LYU Peng Chinese, b. 1967

LYU Peng is a Chinese contemporary painter born in Beijing, China, in 1967. He received his PhD in Chinese Painting from the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, China, in 2007. Through his landscape paintings, Lyu quietly seeks a connection to nature over the never-ending bustle of Chinese urban society. He uses traditional Chinese techniques in contemporary self-reflection as an attempt to find peace in current times. 

Lyu has exhibited as part of the 2013 Venice Biennale, Italy-China Biennial in Monza, Italy, FIAC, Paris, France; Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany; Art Chicago, Chicago, IL; Art Now Art Fair, Miami, FL; and ART ASIA Art Fair, Miami, FL. He has exhibited widely nationally and internationally at the National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China; Today Art Museum, Beijing, China; Songzhuang Art Center, Beijing, China; Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China; Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China; Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, South Korea; Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Zagreb, Croatia; Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX; among others.

His works are in the private and public collections of the National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China; Meilun Art Museum, China; Xiamen Art Museum, China; Being3 Gallery, Beijing, China; Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House, China; Audi AG, China; Prajna Art Foundation, Hong Kong; Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, South Korea; Geoje Arts Center, Geoje, South Korea; Mulan Gallery, Singapore; Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO; Asian Art Coordinating Council, Denver, CO; among others. Lyu is a Director at the Beijing Association of Meticulous Painting, the Managing Director and Deputy Secretary-General of the Beijing Institute of Education Art Education Research Association, and a Director of the Pastel Society of Beijing.