刘天怜
简介Biography
刘天怜，1987年出生于重庆，2009年本科毕业于广州美术学院中国画系，获学士学位；2012年研究生毕业于广州美术学院中国画系，获硕士学位。现居北京。其创作以工笔花鸟为特色，曾举办多次个展，包括2011年“有许多花有许多鱼－刘天怜个展”（唐宁艺廊）、2012年“旧雨新枝－刘天怜工笔作品展”（汇豪社，广州）及“聚焦镜－刘天怜”（虹墙画廊，798艺术区，北京）、2013年“奇幻世界－刘天怜花鸟作品展”（珠江美术馆）。
Liu Tianlian, born in 1987 in Chongqing, graduated from the Department of Chinese Painting at the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts with a Bachelor’s degree in 2009 and a Master’s degree in 2012. She currently lives in Beijing. Her creative practice is characterised by meticulous flower-and-bird painting. She has held numerous solo exhibitions, including “Many Flowers, Many Fish – Liu Tianlian Solo Exhibition” (Tangning Gallery, 2011); “Old Rain, New Branches – Liu Tianlian Meticulous Painting Exhibition” (Huihaoshe, Guangzhou) and “Focus Lens – Liu Tianlian” (Rainbow Wall Gallery, 798 Art Zone, Beijing) in 2012; and “Fantasy World – Liu Tianlian Flower-and-Bird Exhibition” (Pearl River Art Museum) in 2013.
代表作Selected Works
展览履历Exhibitions
- 2023人间蜃景上海市静安区北苏州路490号 · 玉兰堂
艺见洞察ArtMatters Insights
代表作与创作Selected Works & Style
刘天怜（1987年生于重庆）是当代新工笔领域的代表性艺术家。根据平台档案，她的代表作包括《仙会图》《百鸟朝凤》《钟馗嫁妹图》《罗汉出游图》以及“长明灯”系列（如《长明灯——花开富贵》《长明灯——太平有象》）等，多采用纸本或绢本设色。
在创作特点上，她以工笔花鸟为根基，同时融入西方油画的色彩影响，偏爱明艳繁复的色彩与图式。作品题材常涉及自然生态、动物、梦境与神话宗教，风格上兼具装饰性、具象性与浪漫主义气质。工笔的精雕细琢与奇幻的想象并存，使画面具有强烈的叙事感和视觉层次。近年她还尝试镂空刻印等手法，让复杂图案突破二维平面，在光影中形成层层叠叠的立体效果，如文章所述，呈现出“如梦似幻的园林图景”。
Liu Tianlian (b. 1987) is known for a contemporary reinvention of Chinese **gongbi** fine-brush painting, often described as **New Gongbi**, with a decorative, figurative, and romantic sensibility.
**Representative works** include:
- *仙会图* (Gathering of Immortals)
- *长明灯—花开富贵* (Eternal Lamp: Flowers Blooming in Prosperity)
- *长明灯—太平有象* (Eternal Lamp: Elephant of Peace)
- *梅雪香* (Fragrance of Plum Blossom and Snow)
- *钟馗嫁妹图* / *钟馗嫁妹* (Zhong Kui Marrying Off His Sister)
- *荧煌照绮罗* (Radiant Splendor)
- *索拉里斯星上的罗汉* (Arhats on Solaris)
- *罗汉出游图* (Arhats on an Outing)
- *守珠戴兔* (Guarding the Pearl, Wearing the Rabbit)
- *百鸟朝凤* (Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix)
- *闭月修花* (Outshining the Moon, Cultivating Flowers)
**Creative style:**
Her work is rooted in meticulous gongbi technique on paper and silk, but it is distinguished by vivid, densely layered color and ornamental patterning. Her subjects frequently draw on nature, animals, dreamlike imagery, mythology, and religious or legendary figures. She combines traditional Chinese painting motifs with fantastical, narrative-driven scenes. According to her profile and related exhibition notes, her color sensibility is also influenced by Western oil painting, favoring bright, complex chromatic schemes. In works such as *满架紫藤一院香*, she has explored cut-out engraving and layered compositions that move beyond the two-dimensional picture plane, creating a garden-like, illusionistic depth through overlapping motifs and shadows.
展览与收藏Exhibitions & Collections
根据平台档案资料，刘天怜的展览记录中目前收录了一次机构展出：
- **2023年**：个展“人间蜃景”，展出机构为 **玉兰堂**，地点为上海市静安区北苏州路490号。
关于“被哪些机构收藏”，平台现有档案及文章上下文中均未提供具体的收藏机构信息，因此暂无相关资料可查。
According to the platform’s artist archive, 刘天怜’s recorded exhibition history includes:
- 2011 solo exhibition “有许多花有许多鱼 – 刘天怜个展” at Tangning Gallery (唐宁艺廊)
- 2012 “旧雨新枝 – 刘天怜工笔作品展” at Huihao She, Guangzhou (汇豪社)
- 2012 “聚焦镜 – 刘天怜” at Rainbow Wall Gallery, 798 Art District, Beijing (虹墙画廊)
- 2013 “奇幻世界 – 刘天怜花鸟作品展” at Pearl River Art Museum (珠江美术馆)
- 2023 “人间蜃景” at Yulongtang (玉兰堂), located at No. 490 North Suzhou Road, Jing’an District, Shanghai
Regarding institutional collections, the available archival data does not list specific institutions that collect her work, so no further information is available on that point.
