Lu Lin 鹿林 (b. 1962, China)
Selected works
Biography
Lu Lin is dedicated to sweep away the old, tired formulaic methods of Chinese painting, be it ink or traditional acrylic/oil painting. He is almost iconoclastic in his approach to revitalise the tradition to make it relevant to today’s society. Lu Lin mines the traditional techniques of ink painting, adopts familiar techniques of impressionistic art, but alters them in ways that suit his unrestrained vision.
Lu Lin’s creations are enigmatic. The energy of each work can be felt as we observe them. The strokes in his paintings are seemingly physical manifestations of his meditative mind. In this collection, he transform the vitality of the mediums used into grand gestures and mesmerizing images, and makes his focused-energy visible to us. They are multi-faceted conversations that we are invited to be a part of.
Lu Lin was born in 1962, in the famous cultural city of Jinan, Shandong, Province of China. As early as in the 1980’s, Lu Lin has a reputation for his unique abstract ink works. He graduated from Qingdao Arts and Crafts Academy and taught at the Jinan Arts and Crafts Academy of the Shandong Province. He works have been exhibited widely across China and Japan, and is collected by collectors who acquired his works from his exhibitions, international galleries and auction houses.
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1962 Born in Jinan, Shandong Province
1982 Graduated from Qingdao Arts and Crafts Academy, Shangdong, and later taught in Jinan Arts and Crafts Academy of Shandong Province
1991 Resided in Beijing
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 Enigma – Lu Lin Solo Exhibition, Y2ARTS, Singapore
2011 Ambit – Lu Lin Solo Exhibition, Soemo Fine Arts, Beijing, China
2010 The Legend of Lu Lin, Sunshine Art Museum, Beijing, China
1987 Lu Lin Abstract Ink-paintings exhibition, Beijing, China
1986 The Abstract Art of Lu Lin, Beijing, China
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009
Integration-Chinese and French Abstract Art Exhibition, Soemo Fine Arts, Beijing, China
2007
Not The Right Time, Soemo Fine Arts, Songzhuang, Beijing, China
2006
Water Ink League, Songzhuang Art Museum, Beijing, China
2005
Pavilion: An Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
Dilapidated: An Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
2004
The Chinese Edition, Shanghai, China The Chinese edition, Shenzhen, China
2002
Contemporary Art, Chongqing, China
Shanghai Artist Village Biennale, Shanghai, China
1998
Efficacy Of Art, Beijing, China
1997
Contemporary Art of 10 Artists, Beijing, China
1996
Awake China, Germany A Big Chinese Tea Egg, Chinese Karaoke, NHUN! NHUN!, Germany
1994
International Newly Arisen Art Exposition, Hong Kong
The Second United Exhibition of Chinese Occupational Artists, Hong Kong
1993
The First United Exhibition of Chinese Occupational Artists, Beijing, China
Yuan Ming Yuan Artists-Village Works exhibition, Hong Kong
1992
New period Exhibition of 6 Artists–Yuemingjun, Lu Lin, Yangshaobin, Yilin, Weilin, Weiye, Grand Friendship Hotel, Beijing, China
Works of China Yuan Ming Yuan Artists, Belgium
1990
Chinese Contemporary Art, France
1989
Chinese Avant-garde Water Ink And Wash, Japan
Chinese Abstract Water Ink and Contemporary Water Ink And Wash, Japan
1988
Beijing-New York 22 Artists Art Exhibition, New York, the United States
WORKS IN COLLECTIONS
Arts Foundation in Bonn, Germany
PA TA Gallery Taiwan
Schoeni Gallery Hongkong
Art Museum in Bonn, Germany
September Gallery Beijing
BlackSheep Art Space Taiwan
Gefeng Cultural Communication Shenzhen
East Area Art center Beijing
Galerie du monde Hongkong
Sunshine International Art Museum Beijing
Tian Art Space Beijing
501 art Gallery Sichuan
GRACE FINE ART Gallery USA
Creation Art Gallery Beijing
Wan Fung Art Gallery Beijing
Longjian Gallery Hongkong