His style later had profound influence in Asian countries like South Korea, Japan, Malaysia and Singapore.
To date, Liu has been invited by various galleries and museums across the world to hold solo exhibitions.
In 1981, Liu exhibited two ink masterpieces in Beijing to mark the establishment of the Chinese Painting Institute.
Two years later, he held an art show in the National Art Museum of China, the first of its kind by a Taiwan painter on the Chinese mainland.
In 1998, Liu was invited to an exhibition on Chinese art and civilization at the Guggenheim Museum in New York.
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