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Code: LY02
Artist: LIU Yang
Materials: Natural lacquer, linen, tin powder, gold leaf
Size: H38 x W48cm
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Born in China in 1988, LIU Yang graduated from Nanjing University of the Arts, specialising in lacquer art. LIU won her first national award in 2013 at the Biennial China lacquer painting exhibition in Xiamen. Since then she has been active in various competitions, exhibitions and auctions in both China and Japan. Important institutions that collect her works include the Xiamen Art Museum, the Fujian Art Museum.
LIU's pursuit of lacquer art from paintings to three dimensional design demonstrates her well-versed skills in different aspects of the discipline. She contributed papers to academic journals on subjects relating to innovation and reinventing materials of contemporary lacquer art. In 2017, her piece from the “Spinning” series was shortlisted for the reputable Ishikawa International Urushi Exhibition in Japan. She received a full scholarship for her Master's degree study in China and in 2019 she took part in the Talent Cultivation Programme sponsored by the National Arts Foundation to advance her further development in lacquer art in Japan. She is currently based in Fuzhou teaching in the College of Fine Art at Fujian Normal University.
