Andrew Lui
paintings
Artist Statement
For thirty odd years, I have earnestly toiled in my artistic pursuit, progressing from resolute to probable; from absolute to relative; from conceptual to reflecting life and from trendy to cognitive. Somewhat bewildered and not learning much along the way, I have now reached the crossroad of post-modernity.
Experiences, to me, are the moments of self-inflicted happiness from the ups and downs in life. In recent years, I have indulged myself in depicting the melancholy as well as the exhilaration of voyageurs on the move. They can be the lasting regrets of the Roman cavalries as described by Paolo Uccello or the disillusions of the Crusaders travelling on their never-ending journey….horses and pilgrims self-professing a shared common destiny: men and horses; misery and bliss, life and death, and the perpetual interplay of between emptiness and fulfillment. I must confess that I am addicted to this temporal yet virtual relationship to life and aesthetic standard…
The confrontation between the eastern and western civilizations; the expansive nature of Judeo-Christian civilization and the intrinsic fermentation of the Chinese Confucian-Buddhist civilization, I count myself blessed to be able to live in such a niche. Since the Renaissance period, humanistic values have been advocated by both the eastern and western aesthetics. These combine with the evolution of the post-modernistic language as well as the non-secular yet subversive elements in the Ming-Qing paintings have provided unlimited rumination and struggle for my artistic creations.
Pilgrimage is virtual in nature. The scene is a fictitious set-up and the space seems to be ready for staging an opera from olden days. The only real elements are the sorrows and joys of living, the comings and goings of the actors as well as the ups and downs in life.
BIOGRAPHY
1951 Born in Canton (Guangzhou), China
1966-68 Participated in the Chinese Cultural Revolution, Red-Guard member
1968-70 Participated in the Reform & then sent to a farm
1970 Migrated to Hong Kong by swimming
1972 Migrated to Toronto, Canada
1978 Naturalized as a Canadian
Lived and worked in Montréal as artist and curator
1983 Established AVIUS Associates
1995-now Director of Han Art Gallery
EDUCATION
1963-68 Guangzhou 6th High School (Secondary Education,) Guangzhou, China
1970-72 Takming College • Economy & Literature, Hong Kong
1972-75 Ontario College of Art • Art, Toronto, Canada
1975-77 Acadamia Belle Arti • Art, Florence, Italy
British Institute of Florence • Art •
Renaissance studies, Florence, Italy
1977-78 University of London • Art History & Art Criticism, London, UK
SCHOLARSHIPS & AWARDS
1970-72 Chongshan Scholarship, Hong Kong
Bonan Scholarship, Hong Kong
1972-75 Nora Vaughn Scholarship, Toronto
1976 Italian Ministry of Culture and Tourism Scholarship
1981 Mural Competition • City of Montréal • 1st Prize, Montréal
1982 Project Competition • Award •Province of Alberta, Alberta
SOLO EXHIBITONS
1974 Gallery 76 • A bird with unique breast, Toronto, Canada
1976 Gallery Teorama • The way home, Florence, Italy
1977 Pallazzo Strozzi • Homage to Fellini, Florence, Italy
1978 Artlenders • Birdize, Montreal, Canada
Meriman Gallery • Birdize, Figlina Valdarno, Italy
1978 Galleria d’Arte "Le Collonine" • Birdize, Florence, Italy
La Galerie d’Egmont • Le fleuve et Lui & Moth,
Bruxelles, Belgium
1979 Galerie Bernard Desroches • Le fleuve et Lui, Montreal, Canada
Galerie d’Aquatine • Le fleuve et Lui, Montréal, Canada
Galerie Georges Loranger• Le fleuve et Lui & Moth, Toronto, Canada
Galerie Kien Long • Le fleuve et Lui, Bruxelles, Belgium
1980 Galerie L’Haifge • Le fleuve et Lui, Utrecht, Holland
Galerie Images Faceb • Le fleuve et Lui & Moth
Ottawa, Canada
Galerie Georges Loranger • Le fleuve et Lui & Moth, Toronto, Canada
1981 Galerie Images Faceb • Moth, Ottawa, Canada
Galerie Georges Loranger • Sail to Byzantine, Toronto, Canada
Season Gallery • Sail to Byzantine, La Haie, Holland
1982 Société Interart • Moth & Water monument, Montreal, Canada
Westmount Public Library • Graphic works, Montreal, Canada
Galerie Lavrov-Tannenbaum • Landing Angle, Toronto, Canada
1983 Galerie Mateus • Water Monument, Montreal, Canada
Pavillon du Québec • Water Monument, Montreal, Canada
Galerie Catherine Bournival • Les deux univers de Andrew Lui, Montreal, Canada
1984 Galerie Port Maurice • Thirteen ways of looking at the black bird, Montreal, Canada
Galerie Lavrov• Landing Angle, Paris, France
1985 Galerie Convergence • Thirteen ways of looking at the black bird, Montreal, Canada
1987 T R Rogers Gallery • The Falling of Horseman, New York Art Expo
Galerie Taifer Cote-Burnham• The Falling of Horseman, Montreal, Canada
Anna Issac Gallery• The Falling of Horseman, Beverley Hills, USA
Michael Liu Art Centre• The Falling of Horseman, Santa Monica, USA
Neo Faber Gallery • The Falling of Horseman, Toronto, Canada
1988 Neo Faber Gallery • Ten Year Retrospective Exhibition, Toronto, Canada
1990 Anna Issac Gallery • Black Knight, Beverley Hills, USA
Neo Faber Gallery • The Children of the Republic, To, Canada
Galerie Jean Renoir • Journey, Montreal, Canada
1991 Sing Tao Newspaper Gallery • Knight (Zhu Lan co-expo,) Toronto, Canada
Galerie d’Arts Contemporains •Tête métaphysique, Montreal, Canada
1992 Galerie d’Arts Contemporains • Knight, Montreal, Canada
1999 Han Art Contemporain •Tête métaphysique, Montreal, Canada
2000 Han Art Contemporain •Crusade, Montreal, Canada
2001 Han Art Contemporain •Pythias, Montreal, Canada
Prince Arthur Gallery •Pythias (Zhu Lan co-expo,) Toronto, Canada
2002 Han Art Contemporain • Profile Assimulated, Mtl, Canada
Gallery DeNovo • Profile Assimulated, Sun Valley, Idaho, USA
2003 Han Art Contemporain •Tête métaphysique, Mtl, Canada
Gallery DeNovo •Tête métaphysique, Sun Valley, Idaho, USA
2004 Han Art Contemporain •Quo Vadis, Montreal, Canada
Gallery DeNovo •Quo Vadis, Sun Valley, Idaho, USA
2005 Han Art • Pilgrim Progress I, Westmount, QC, Canada
Gallery DeNovo • Pilgrim Progress, Sun Valley, Idaho, USA
Hayes George Gallery • Pilgrim Progress, Charlotte, NC, USA
Art Beatus • Pilgrim Progress, Hong Kong
2006 Han Art •Pilgrim Progress II, Westmount, QC, Canada
Gallery DeNovo, "Duologue," Sun Valley, Idaho, USA
2009 Gallery DeNovo, Sun Valley, Idaho, USA
Oeno Gallery, Bloomfield, ON, Canada
2010 Han Art, 'The Pilgrimage Continues', Westmount, QC, Canada
2011 Oeno Gallery, Bloomfield, ON, Canada
Gallery DeNovo, 'Continua', Sun Valley, Idaho, USA
2013 Han Art, 'Pilgrim Progess III', Westmount, QC, Canada
2014 Oeno Gallery, Bloomfield ON, Canada
2016 Wallace Galleries, 'New Works', Calgary, AB, Canada
Han Art, 'Disheveled Hair I', Westmount, QC, Canada
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1975 Harbourfront Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Gallery 76, Toronto, Canada
1976 Meriman Gallery, Figlina Valdarno, Italy
1977 University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, USA
1978 Salon des Metiers d’Arts, Mtl, Canada
D’Arte Fiore de Bologna, Bologna, Italy
1979 Musée du Québec, QC, Canada
Galerie au Pond de la Cour, Paris, France
Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, Canada
1981 Traveling Expo •Print & Plate, Mtl & QC & Calgary
Galerie Lavalin, Boston, USA,Tokyo, Japan
L’Ecole Royale des Beaux Arts, Bruxelles, Belgium
George Loranger Gallery,Toronto, Canada
Galerie Jordan, Montreal, Canada
Gallery Eighties, Toronto, Canada
1982 Kensington Art Gallery, Calgary, USA
1983 Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, Canada
Salon des Galeries d’Arts, Montreal, Canada
1984 Salon des Galeries d’Arts, Montreal, Canada
Basel Art 84, Basel, Belgium
1985 Salon des Galeries d’Arts, Montreal, Canada
1986 Galerie de UQAM, Montreal, Canada
TD International Art Competition, Toronto, Canada
Total University, Seoul, Korea
1987 Total Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1988 New York Art Expo, New York, USA
LA Art Expo, LA, USA
Galerie Espace, Montreal, Canada
1991 Galerie d’Arts Contemporains, Montreal, Canada
1999 G. Wals Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany
Maldach Gallery, Budapest, Hungry
Düsseldorf Art Fair, Düsseldorf, Germany
2002-04 Galley DeNovo, Sun Valley, Idaho, USA
2003 Vieux Presbytére, St. Bruno, QC
Han Art Contemporain, Montreal, Canada
2005 Galerie Les Modernes, Montreal, Canada
2007 Art Miami, Miami Beach, Florida, USA
ArtDC, Washington DC, USA
Honk Kong Jockey Club - Art Beatus, Hong Kong
Friesen Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2009 Art Santa Fe - Hillcrest Galleries, New Mexico USA
2010 Denovo Gallery. Seattle Washington, USA
2010-2011 Art Chicago - DeNovo Gallery, Illinois, USA
2013 Shanghai Art Fair - Halcyon Jade Gallery, Shanghai China
2004 - 2010 Toronto International Art Fair (TIAF,) Toronto, Canada
2010-2011 Art Chicago-DeNovo Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, USA
2013 Shanghai Art Fair - Halycon Gallery, Shanghai, China
2011-2016 Toronto International Art Fair - Han Art Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
Public Art / Mural Monument Art Projects
Palaid de Congress • Fountain, Mtl, Canada
China Town Montréal • Nine Songs • Low Relief, Mtl, Canada
China Town Montréal • Ceremonial Gateway, Mtl, Canada
Grant Ballet du Canadien • Production of Ballet • 1984, Mtl, Canada
National Assembly of Alberta • Outdoor Sculpture, Edmonton, Canada
Hot and Spicy • Mural & the others, Montréal, Canada
Les Chinois • Mural & the others, Montréal, Canada
H.B. Centre • Low Relief, Denver, USA
Aquilini Tower • Mural & the others, Montréal, Canada
Bonsai Garden‧Botanical Garden •Calligraphy, Montréal, Canada
Department of Financial Service of Montréal • Memorial Column, Montréal, Canada
Chinese Hospital of Montréal • Wood Carving Panel, Montréal, Canada
Galerie de Ile Mille • Soft Sculpture, Rosemère, Canada
Galerie St. Eustache • Soft Sculpture, St. Eustache, Canada
Galerie St. Hyacinthe • Soft Sculpture, St. Hyacinthe, Canada
Y.W.C.A Montréal • Mural, Montréal, Canada
HSBC Bank • Mural & the others, Montréal, Canada
Hotel La Shangri-La • Decorative Mural & the others, Montréal, Canada
Hotel de la Montagne • Decorative Mural & the others, Montréal, Canada
Hotel la Citadell • Decorative Mural & the others, Montréal, Canada
Hotel Lord Berri• Decorative Mural & the others, Montréal, Canada
Hotel Garden on the Gulf • Decorative Mural & the others, Summerville, PEI, Canada
Hotel Chateau Mont Ste Anne • Decorative Art & the others, Mont Ste Anne, Canada
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Musée d’Art Contemporain, Montréal, Canada
Musée de Québec, Québec, Canada
Musée de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec
Musée de Dijon, Dijon, France
Ontario College of Art, Toronto, Canada
L’Ecole des Beaux Arts, Bruxelles, Belgium
Pallazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy
Rodman Hall Art Centre, Ste-Catherine, Montréal
Grimsby Art Gallery, Grimsby, Ontario
McLaughlin Art Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario
Art Gallery of Stratford (Ontario,) Stratford, Ontario, Ca
Couberg Art Gallery, Couberg, Ontario
Ville de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
Hunter College, New York, USA
Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, B.C
Washington State University, Seattle, USA
University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado
Jardin Botanique du Montréal, Montréal, Canada
National Library, Munich, Germany
Riden Hall, Collection of the Governor General of Canada, Ottowa
Le Citadel, Collection of the Governor Gerneral of Canada, QC
Anni SW Wong Foundation, Hk
Hopital Maisonneuve - Rosemont, Montreal
CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Bioxalis Medica, Montréal, Canada
Ogilvy Renault Lawyers, Montréal, Canada
Lise Watier Inc., Montréal, Canada
Frank & Wania Chemical, Toronto, Canada
Security Biometric, Montréal, Canada
ASC Inc., Montréal, Canada
ISA, Montréal, Canada
Glaskaster International, Budapest & Stuttgart
Mirebeau Bank, Switzerland
First Equity A.G., Zurich, Switzerland
Jill Vogel Inc., Pebble Beach, California
North West Power Corporation, Seattle, USA
Morgan Stanley, San Francisco, USA
Monit Enterprise, Montréal, Canada
Mont Royal Conference Centre, Montréal, Canada
Michel Panzini Architect, Montréal, Canada
William Hays Architect, Sun Vallery, ID, USA
Brian Elsden Barrows Architect, Montréal, Canada
Labofarm Inc., Montréal, Canada
Singdao Newspaper, Hong Kong & Toronto
Mondo, Turino, Italy & Montréal
Cetis Capital, Montréal, Canada
Multican Realties, Montréal, Canada
Chalette Trego 30 miles Resort, Lakewood, Colorado
Prudential, New York, USA
Aquilini Investment Group, Montréal, Canada
Belcourt Development Group, Montréal, Canada
Bow Valley Industries, Calgary, USA
Canadian Commercial & Industrial Bank, Edmonton, Alberta
C W Bank, Vienna, Austria
Darier Hetsch (Canada) Inc, Montréal, Canada
General Footwear, Montréal, Canada
George Scott Inc, West Palm Beach, USA
Harley Inc / Guildan Inc., Montréal, Canada
HSBC of Canada, Montréal, Canada
Hot & Spicy Inc, Montréal, Canada
Hotel la Citadelle, Montréal, Canada
Hotel de la Montagne, Montréal, Canada
Hotel Lord Berri, Montréal, Canada
Hotel Shangri La, Montréal, Canada
Kreisparkasse, Calw, Germany
Lavalin Collection, Montréal, Canada
Montréal Chinese Hospital, Montréal, Canada
Nova Corp, Calgary, USA
Prudential Insurance, Toronto , Canada
PT Lincoln Corporation, Jakarta, Indonesia
Shiga Holding Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
Singapore Harilea Hotel, Singapore
Sun Life Insurance, Toronto, Canada
Surentec, Montréal, Canada
Tai Fong International Ltd, Toronto, Canada
Thorne Ernst & Whitney, Toronto, Canada
Tissa Systems Ltd, Toronto, Canada
Univic Development Consultants, Taichung, Taiwan
Vermont ETV, Burlington, USA
Esprit, Shanghai, China
Citic.China / Southeast Resources Corp, Zhu Hai, China
William Hays Architectural, Design & Management Inc, Ketchum, Idaho, USA
Lake & Forest Bank, Chicago, USA
DKNY, NY, USA
HP, Boise, ID, USA
Lumigem, Montréal, Canada
Bank of America, Charlotte, NC, USA
S. Desmarais, France
L. St Clair, Toronto
PUBLICATION
A bird with unique breast, 1974, Woodcut‧Poem by Andrew Lui
Graphic works of Andrew Lui, 1978, Text by M.B.Weinmamn
Profil du soleil noir, 1981, Woodcut‧Poem by M.B.Weinmamn
Thirteen ways of looking at the black bird, 1983, Poem of Wallace Stevens
Les deux univers de Andrew Lui, 1985, Text by Dr. J.P.DuQuette
Sail to Byzantine, 1987, Text by Eric Devlin
Selected work of Andrew Lui 2002-2005, 2005, Text by Michael Carpenter
The Pilgrim Progress, 2005, Text by Bernard Levy & Andrew Lui
Andrew Lui, Pilgrim Progress / La progression du pelerin, 2013, text by Andrew Lui (Translated by Richard Yiu), Dorota Kozinska, John Pohl, Monique Brunet Weinmann
DOCUMENTARY
Le fleuve et Lui, 1979-80 Blue Cloud Production & Concordia University & Loyola College
Co-production‧Montréal, Director：Alec Macleod
SELECTED CURATORIAL PROJECT
Le Condition humaine, 1983, Pavillon Canada‧World Expo‧Montréal
Recent work of Chueng Shuk Fung, 1988, Hong Kong Art Centre‧Hong kong
Man & Space, 1988, Michael Liu Art Centre‧Santa Monica‧California
Sciami‧Bruno Ceccobelli, 1991, Han Art Contemporain
The Malta Project by András Márkos, 1995, National Museum of Fine Art‧Valletta‧Malta
Nicolaus on Clemente, 1997, Han Art Contemporain‧Montréal & AAA‧NY
Star Fields‧Michael Flomen, 1997, Han Art Contemporain
Rising‧Michel Flomen, 1997, Ricco / Maresca Gallery New York
Homage to Matisse, 1997, Han Art Contemporain
Trou Noir, 1998, Montréal Biennial‧Montréal
L′Essence‧Chuang Che & Zhu Lan, 1999, Galerie Lacerte‧Québec & Han Art Contemporain‧Mtl
Italian Trans-Avant-Guard‧Painting & Sculpture, 1999, Han Art Contemporain Montréal
L′Esprit de ligne, 1999, Han Art Contemporain‧Montréal
Dove non mettere né mani né piedi‧Roberto Barni, 2000, Ville de Siena Italy
Tête métaphysique et autre images, 2000, Four Season Hotel & Han Art Contemporain‧Mtl
Review of Chinese contemporary art, 2000, Choppo Museum of Art, Mexico City
Segments An exhibition of the Canadian art of a new century, 2001, Mestna City Art Museum‧Ljubljana‧Sloveni
Segments An exhibition of the Canadian art of a new century, 2001, Da Lian Fine Art Museum
Celebration of Humanity‧Portraiture, 2000, Four Season Hotel Montréal
Millenium‧Contemporary paintings of Québec, 2000, Four Season Hotel Montréal
Macrocosm & Microcosm, 2003, Han Art Contemporain
Enchantement & Disenchantement, 2004, Han Art Contemporain
Legitimacy of Poem, 2004, Toronto International Art Fair 2004 (TIAF)
Being timelessness as it is to time, 2005, Galerie Han Art‧Montréal
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