Education:
1978-1981 The Luxun Academy of Fine Arts Attached School, P.R.China
1981-1985 BFA, Department of Traditional Chinese Painting, The Luxun Academy of Fine Arts, P.R.China
1987-1990 MFA, Department of Oil Painting, The Luxun Academy of Fine Arts, P.R.China
1992-1994 MFA, Painting, East Texas State University, Commerce, Texas
Exhibitions:
1984 LiaoNing Fine Arts Exhibition, LiaoNing Fine Arts Exhibition Hall, ShenYang, P.R.China
1985 Undergraduate Exhibition, the Gallery of the Luxun Academy of Fine Arts, P.R.China
1986 LiaoNing Traditional Chinese Painting Exhibition, LiaoNing Fine Arts Exhibition Hall, P.R.China
1988 Luxun Academy of Fine Arts Faculty & Students Show, LiaoNing Fine Arts Exhibition Hall, P.R.China
1989 The 7th National Fine Arts Exhibition, Nanjing, Beijing, Harbin, P.R.China
1989 LiaoNing Fine Art Exhibition, ShenYang, LiaoNing Province, P.R.China
1990 MFA Graduate Exhibition, Gallery of the Luxun Academy of Fine Arts, P.R.China
1990 The Best Oil Painting Competition Nation-Wide 1990, ZherJiang Fine Arts Institute, HangZhou, P.R.China
1990 Fine Arts on Sports Exhibition of LiaoNing Province, LiaoNing Fine Art Exhibition Hall, ShenYang, P.R.China
1991 Faculty Annual Show, Gallery of the Luxun Academy of Fine Arts, P.R.China
1991 The 4th National Picture Book Competition, Beijing, P.R.China
1992 Student Show, East Texas State University, Commerce, Texas (award)
1992 Hiroshima International Art Exhibition of Student Work, group show, Hiroshima, Japan
1993 Critics’ Choice, group show, D-Art, Dallas, Texas
1993 Texas and Neighbors, group show, Irving Art Center, Irving, Texas
1993 Student Show, East Texas State University, Commerce, Texas (award)
1994 Texas and Neighbors, Irving Art Center, Texas
1994 Critics’ Choice, group show, D-Art, Dallas, Texas
1994 USArtists 94, art fair, Philadelphia, PA (Valley House Gallery)
1994 40th Anniversary Exhibition, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1994 MFA Thesis Exhibition, one person show, East Texas State University, Commerce, Texas
1994 The Art Show, 7th Regiment Armory, artfair, New York, New York (Valley House Gallery)
1994 ARTexas 94, art fair, 500 Inc., Dallas Convention Center, Dallas, Texas
1995 Contemporary Still Life and Beyond, group show, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
1995 USArtists 95, art fair, 103 Engineer’s Armory, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Valley House Gallery)
1995 The Art Show, 7th Regiment Armory, artfair, New York, New York (Valley House Gallery)
1995 Reflection and Refraction, one person show, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1995 Great Mentor, group show, Art Center, Woodbury, Tennessee
1996 USArtists 96, art fair, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Valley House Gallery)
1996 Art Miami, art fair, Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami, Florida (Valley House Gallery)
1996 Gallery Artists Exhibition, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
1996 ART 1996 Seattle, Seattle, Washington
1996 Three Points of View, three-person show, Mufreesboro, Tennessee
1997 USArtists 97, art fair, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Valley House Gallery)
1997 The Art Show, 7th Regiment Armory, artfair, New York, New York (Valley House Gallery)
1998 USArtists 98, art fair, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Valley House Gallery)
1998 The Figure: An Invitational Exhibition, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1998 Lines of Sight: Paintings and Drawings, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
1998 16th Annual Juried Exhibition, Pleiades Gallery, New York, New York
1998 National Competition, First Street Gallery, New York, New York
1998 Third Annual National Juried Exhibition, Ceres, New York, New York
1998 36th Annual Open Art Award Exhibition, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
1999 Convergence ’99, Memorial Hall Center for the Arts, Wilmington, Vermont
1999 The Figure, Banana Factory, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
1999 Contemporary Vision ’99, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, Connecticut
1999 The 26th Annual Juried Competition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana
1999 The Art Show, 7th Regiment Armory, artfair, New York (Valley House Gallery)
1999 Cynthia Lin and Jun Cheng Liu, Brazos Gallery, Richland College, Dallas, Texas
2000 One person exhibition, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
2000 Faculty Art Exhibition, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster. Pennsylvania
2000 20th National, New Orleans. Louisiana
2000 Americas 2000, Northwest Art Center, Minot State University, Minot, North Dakota
2001 Word/Text/Language, Morehead State University, Morehead, Kentucky
2001 Artstravaganza, Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee
2001 The American Artists Professtional League 73rd Grand National Exhibition, Salmagundi Club New York, New York
2002 Beyond the Apple and the Bottle: Still Life Invitational, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2002 The Art of the State, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
2002 The 17th Annual Greater Midwest International Exhibition, CMSU, Missouri
2002 Bodies of Art-2, an invitation exhibition, Mulberry Art Studios, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
2002 Annual Award Painting Exhibition, Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Cheltenham, Pennsylvania
2004 Jun Cheng Liu: Pacific Blues, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2004 The Art Show, 7th Regiment Armory, New York, New York (Valley House Gallery)
2004 50th Anniversary Exhibition, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2004 ArtChicago 2004, art fair, Chicago, Illinois (Valley House Gallery)
2005 Valley House Gallery, Masur Museum, Monroe, Louisiana
2013 Suitable Subjects: Contemporary Still Lifes, The Grace Museum, Abilene, Texas
2013 M Path, University Galleries, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas
Awards and Commissions:
1988 Three large historical paintings: “The major battles in Benxi,” commissioned by Benxi Memorial Museum, P.R.China
1989 Three honor certificates, The 7th National Fine Arts Exhibition, P.R.China
1991 Bronze Medal, The 4th National Picture Book Competition, Beijing, P.R.China
1993 Portrait of Dr. Jerry Morris, President of East Texas State University, commissioned by ETSU foundation, Commerce, Texas
1998 Honorable mention, 36th Annual Open Art Award Exhibition, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Literature:
Relative series picture, Sequential Art Magazine, Vol. 2; Farmer’s Magazine, Vol. 4, P.R.China.
“The Sun of Humanity,” Liaoning Picture Magazine, 30 piece series painting, P.R.China, Vol. 3, 1983.
“From the ‘Crystal World’ to ‘the Sun of Humanity,’” The Center of Fine Arts, two illustrations, P.R.China, Vol. 3, 1985.
General Guan Xiangying, picture book, Liaoning People’s Fine Art Publishing House, P.R.China.
Big Maize Cart reproduced, The Center of Fine Arts, Vol. 2, 1990; Art Panorama, Vol. 3, 1990;
Chinese Oil Painting, Vol. 3, 1990; Chinese and Foreign Literature, Vol. 4, 1990, P.R.China.
“An Investigation of Visual Language,” MFA Dissertation, The Center of Fine Arts, P.R.China, Vol. 1, 1991.
“I Love Art,” Liaoning Picture Magazine, four illustrations, P.R.China, Vol. 3, 1991.
“The eyes of Liu,” ETSU Special, two illustrations, Fall, 1992.
Art, Big Maize Cart reproduced, P.R.China, Vol. 4, 1993.
Chinese Oil Painting, White Bow and Yellow Peaches reproduced, P.R.China, Vol. 2, 1993.
1993 Critic’s Choice, exhibition catalogue, D-Art Visual Art Center, illustration, Dallas, Texas.
Chinese Oil Painting, Still Life reproduced P.R.China, Vol. 4, 1994.
Jun Cheng Liu: Reflection and Refraction, exhibition catalogue, Valley House Gallery, Dallas Texas, 1995, 16 pages.
Charles Dee Mitchell, “Two artists’ perspectives on an ancient debate,” The Dallas Morning News, February 24, 1995, pp. C-1, 9, three illustrations.
East Texas Landscape reproduced, The Dallas Morning News Guide, January 15, 1999, p. 54.
“Brazos Gallery Presents 1999 Exhibition, “ The Turtle Creek News, January 31, 1999, p. 10, illust.
Michael Currie, “Lin and Liu delve into the abstract,” Richland Chronicle, February 1, 1999, p. 2, illust.
“GuideLive.com Community Calendar,” The Dallas Morning News/Neighborhood Shopping, February 3, 1999, p. 4.
50th Anniversary, catalogue, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas, 2004, color illustration.
Mike Daniel, “Jun Cheng Liu at Valley House,” The Dallas Morning News Guide, May 7, 2004, illus. p. 53.
Tomio, Kentaro, Editor-in-Chief, “Recent Acquisitions: Highlights from the Permanent Collection,” Preview: The Tyler Museum of Art, August-December 2004, p. 14.
Teaching:
1992 Teaching Assistant, Department of Art, East Texas State University, Commerce, Texas
1994 Professor, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee
1997 Professor, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Collections:
Beijing Concert Hall Gallery, Beijing, P.R.China
Benxi Memorial Museum, P.R.China
East Texas State University, Commerce, Texas
Luxun Academy of Fine Arts, Shenyang, P.R.China
Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, Texas
