1. Introduction
Chunmei Liu, Associate Professor in Fine Art, MA supervisor, Architecture Department, School of Mechanics & Civil Engineering, CUMTB
Address: Yifu Building Room1316, China University of Mining and
Technology, Xueyuan Road Ding No.11, Haidian District, Beijing, 100083
PR China
E-mail: chunmei-liu@cumtb.edu.cn
2. Education Background
(1)MA in Fine Art, Beijing Normal University, China (06/2012);
(3)MA course in Fine Art, Hubei Institute of Fine Art, China (12/1999);
(4)BA in Fine Art, Hubei Institute of Fine Art, China ( 06/1998);
3. Experience
(1)2015-current, Associate Professor in Fine Art, China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing;
(2)2014-2015, Academic visitor in Fine Art, University of Lincoln, UK;
(3)2010-2014, Associate Professor in Fine Art, China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing;
(4)2004-2010, Lecturer Fine Art, China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing;
(5)2001-2004, Assistant in Fine Art, China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing;
4. Research Areas
Curated and organized more than 10 times’ Exhibitions about the exchange of Fine Art at universities between China/the East and the West. Create and design new contemporary works with new materials.
(1) 2021.07, Co-curated 2021 China “The 8th Visualization and Visual Analytics Conference Arts Program” Wuhan, Hubei Province, China;
(2) 2019.03, Curated the exhibition “A Share of a Future- An Exhibition of International Art in HE Environment”, at the Library of China University of Mining &Technology, Beijing, China;
(3) 2018.07, Curated the exhibition “Chain—An Exhibition of Chinese and British Contemporary Art in HE Environment”, at the Library of CUMTB, China;
(4) 2016.03, organized the group exhibition “Redefining the Artistic Canon” and invited 10 artists who are also teachers from different universities in China, the U.S., the UK, and AU, at Jingshi Gallery, Beijing Normal University, China;
(5) 2015.02, organized the group exhibition “This is all I’m going to say, you know what I mean.” and invited 7 artists from China, the UK, and Greece, the gallery of the University of Lincoln, UK;
(6) 2015.01, held my solo exhibition “Entanglement”, at the Gallery of the University of Lincoln, UK;
4. Academic Achievement
Joined more than 30 times group exhibitions, held a solo show in the UK, two female artists exhibitions in the US, and published more than 20 papers on presses;
(1) Book, Research on A Status of the Lines, published by the Hubei Fine Art Publishing House, Wuhan, China, 2020.12;
(2) Painting ’Rose and Silk Strings’, joined “Tropical Flowers” Theme Art Invitational Exhibition, Sanya Gallery, Hainan Province, China, 2023.04;
(3) Art Installation ‘Life samples’, joined in 2021 China “The 8th Visualization and Visual Analytics Conference Arts Program”, Wuhan, China, 2021.07;
(4) Art Installation ‘Direction’, made in “Reproduce planning” —Nanbao Bay, Nanhuang island, Yantai, China,2020.10;
(5) Great wall painting ‘ Bule Whale’, made in “Beautiful China·Artistic Ci County”—the Second Term Taihang Art Season, Hebei Province, China, 2020.09;
(6) Performance works ‘Fragments of a Books’, Zhe gallery, Songzhuang Art Zone, Beijing, China, 2020.08;
(7) Paintings ‘Mysterious Garden’ series, joined “Field·Horizon” the Seventh Contemporary Art Invitation Exhibition, Beihang Gallery, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2019.09;
(8) Paintings ’Lost Landscape’ series, joined in ‘A Share of a Future’, group exhibition, at the library of CUMTB, 2019.03;
(9) Paintings ’Jungle series’, joined in ‘Moveable Theater - 2018 Contemporary Female Artists Inviting Exhibition’, group exhibition, at the Art Gallery of Shenzhen University, Guangdong, China, 2018.12;
(10) Paintings ‘Paradise Lost’ series, participated in ‘Multitude Landscape - Female Artists’, group exhibition, at the Art Gallery of Hubei Institute of Fine Art, Wuhan, China, 2018.09;
(11) Installations ‘Collection’ series, ‘Time’, and painting ‘Blooming’, exhibited in ‘Chain - An Exhibition of Chinese and British Contemporary Art in HE Environment’, at the Library of CUMTB, China, 2018.07;
(12) Digital creative work ‘City of Landscape 2’, joined in “The Art of Asian Languages Books” as Vehicles, at the Green Art gallery, the Biola University, US, 2018.02;
(13) Drawing ‘At night’, exhibited in ‘Inheritance & Development: the 6th Contemporary Art Exhibition’, at the Beihang Gallery, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China, 2017.10;
(14) Digital works ‘City of Landscape 2’, joined in ‘The Art of Asian Languages Books as Vehicles’, at the Library of Stanford University, US, 2017.08;
(15) Digital works ‘City of Landscape 2’, joined in ‘The Art of Asian Languages Books as Vehicles’, at the Oklahoma State University Museum of Art, US, 2017.04;
(16) Digital works ‘City of Landscape’ series, joined in ‘Art • Text’ (Contemporary Chinese & British Art Exhibition), at the Gallery of North China University of Science and Technology, China, 2017.04;
5. Awards and Honors
(1) Excellence Award, Case ‘Exploration of extracurricular art education in universities through sharing and interconnection’, innovation, and reformation of art education, Beijing Municipal Education Commission, 2021;
(2) The first prize, Design ‘Campus card’, in all applications in CUMTB, 2021;
(3) The third prize, Article ‘Strategies of art education in universities’, papers of art education, Beijing Municipal Education Commission, 2020;
(4) The second prize, Oil Painting ‘Indoor Spring’, exhibited in ‘Art
China’s National Painting Exhibition at China (Beijing) International
Cultural and Creative Industries Expo, Gallery of Tsinghua University, 2007;