Liu Zhengyong, born in Hunan in 1980, graduated from Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts in 2004. His works mainly involve painting and installation art. From 2011 to 2013, he was invited to artist residency projects in France and Germany. From 2014 to 2015, he was invited by the museum in France to paint in Southern France and Paris and to present his personal art projects. He was invited by the Art Foundation Amsterdam to hold an exhibition in Biennale in Venice,Italy.
Using body as a clue, Liu discusses the the current and past landscape of human nature from the perspective of individuals. His works rethink and reconstruct the deep logic behind the relationships between recreations and repainting, the reification of the body and the wasteland, and the invisible time. Liu focuses on the process of the creation itself instead of the pursuing of end results, with the continuously emphasis on the discussions of painting and its structure construction, image and its spiritual core.
Since 2008, Liu has been active in the international art arena. He has held exhibitions in museums and institutions across France, Germany, Italy, United States, Russia, and China, presenting his works in the Paul Valeri Museum and Grand Palais in France, at the 55th Venice Biennale, and The New Wave of Chinese Contemporary Art, California, USA, among other important exhibition.