六岛 // 国际化

Liu Dao 六岛 (pinyin: Liù dǎo) is a Shanghai-based art collective of tech-geeks and creative talents driven by innovation and interaction. The collective produces cutting edge art that constantly contemplates the future of Asia, engages sights and scenes from old and new China and elevates the skills of new talents by working from a communal forum. Liu Dao's art is visual, interactive, conceptual, humorous, and somber - but always striking, always involving fresh takes on modern technology, and always the product of collaboration. Since Liu Dao's beginning, painters, sculptors, photographers, filmmakers, new media artists, software and digital imaging artists, dancers, writers, engineers and curators have worked together to produce original, intriguing shows. island6 Arts Center often features guest directors and guest curators for different exhibitions, allowing an international and cross-cultural foundation for original ideas to be born from many sources of input rather than one.

The island6 art collective (Liu Dao 六岛) has appeared in acclaimed art fairs around the world, including Art Paris¹, the Hong Kong Art Fair², SHContemporary³, Scope New York⁴, Miami Beach⁵and Basel⁶, Art Asia Miami, Los Angeles Art Show, Art Stage Singapore⁷, Art Dubai, Contemporary Istanbul^{8 9}, KIAF Seoul¹⁰ and many more...

Special invitations for solo and group shows include Louis Vuitton Cultural Space in Taipei¹¹ and Macao¹², The Andaz Collection and Rockbund Art Museum¹³ in Shanghai, Opposite House¹⁴ and Green T. House¹⁵ in Beijing, Temple House permanent collection in Chengdu, The Arts House¹⁶ in Singapore, Chongqing Museum of Contemporary Art, Smithsonian Anacostia Museum in Washington D.C., Art Seasons Singapore, K11 permanent collection Shanghai, and the China Art Museum. In recent years, Liu Dao has also forged partnerships with acclaimed galleries in China and around the world. Apart from long-time partners Red Gate Gallery in Beijing, and former studio rouge in Shanghai, Liu Dao is also represented by Tally Beck Contemporaryin Bangkok¹⁷ and New York¹⁸, Bath Street Gallery¹⁹ of Auckland, NZ and Opera Gallery in Hong Kong, London, Paris, Singapore and Dubai. In addition to Opera gallery, Liu Dao is also represented in Hong Kong at island6’s gallery space²⁰ in the art district of Sheung Wan. In the Fall of 2013, Liu Dao welcomed two new members to their Shanghai family, a second space in the m50 compound - island6 ShGarden - as well as island6 Bund on the historic Shanghai Bund riverfront. In March of 2014, the Collective welcomed its newest member to the family, island6 Marina, located in the Royal Phuket Marina in Thailand.