Liu Zhen was born in Hebei Province, China in 1969. He graduated from Beijing Technology Institute, Beijing, China in 1991. Selected Exhibitions: 2010 Gwangju Biennale, South Korea; 2009 "Photography Now: China, Japan, Korea", San Francisco, CA; 2006 "Mahjong, Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection", Germany; 2006 The 6th Gwangju Biennale, Korea; 2005 "Follow Me", Japan ; 2005 "Chinese Art at the Threshold of the New Millenium", Japan; 2004 "The Chinese", Germany; 2004 The 5th Shanghai Biennale, China; 2003 "Strangers: The First ICP Triennial of Photography and Video", NY, USA; 2003 "50th Biennale di Venezia", Italy; 2002 "Reinterpretation: A Decade of Experimental Chinese Art", 1st Guangzhou Triennial, China; 2001 Solo Exhibition in Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China. Permanent Collections: International Center of Photography, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco.