刘正勇
简介Biography
刘正勇（Liu Zheng Yong），1980年生于中国湖南株洲，2004年毕业于天津美术学院油画专业。他迅速脱颖而出，被选择为在西方世界弘扬中国当代艺术的一员。其创作着眼于人物肖像，多为胸像，从困顿到燃烧的情感，每个人物可与特定背景联系，弃绝参照而独树一格。画面中，简单自然勾勒的身体突显于坚定而无明确意指的背景上，外轮廓线被沉定的力量擦掉，呈现明确而可感的人性表达。艺术家以狂暴的方式雕塑人物，颜料如成跎的潮湿泥土，通过虔诚笃信地用排笔一层层置放材料，追求可触的物质厚度，以表达内心最深处的重量。作品表达“伤痛-奋发的新的精神的诞生”的份量感，笔触或小或大，点就肉体表面直至颤栗；颜料专注，有时近于纯色，将斑点转化为鲜活的生命体。血从脉管流出，呈现于身体多处，记载艺术家活在当下的红色心悸印痕。渲染的光辉（有时为绿色，因被绿植过滤；有时暗哑，因被天空灰色吸走）着于皮肤，使画面有彩虹般的暗示与震颤；暗沉阴影的对比衬显低调肉体以悸动光辉。这种情感负荷的力量迸发出无与伦比的当代性，赋予刘正勇超越时间与地点的艺术语言。法国批评家Hélène de Montgolfier曾撰文评论其作品。
Liu Zhengyong, born in Hunan in 1980, graduated from Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts in 2004. His works mainly involve painting and installation art. From 2011 to 2013, he was invited to artist residency projects in France and Germany. From 2014 to 2015, he was invited by the museum in France to paint in Southern France and Paris and to present his personal art projects. He was invited by the Art Foundation Amsterdam to hold an exhibition in Biennale in Venice,Italy. Born in Hunan, China 2006 Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, Oil Painting , Bachelor Now living and working in Beijing.
代表作Selected Works
展览履历Exhibitions
- 2026我的圣维克多山上海市徐汇区武康路376号武康庭内3层 · 狮語画廊Leo Gallery
艺见洞察ArtMatters Insights
代表作与创作Selected Works & Style
根据平台“结构化艺术家档案数据”，刘正勇（1980年生于湖南株洲，2004年毕业于天津美术学院油画专业）的代表作主要包括：
- 《神话》系列（2026，布面油画）
- 《抽象计划》系列（2020、2026，布面油画）
- 《穿越风暴的人》（2023，布面油画）
- 《感性体》系列（2020、2022、2024，布面油画）
- 《肖像·身份》（2017，布面油画）
- 《健忘的人》（2023，布面油画）
**创作特点**：
刘正勇的创作以具象艺术、表现性具象和观念艺术为基本框架，常用媒介为油画，也涉及综合材料、装置与影像；题材多围绕人物、情感、身体、死亡、社会评论、记忆与时间、身份认同等。在绘画上，他以人物肖像尤其是胸像为主，表现人物从困顿到燃烧的情感状态；背景坚定但无明确意指，人物外轮廓被沉定力量擦掉，颜料像潮湿泥土一样一层层堆叠，追求可触的物质厚度和内心重量。笔触或大或小，在肉体表面点染至颤栗，常出现血迹般的红色斑痕；被绿植过滤的绿光或被灰色天空吸走的暗哑光线落在皮肤上，形成彩虹般暗示与暗沉阴影的对比，使画面具有强烈的当代性。档案还提及法国批评家 Hélène de Montgolfier 曾为其撰文评论。
According to the platform’s artist archive, **Liu Zheng Yong** (b. 1980, Zhuzhou, Hunan; graduated from Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts in 2004) is known for expressive figurative painting, mainly in oil on canvas, while also working across video, mixed media, and installation.
**Representative works** listed in the archive include:
- *神话 / Myth* series (2026)
- *抽象计划 / Abstract Plan* (2020, 2026)
- *穿越风暴的人 / The Man Who Walked Through the Storm* (2023)
- *感性体 / Sensory Body* (2020, 2022, 2024)
- *肖像·身份 / Portrait · Identity* (2017)
- *健忘的人 / The Forgetful Man* (2023)
**Creative style**
His work is categorized in the archive as figurative, experimental, expressive figuration, and conceptual art. His central subjects are often bust-length portraits, moving between states of hardship and burning emotion. The figures are placed against firm but nonspecific backgrounds, with outer contours softened or erased, producing a direct and tangible human presence.
Liu Zheng Yong treats paint almost sculpturally: pigment is applied like clumps of wet earth, built layer by layer to create a tactile material thickness and convey inner weight. The archive describes his work as expressing “pain—the birth of a new, striving spirit.” Brushstrokes, both small and large, animate the surface of the flesh; color sometimes approaches pure intensity, turning marks into living forms. Blood appears to flow from the body in several places, registering the artist’s visceral, present-tense experience. Light in his paintings may appear greenish, as if filtered through plants, or dimmed, as if absorbed by a gray sky; dark shadows contrast with the low-key flesh and its throbbing glow. This emotional charge gives his language a strong contemporaneity that, as the archive notes, extends beyond a specific time and place. French critic Hélène de Montgolfier has written about his work.
展览与收藏Exhibitions & Collections
根据平台“结构化艺术家档案数据”，刘正勇（Liu Zheng Yong，1980年生）的展览与收藏记录如下：
**展出机构**
- **狮語画廊 Leo Gallery**（上海）
展览：“我的圣维克多山”，2026年
地点：上海市徐汇区武康路376号武康庭内3层
**被收藏机构**
- 平台档案中**暂无**明确的收藏机构记录。
以上为平台目前收录的刘正勇展览与收藏信息。文章上下文中提及的其他展览或收藏多为其他艺术家，不能归到刘正勇名下。
According to the available structured artist profile, **Liu Zheng Yong** has an exhibition record at:
- **Leo Gallery (狮語画廊)**, Shanghai
Venue: 3F, 376 Wukang Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai
Exhibition: *我的圣维克多山* (My Mont Sainte-Victoire), 2026
The available profile does **not** list any institutions that collect his work. That information is not provided in the current archive.
