Andrew Lui: Biography
1951
1966-68
1968-70
1970
1972
1978
1983
1995 -Now
Born in Canton (Guangzhou), China
Participated in Chinese Cultural Revolution as a member of Red-Guard
Participated in the Reform & sent to farm
Exiled to Hong Kong by swimming
Migrated to Toronto, Canada
Naturalized as a Canadian, lived and worked in Montréal as artist and curator
Established AVIUS Associates
Director of Han Art Gallery
Formation
1963-68
1970-72
1972-75
1975-77
1977
Guangzhou 6th High School (Secondary Education)
Takming College • Economy & Literature
Ontario College of Art • Art
Acadamia Belle Arti • Art
British Institute of Florence • Art • Renaissance Study
University of London – School of African and Asian studies
• Study on History of Art and Criticism
Guangzhou, China
Hong Kong
Toronto, Canada
Florence, Italy
Florence, Italy
London, UK
Individual Exhibitions
1974
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1987
1988
1990
1991
1992
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2009
2010
2011
2013
2014
2016
2017
2018
Gallery 76 • A bird with unique breast
Gallery Teorama • The way home
Pallazzo Strozzi • Homage to Fellini
Artlenders • Birdize
Meriman Gallery • Birdize
Galleria d’Arte “Le Collonine” • Birdize
La Galerie d’Egmont • Le fleuve et Lui & Moth
Galerie Bernard Desroches • Le fleuve et Lui
Galerie d’Aquatine • Le fleuve et Lui
Galerie Georges Loranger • Le fleuve et Lui & Moth
Galerie Kien Long • Le fleuve et Lui
Galerie L’Haifge • Le fleuve et Lui
Galerie Images Faceb • Le fleuve et Lui & Moth
Galerie Georges Loranger • Le fleuve et Lui & Moth
Galerie Images Faceb • Moth
Galerie Georges Loranger • Chuang Che & Andrew Lui
Season Gallery • Sail to Byzantine
La Société Interart • Moth & Water monument
Westmount Public Library • Graphic works
Galerie Lavrov-Tannenbaum • Oleg Tselkov & Andrew Lui
Galerie Mateus • Water Monument
Pavillon du Québec • Water Monument
Galerie Catherine Bournival • Les deux univers de Andrew Lui
Galerie Port Maurice • Thirteen ways of looking at the black bird
Galerie Lavrov • Oleg Tselkov & Andrew Lui
Galerie Convergence • Thirteen ways of looking at the black bird
T R Rogers Gallery • The Falling of Horseman
Galerie Taifer Cote-Burnham • The Falling of Horseman
Anna Issac Gallery • The Falling of Horseman
Michael Liu Art Centre • Josephine Cheung & Andrew Lui
Neo Faber Gallery • The Falling of Horseman
Neo Faber Gallery • Ten Year Retrospective Exhibition
Anna Issac Gallery • Black Knight
Neo Faber Gallery • The Children of the Republic
Galerie Jean Renoir • Journey
Sing Tao Newspaper Gallery • Knight (Zhu Lan co-expo)
Galerie d’Arts Contemporains • Tête métaphysique
Galerie d’Arts Contemporains • Knight
Han Art Contemporain • Tête métaphysique
Han Art Contemporain • Crusade
Han Art Contemporain • Pythias
Prince Arthur Gallery • Pythias (Zhu Lan co-expo)
Han Art Contemporain • Profile Assimulated
Gallery DeNovo • Profile Assimulated
Han Art Contemporain • Tête métaphysique
Gallery DeNovo • Tête métaphysique
Han Art Contemporain • Quo Vadis
Gallery DeNovo • Quo Vadis
Han Art • Pilgrim Progress I
Gallery DeNovo • Pilgrim Progress
Hayes George Gallery • Pilgrim Progress
Art Beatus • Pilgrim Progress
Han Art • Pilgrim Progress II
Gallery DeNovo • Duologue
Gallery DeNovo • Cantabile
Oeno Gallery • New works
Han Art • The Pilgrimage Continues
Oeno Gallery
Gallery DeNovo • Continua
Han Art • Pilgrim Progress III
Oeno Gallery
Wallace Galleries • New works
Han Art • Disheveled Hair I
Ced Art Gallery
Oeno Gallery
Han Art • Guilded Age
Oeno Gallery • Whisper in the Wind
Toronto, ON, Canada
Florence, Italy
Florence, Italy
Montréal, QC, Canada
Figlina Valdarno, Italy
Florence, Italy
Bruxelles, Belgium
Montréal, QC, Canada
Montréal, QC, Canada
Toronto, ON, Canada
Bruxelles, Belgium
Utrecht, Holland
Ottawa, ON, Canada
Toronto, ON, Canada
Ottawa, ON, Canada
Toronto, ON, Canada
Haie, Holland
Montréal, QC, Canada
Westmount, QC, Canada
Toronto, ON, Canada
Montréal, QC, Canada
Montréal, QC, Canada
Montréal, QC, Canada
Montréal, QC, Canada
Montréal, QC, Canada
Paris, France
New York Art Expo, NY
Montréal, QC, Canada
Beverley Hills, USA
Santa Monica, USA
Toronto, ON, Canada
Toronto, ON, Canada
Beverley Hills, USA
Toronto, ON, Canada
Montréal, QC, Canada
Toronto, ON, Canada
Montréal, QC, Canada
Montréal, QC, Canada
Montréal, QC, Canada
Montréal, QC, Canada
Montréal, QC, Canada
Toronto, ON, Canada
Montréal, QC, Canada
Sun Valley, Idaho, USA
Montréal, QC, Canada
Sun Valley, Idaho, USA
Montréal, QC, Canada
Sun Valley, Idaho, USA
Sun Valley, Idaho, USA
Charlotte, NC, USA
Westmount, QC, Canada
Hong Kong, China
Westmount, QC, Canada
Sun Valley, Idaho, USA
Sun Valley, Idaho, USA
Prince Edward County, ON
Westmount, QC, Canada
Bloomfield, ON, Canada
Sun Valley, Idaho, USA
Westmount, QC, Canada
Bloomfield, ON, Canada
Calgary, AB, Canada
Westmount, QC, Canada
Geneva, Switzerland
Bloomfield, ON, Canada
Westmount, QC, Canada
Bloomfield, ON, Canada
Selected Collective Exhibitions
1974
1976
1977
1978
1979
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1991
1999
2002-04
2003
2005
2007
2009
2010
2004-10
2010-11
2013
2011-18
2019
Harbourfront Gallery
Gallery 76
Meriman Gallery
University of Northern Colorado
Salon des Metiers d’Arts
D’Arte Fiore de Bologna
Musée du Québec
Galerie au Pond de la Cour
Toronto International Art Fair
Traveling Expo • Print & Plate
Galerie Lavalin
L’Ecole Royale des Beaux Arts
George Loranger Gallery
Galerie Jordan
Gallery Eighties
Kensington Art Gallery
Toronto International Art Fair
Salon des Galeries d’Arts
Salon des Galeries d’Arts
Basel Art 84
Salon des Galeries d’Arts
Galerie de UQAM
TD International Art Competition
Total University
Total Gallery
New York Art Expo
LA Art Expo
Galerie Espace
Galerie d’Arts Contemporains
G. Wals Gallery
Maldach Gallery
Düsseldorf Art Fair
Galley DeNovo
Vieux Presbytére
Han Art Contemporain
Galerie Les Modernes
Art Miami – DeNovo Gallery
ArtDC – Han Art Gallery
Washington DC, USA
Hong Kong Jockey Club – Art Beatus
Friesen Gallery
Art Santa Fe – Hillcrest Galleries
DeNovo Gallery
Toronto International Art Fair – Han Art Gallery
Art Chicago – DeNovo Gallery
Shanghai Art Fair – Halcyon Gallery
Toronto International Art Fair – Han Art Gallery
Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary
Art Toronto Art fair
Toronto, ON, Canada
Toronto, ON, Canada
Figlina Valdarno, Italy
Greeley, USA
Montréal, QC, Canada
Bologna, Italy
Québec City, QC, Canada
Paris, France
Toronto, ON, Canada
Montréal & Québec & Calgary
Boston, USA & Tokyo, Japan
Bruxelles, Belgium
Toronto, ON, Canada
Montréal, QC, Canada
Toronto, ON, Canada
Calgary, AB, USA
Toronto, ON, Canada
Montréal, QC, Canada
Montréal, QC, Canada
Basel, Belgium
Montréal, QC, Canada
Montréal, QC, Canada
Toronto, ON, Canada
Seoul, Korea
Toronto, ON, Canada
New York, USA
Los Angeles, USA
Montréal, QC, Canada
Montréal, QC, Canada
Stuttgart, Germany
Budapest, Hungry
Düsseldorf, Germany
Sun Valley, Idaho, USA
St. Bruno, QC, Canada
Montréal, QC, Canada
Montréal, QC, Canada
Miami Beach, Florida, USA
Hong Kong, China
Seattle, Washington, USA
Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
Seattle, Washington, USA
Toronto, ON, Canada
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Shanghai, China
Toronto, ON, Canada
Palm Beach, Florida, USA
Tornto, ON, Canada
Public Art / Mural Monument Art Projects
• Palaid de Congress • Fountain, Montréal, QC, Canada
• China Town Montréal • Nine Songs • Low Relief, Montréal, QC, Canada
• China Town Montréal • Ceremonial Gateway, Montréal, QC, Canada
• Grant Ballet du Canadien • Production of Ballet • 1984, Montréal, QC, Canada
• Legislative Assembly of Alberta • Outdoor Sculpture project, Edmonton, AB, Canada
• Hot and Spicy • Mural & the others, Montréal, QC, Canada
• Les Chinois • Mural & the others, Montréal, QC, Canada
• H.B. Centre • Low Relief, Denver, USA
• Aquilini Tower • Mural & the others, Montréal, QC, Canada
• Bonsai Garden_Botanical Garden • Calligraphy, Montréal, QC, Canada
• Department of Financial Service of Montréal • Memorial Column project, Montréal, QC, Canada
• Chinese Hospital of Montréal • Wood Carving Panel, Montréal, QC, Canada
• Galerie de Ile Mille • Soft Sculpture, Rosemère, QC, Canada
• Galerie St. Eustache • Soft Sculpture, St. Eustache, QC, Canada
• Galerie St. Hyacinthe • Soft Sculpture, St. Hyacinthe, QC, Canada
• Y.W.C.A Montréal • Mural, Montréal, QC, Canada
• HSBC Bank • Mural & the others, Montréal, QC, Canada
• Hotel La Shangri-La • Decorative Mural & the others, Montréal, QC, Canada
• Hotel de la Montagne • Decorative Mural & the others, Montréal, QC, Canada
• Hotel la Citadell • Decorative Mural & the others, Montréal, QC, Canada
Public Collections
• Musée d’Art Contemporain, Montréal, QC, Canada
• Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Québec City, QC, Canada
• Musée de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
• Musée de Dijon, Dijon, France
• Ontario College of Art, Toronto, ON, Canada
• L’Ecole des Beaux Arts, Bruxelles, Belgium
• Pallazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy
• Rodman Hall Art Centre, Ste-Catherine, ON, Canada
• Grimsby Art Gallery, Grimsby, ON, Canada
• McLaughlin Art Gallery, Oshawa, ON, Canada
• Art Gallery of Stratford, Stratford, ON, Canada
• Couberg Art Gallery, Couberg, ON, Canada
• The Governor General of Canada, Rideau Hall, Ottawa, ON & The Citadelle of Québec, QC, Canada
• Ville de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
• La Fondation de l`Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montréal, QC, Canada
• Hunter College, New York, USA
• Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, B.C, Canada
• Washington State University, Seattle, USA
• University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado, USA
• Jardin Botanique du Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
• National Library, Munich, Germany
• University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
• Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf, Montréal, QC, Canada
• La Fondation Vie des Arts, Montréal, QC, Canada
• Dr. Annie Wong Leung Kit Wah Foundation, Hong Kong, China
Corporate Collections
• Bioxalis Medica Montréal, QC, Canada
• Ogilvy Renault Lawyers, Montréal, QC, Canada
• Lise Watier Inc., Montréal, QC, Canada
• Frank & Wania Chemical, Toronto, ON, Canada
• Security Biometric, Montréal, QC, Canada
• ASC Inc., Montréal, QC, Canada
• ISA, Montréal, QC, Canada
• Glaskaster International, Budapest & Stuttgart
• Mirebeau Bank, Switzerland
• First Equity A.G. Zurich, Switzerland
• Jill Vogel Inc. Pebble Beach, California, USA
• North West Power Corporation, Seattle, USA
• Morgan Stanley San Francisco, USA
• Monit Enterprise, Montréal, QC, Canada
• Mont Royal Conference Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada
• Michel Panzini Architect, Montréal, QC, Canada
• William Hays Architect, Sun Vallery, ID, USA
• Brian Elsden Barrows Architect, Montréal, QC, Canada
• Labofarm Inc., Montréal, QC, Canada
• Singdao Newspaper, Hong Kong, China & Toronto, ON, Canada
• Mondo, Turino, Italy & Montréal, QC, Canada
• Multican Realties, Montréal, QC, Canada
• Chalette Trego 30 miles Resort Lakewood, Colorado, USA
• Prudential, New York, USA
• Aquilini Investment Group, Montréal, QC, Canada
• Belcourt Development Group, Montréal, QC, Canada
• Bow Valley Industries, Calgary, AB, Canada
• Canadian Commercial & Industrial Bank, Edmonton, AB, Canada
• C W Bank Vienna, Austria
• Darier Hetsch (Canada) Inc., Montréal, QC, Canada
• General Footwear, Montréal, QC, Canada
• George Scott Inc., West Palm Beach, USA
• Harley Inc. / Guildan Inc., Montréal, QC, Canada
• HSBC of Canada, Montréal, QC, Canada
• Hot & Spicy Inc., Montréal, QC, Canada
• Hotel la Citadelle, Montréal, QC, Canada
• Hotel de la Montagne, Montréal, QC, Canada
• Hotel Lord Berri, Montréal, QC, Canada
• Hotel Shangri La Montréal, QC, Canada
• Kreisparkasse Calw, Germany
• Lavalin Collection Montréal, QC, Canada
• Montréal Chinese Hospital, Montréal, QC, Canada
• NOVA Corp, Calgary, AB, Canada
• Prudential Insurance, Toronto, ON, Canada
• PT Lincoln Corporation, Jakarta, Indonesia
• Shiga Holding Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
• Singapore Harilea Hotel, Singapore
• Sun Life Insurance, Toronto, ON, Canada
• Surentec, Montréal, QC, Canada
• Tai Fong International Ltd, Toronto, ON, Canada
• Thorne Ernst & Whitney, Toronto, ON, Canada
• Tissa Systems Ltd, Toronto, ON, Canada
• Univic Development Consultants, Taichung, Taiwan
• Vermont ETV, Burlington, USA
• Esprit, Shanghai, China
• Citic Group Corporation / Southeast Resources Corp Zhu Hai, China
• William Hays Architectural, Design & Management Inc., Ketchum, Idaho, USA
• Lake & Forest Bank, Chicago, IL, USA
• DKNY NY, USA
• HP Boise, ID, USA
• Lumigem, Montréal, QC, Canada
• Bank of America, Charlotte, NC, USA
· Lehman Brothers, Hong Kong, China
· Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong, China
· Simonini Builders, Charlotte, NC, USA
· Desmarais Collection, Paris, France
· Lester St. Clair Collection, Toronto, ON, Canada
· ScotiaMcLeod, Montréal, QC, Canada
Publications
• A bird with unique breast, 1974, woodcut Poem by Andrew Lui
• Graphic works of Andrew Lui, 1978, text by Monique Brunet Weinmann
• Profil du soleil noir, 1981, woodcut poem by Monique Brunet Weinmann
• Thirteen ways of looking at the black bird, 1983, poem of Wallace Stevens
• Les deux univers de Andrew Lui, 1985, text by Dr. J.P. DuQuette
• Sail to Byzantine, 1987, text by Eric Devlin
• Selected work of Andrew Lui, 2002-2005, text by Michael Carpenter
• The Pilgrim Progress, 2005, text by Bernard Levy & Andrew Lui
• The Pilgrimage Continues, 2009, text by Dorota Kozinska and Andrew Lui (translated by Richard Yiu)
• Andrew Lui, Pilgrim Progress / La progression du pèlerin, 2013, text by Andrew Lui (translated by Richard Yiu), Dorota Kozinska, John Pohl, Monique Brunet Weinmann
Documentaries
• Le fleuve et Lui, 1979-80, Blue Cloud Production & Concordia University & Loyola College
Co-production Montréal, Director: Alec Macleod