Born in Beijing in 1965, Liu Hong Wei entered the Oil Painting Department of Hebei Teaching University in 1984. He graduated in 1988 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Since 1988, he has been a professor at the Fine Arts Academy of Hebei. China. His artwork“Clouds in the Sky No.2” is selected for The 9th Chinese National Artworks Exhibition” in Shanghai in 1999. In 1993, his artwork “Daydream” is selected for and awarded at the first “Chinese Oil Paintings Biennale” in Beijing. In 2009, his artwork “Small House in Café” is selected for the 11th National Art Exhibition in Wuhan. “In 2001, his artwork White Feather” is selected for the Chinese Small Oil Paintings Exhibition in Beijing. Liu Hong Wei likes to paint children, and the background of his paintings is architectural scene setting that seemingly real and surreal. As a child, he loved to observe the play and interaction of his neighbors, and his works were like scenes from plays: some children were playing on a giant kettle, some were shaking a ceiling lamp, some were playing on a fruit bowl, as if it were a playground, some children sleep on the floor in which they feel comfortable. The surreal depiction enlivens him to put things from different times and spaces together and arrange them in a wonderful and dramatic scene. The sense of stage and the dramatic effect has been elaborately composed. Light and shadow are aptly expressed that they present an indescribable sense of mystery. Liu Hong Wei's brushwork is meticulous, sometimes using fine blades to add oil paint to the canvas to create a textured effect, presenting rich content and texture. The art of Liu Hong Wei is a combination of fantasy and memory. His works reflect the inner world of the artist with acute observations and surreal fantasy.
Selected Exhibition
- 1991
Artwork "Sunday" selected for the First "Annual Exhibition of Chinese Oil Painting", Beijing, China
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1993
Artwork "Daydream" selected for and awarded at the First "Chinese Oil Paintings Biennale", Beijing, China - 1996
Solo Exhibition, Hong Kong, China
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1997
Century - Chinese Youth Oil Paintings Exhibition", Beijing, China
Artwork "Clouds in the Sky No. 1" selected for"Moving Into A New - 1998
Group Exhibition "New Community Boding Eight Artists' Exhibition", Beijing, China
Art Year - Contemporary Chinese Shanshui and Oil Landscape Painting Exhibition", Beijing, China -
1999
Artwork "Clouds in the Sky No. 2" selected for "The 9th Chinese -
2000
Liu Hong Wei's Solo Exhibition, "Between Ego and the World", Kwai Fung Hin Art Gallery, Hong Kong, China
National Artworks Exhibition", Shanghai, China -
2001
Exhibition", Bejing, China
Artwork "White Feather" selected for the "Chinese Small Oil Paintings 2001 - 2002
International Art Fair "Art Miarni 2002", Miami, USA - 2003
Artwork "Tango In the Pot" selected for "The 10th National Art Exhibition", 2004 "Lu Hong Wer's Diary of Childhood The Real and The Surreal", Guangzhou, China
Lu Hong Wers Solo Exhibition, Kwai Fung Hin Art Gallery, Hong Kong, China 2005 Liu Hong Wei's Diary of Childhood: The Real and The Surreal - Solo Exhibition of Liu Hong Wei, Kwai Fung Hin Art Gallery, Hong Kong - 2007
Pictorial Tales – Solo Exhibition of Liu Hong Wei, Kwai Fung Hin Art Gallery, Hong Kong - 2008
ART HK 2008, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong 2009 Artwork Small House in a Cage selected for the 11th National Art Exhibition, Wuhan, China - 2011
ART HK 2011, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
A Dialogue with the Master – Solo Exhibition of Liu Hong Wei, Kwai Fung Hin Art Gallery, Hong Kong - 2012
The 15th Asian Art Biennale, Bangladesh - 2015
Drama in Dream – Solo Exhibition of Liu Hong Wei, Kwai Fung Hin Art Gallery, Hong Kong - 2022
The Surreal and The Real, W.H.Y. Gallery, Hong Kong.