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RAFFAELLO SANZIO MASTER AWARD, Italian Cultural Association, Italy, Dec.14, 2014 MINERVA AWARD - Goddess of all Arts, June 18, 2016, Lecce, Italy by Academy of Visual Art "Italia in Arte nel Mondo" - Cultural Association. First Trinacria Award, Monreale, March 15, 2014, Italy METROPOLITAN EMPIRE PRIZE, American Folk Art Museum, New York, October 29, 2017 HONORED ARTIST OF THE INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL AWARD ''THE GOLDEN HAWK'', Serradifalco, Italy, May 10th, 2014 NELSON MANDELA HUMAN VALUE AWARD, Italian Cultural Association, Italy, Dec.14, 2014 AMBASSADOR OF CULTURE IN THE WORLD, Italian Cultural Association, Italy, Dec.14, 2014 SHAKESPEARE AWARD, February 12 - 16, 2014, Verona, Italy MASTER MEMBER 2014 of Italian Cultural Association MASTER MEMBER 2016 of Academy of Visual Art "Italia in Arte nel Mondo" - Cultural Association THE FIRST ITALY BIENNIAL, Italy, February, 2014 THE FIRST ITALY BIENNIAL, Italy, February, 2014

INTERNATIONAL CRITICISM

SHUTAO LIAO, TRAVEL FIERY Travel in those enchanted mazes where the intellect leaves room for genius. Travel within those unexplored paths of the psyche. Travel in the gardens of Eden fiery ground. Soul scratches, the tsunami of signs that overwhelm rationality to become pure instinct. Storms of matter that have the same evocative force of the flood. The works of Shutao Liao are all that. The lines do not appear to have a more "logical" geometric, but are directly guided by the mind of the artist. A sign that tired of wandering in the paths known, embarks on new roads. Roads that lead to a new visual paradise, where they can express all his strength. Between battles and visual contrasts originate these stories that are often a spokesman of the difficulties that the human being has to face in the course of his life. A human being who seeks refuge in himself. A painting that has its course in the informal inquisitive. A painting of great effectiveness. From the collaboration be...

LITERATURE

THE KISS OF A POPPY FLOWER Introduction The core structure of this poem is as following: The horizontal direction is the city of New York in The United States in comparison with the salt city Zigong of China; The vertical direction is the material world in contrast with the spiritual world, forming the shape of a cross symbolizing redemption, the key content is the conflicts of civilizations and the decay of humanity. 1. The Stone Old elements, suffusing within the hot burning, death came one after another as waves, until they were solidified, decayed acid through the intercourse of materials cooled lava, stones of different shapes, eroded the soft dreams of land, like a hand made from steel, to the deep layers of the earth, or a giant claw of a beast, grasping the living bulbs on roots tightly, pinched and crushed all of their cell tissues, until forced out, the last drop of red tears. Through water nonstop pouring on, the gentle touch of thousands of years, formed those beautiful as ...

CURRICULUM VITAE

CV SHUTAO LIAO SELECTED EXHIBITIONS Invited to the 56th Venice Biennale by Dr. Maria Luciani, curated by Dr. Arianna Fantuzzi, March 16, 2015 Invited to Triennale di Roma (March 25 - April 22, 2017), May 16, 2016 Invited to Triennale di Roma (6 to 12 June 2014), January 7, 2014 Invited to Milan Biennale (September 5th to October 1st 2015),July 23, 2015 Invite to Xth Florence Biennale, Florence, Fortezza da Basso (17 - 25 October 2015), April 27, 2015 Invited to XIth Florence Biennale, Florence, Fortezza da Basso (6–15 October 2017), July 14, 2016 Invited to XIV Florence Biennale (14-22 October 2023), June 10, 2022 Noble Art Conversation, presented by the premier Contemporary Art Collectors, Calle Serrano 46, 3º-1º, 28001 Madrid, Spain, November 10, 2025 https://www.contemporary-art-collectors.com/noble-art-conversations/shutao-liao Invited and participated in the Memorial Ceremony of the historical event tribute to LEONARDO DI SER PIERO DA VINCI 500TH ANNIVERSARY, defined in the acade...