Youju LIU
Liu Youju is a calligrapher, avant-garde artist, and art critic whose work bridges traditional Chinese culture with abstract, international art forms. His work often involves unique techniques, such as painting on rice paper using both ink and oils.
He has exhibited in prestigious institutions such as the British Museum in London, the Musee des arts Decoraitifs and the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Academy of the Arts of Drawing and the Palazzo Medici Riccardi Museum in Florence. Liu Youju’s works have achieved notable results in the secondary market while gaining strong international institutional recognition
Exhibition Timeline
2014 Solo exhibition at The Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, USA. His work Christmas Impressions was acquired by the museum for its permanent collection.
2015 Solo exhibition at the Beijing Today Art Museum; Solo exhibition titled Illusionism Rational Return at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris, France ; Solo exhibition titled Classical and Contemporary Fusion at The British Museum
2016 Solo exhibition titled Demolition vs Construction at Palazzo Medici Riccardi Museum, Italy
2017 Solo exhibition titled Phantom Time and Space Encounters Pompidou at The Georges Pompidou National Center for Art and Culture in Paris, France
2021 Solo exhibition titled Beyond Abstraction at Hall of Academy of the Arts and Drawings, Florence, Italy
2024 Solo exhibition titled Starting from The Metapoint at Palazzo Dona delle Rose, as part of the 60th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, Italy
2025 Solo exhibition titled Mirror of The Soul - illusion of universal identity at Burgh House Museum, London, U.K.; Solo exhibition titled Bounded and Unbounded at National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rome, Italy
Secondary Market Highlights
Title : Scale Wave Mirage
Year : 2015
Medium : Mixed
Dimensions : 81 cm x 69.5 cm
Auction House & Date: Beijing Poly International Auction 2017
Realized Price : RMB 345,000 / approx. Euro 42,993
Title : Nymph in Flowers
Year : 2015
Medium : Mixed
Dimensions : 67 cm x 67 cm
Auction House & Date: Beijing Poly International Auction 2017
Realized Price
;RMB 230,000 / approx. Euro 28,661
Title : Uncultivated Land
Year : 201567
Medium : Mixed
Dimensions : 68 cm x 136 cm
Auction House & Date: Beijing Poly International Auction 2017
Realized Price : RMB 862,500 / approx. Euro 107,482
Title : Water Town
Year : 2015
Medium : Mixed
Dimensions : 40 cm x 43 cm
Auction House & Date: Beijing Poly International Auction 2017
Realized Price :RMB 149,500 / approx. Euro 18,630
Title : Water Town
Year : 2015
Medium : Mixed
Dimensions : 40 cm x 30 cm
Auction House & Date: Mutual Art 2017
Realized Price : USD 22,515 / approx. Euro 19,135
Title : The Breath of Spring
Year : 2016
Medium : Mixed
Dimensions : 54 cm x 136 cm
Auction House & Date : Beijing Poly International Auction 2017
Realized Price : RMB 690,000 / approx. Euro 86,985