Born in Beijing in 1962, he began to film “The Living Conditions of Chinese Psychiatric Patients” in 1989 and completed in 1990
He began to film “Catholics in China” in 1992 and completed in 1996
He began to film “The Daily Life of Tibetan Peasants” 1996 and completed in 2006.
Filming “Munbei Prison”, completed in 2006
Notable Works
Trilogy – The Four Seasons, Trilogy – The Forgotten People
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
| 2011 | Forgotten: Chinese Psychiatric Patient Survival, VISA POUR L’IMAGE, Perpignan, France Chinese Catholic, Loyola University Art Museum, Chicago, USA |
| 2010 | Heaven and Hell, Royal Monastery of St. Thomas, Avila, West Banmen North Prison, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China |
| 2009 | Secret spiritual world: Lu Nan photography for 15 years, Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, Tianjin, China
North Myanmar Prison, Ying Art Center, Beijing, China |
| 2008 | Eternal scale: Lu Nan photography for 15 years, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
China Independent Photography, Houston Photography Festival, Houston, USA |
| 2007 | Lu Nan Photography for 15 Years, Songzhuang Art Museum, Beijing, China Four Seasons – Daily Life of Tibetan Farmers, Ying Art Center, Beijing, China |
| 2005 | Nan photography 15 years (slide), Lianzhou Photography Festival, Lianzhou, Guangdong, China
Lu Nan Photography 15 years (slide), Pingyao Photography Festival, Pingyao, Shanxi, China |
Group Exhibitons
| 2016 | Too lonely: the stalker in Chinese contemporary art, the Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China |
| 2015 | Chinese Photography: Three Shadows Photography Art Center, Beijing, China
Particles to Pixels since the 20th Century: Photography in China, Shanghai Photographic Art Center, Shanghai, China |
| 2014 | Traveler Diary, Beehive Contemporary Art Center, Beijing, China |
| 2012 | Image Anxiety, International Photography and Visual Arts Festival, Madrid, Spain, China |
| 2010 | The face of life: Chinese contemporary portrait, Central Academy of Fine Arts Art Museum, Beijing
a point in China’s time and space – Guangdong Art Museum’s collection of contemporary art exhibitions, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou a point in China’s time and space: Guangdong Museum of Art Collection of contemporary art exhibitions, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan China Reconstruction History: 2000-2009 Chinese New Art, National Convention Center, Beijing, China 10 Chinese artists with their 20-year-old, Angle Gallery, Beijing, China |
| 2008 | People·History, Art Museum of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China |
| 2007 | Guangzhou International Photography Biennale, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China |
| 2006 | 20 years of contemporary Chinese photography, Sifang Art Museum, Nanjing, China |
| 1997 | Absolute scenery: between illusion and reality, Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan |
出版
《中国素描经典画库–曹力素描集》、《中国现代线描精选–曹力作品集》、《中国当代画家线描精选》（曹力作品）湖南、《中国当代艺术家画传—曹力》、《理想与现实》（香港）、《中国现代艺术品评丛书·曹力的画集》广西、《中国素描经典画库·曹力》广西、《速写艺术》、《曹力素描》、《曹力速写集》（四川）、《曹力装饰画》（安徽）等画集、画册及《曹力绘画构图技法》光盘、录像带。油画《小城印象》获“全国第七届美术作品展”铜牌奖。
