarities Between Science and Art: From Traditional Chinese Landscape to Outer Space”. |
2014 | Invited by Stanford University and gave speech on “Innovation through Challenge: The Creation of My Landscapes”. Honored by Asia Society Hong Kong. Awarded “Global Outstanding Chinese Award” by Global Chinese Organization. |
2013 | Liu Kuo-sung Modern Ink Art Gallery was established by Shandong Provincial Museum as part of the permanent exhibition. |
2011 | Liu Kuo-sung Retrospective at 80, at the National Museum of China, Beijing. Awarded China Arts Award “Lifetime Achievement Award” by the Chinese National Academy of Arts. |
2010 | Awarded “Chair Professor” by Taiwan National Normal University.Awarded “Honorary Doctorate” by the World Academy of Arts. |
2008 | The 12th Awarded Taiwan’s “National Award for Arts”, presented by Taiwan President Ma Ying-Jeou. |
2007 | The Universe in The Mind: A Retrospective of Liu Kuo- sung’s 60 Years of Painting, held at The Palace Museum in Beijing. |
2006 | Invited by Harvard University and gave speech on “My Innovation Theory and Practice”. |
2005 | Appointed as Honorary Director for Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art in China. |
2004 | Awarded “Honorary Professor” by the Tainan Fine Arts University. |
2002 | Awarded “Outstanding Alumni” by Taiwan National Normal University. Invited by Chinese University of Hong Kong as visiting scholar. |
2001 | Exhibition Review Committee member of Taiwan Art Museum |
2000 | Collection Committee Member of Taipei Museum of Art. |
1999 | Committee Member of Chungshan Arts Award. |
1998 | Committee Member of Taipei Art Exhibition. Committee Member of National Art Exhibition. |
1996 | Committee Member of Taiwan Art Museum. |
1993 | Jury Member of the Creative Industry Award by the Ministry of Education, Taiwan. |
1991 | Received the “Modern Painting Achievement Award” from the Li Zhongsheng Foundation. |
1989 | Jury Member of Modern Chinese Painting & Calligraphy Competition, Beijing. |
1986 | Received special prize at the Exhibition of International Art of Suiboku, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, Japan. |
1984 | Awarded Special Achievement Prize at the 6th National Art Exhibition, Beijing, China. |
1983 | Included in International Hall of Fame. |
1982 | Included in US’ Hall of Fame. |
1981 | Included in US’ publication of World Famous Individuals. |
1980 | Included in UK’s publication of Recognized Individuals. |
1979 | Received fulfillment award by the International Meditation Society, Hong Kong. |
1978 | Member of organizing and planning committee of Taipei Fine Arts Museum. |
1977 | The only Asian artist among the eight official painters for Commonwealth Print Portfolio, University of Alberta, Canada. |
1976 | Elected as Asian representative to the International Art Education Association. |
1972 | Member of Taiwan selection committee for Taiwan entries to Bienal de Sao Paulo, Brazil. |
1969 | Awarded First Prize for painting at Mainstream 69, Marietta, Ohio USA. |
1968 | Named Taiwan’s “Ten Outstanding Youths”. |
1966 | First artist from Taiwan to receive the John D. Rockefeller Ill Foundation grant to travel around the world for two years. |
1965 | One of the judges of The Fifth National Art Exhibition, Taiwan. |
Selected Public Collections | |
Asia | National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan National Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan National Taiwan Arts Education Center, Taipei, Taiwan Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong The Chinese University of Hong Kong Art Museum, Hong Kong National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia Metropolitan Museum of Manila, Philippines National Art Gallery, Malaysia The Palace Museum, Beijing, China National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China Guangdong Provincial Art Museum, Guangzhou, China He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China Three Gorges Museum, Chongqing, China Jiangsu Provincial Art Museum, Nanjing, China Zhejiang Provincial Museum, Hangzhou, China Hubei Provincial Museum, Wuchang, China Hunan Provincial Museum, Changsha, China Ya Ming Art Museum, Hefei, China Shandong Provincial Art Museum, Jinan, China Shandong Provincial Museum, Jinan, China Qingdao Art Museum, Qingdao, China Qingdao Museum, Qingdao, China Chengdu Modern Art Museum, Chengdu, China Ningxia Museum, Yinchuan, China Gansu Provincial Museum, Lanzhou, China |
Europe | British Museum, London, UK Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery, Bristol, UK Museum fur Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt, Germany Museum fur Ostasiatische Kunst, Cologne, Germany Museum fur Ostasiatische Kunst, Berlin, Germany Linden-Museum, Stuttgart, Germany Museum Rieterg, Zurich, Switzerland Universia degli Studi di Messina, Sicily me, Italy |
USA | Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ The University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA Rio Hondo Art Gallery, Whittier, CA Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University, CA Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, CO Florida Presbyterian College, St. Petersburg, FL Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, KA Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, KA Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University Museums, Cambridge, MA Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Museums, Cambridge, MA Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota University, Twin Cities, MN Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE Asia House Gallery, Ithaca, NY St. Lawrence University Art Gallery, Canton, NY Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH The Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, Dallas, TX Chase Fine Arts Center, Utah State, UT Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA |