Lexkon Liu

Lexkon Liu, formerly known as Liu Kai, is a contemporary artist and designer working across contemporary art, illustration, digital art, and popular culture. He is an Official Collaborating Artist for Lamborghini China, Artistic Director of TEAM Trend Culture, and a member of the Society of Illustrators, International Visual Arts Council, China Young Artists Association, Shenzhen Young Artists Association, Shenzhen Illustration Association, and Macau Illustrators Association. He is also recognized as an emerging artist of Asia Wave Art.

Lexkon Liu’s artistic practice centers on cross-disciplinary integration, developing a contemporary visual language at the intersection of art, commerce, and popular culture. Transcending the boundaries of traditional art, his work combines distinctive visual narratives with contemporary cultural expressions, creating a strong emotional resonance with audiences. His practice has received broad recognition, establishing him as one of the promising emerging voices in contemporary art.

Through multidimensional collaborations spanning art and commerce, Lexkon Liu has established long-term partnerships with internationally recognized brands and cultural institutions, including Lamborghini China, Midea, Rongbaozhai, and the Asia Art Academy in Hong Kong. He has also participated in international exhibitions, auctions, and contemporary art and culture projects, continuously expanding his practice within a global context.

Alongside his physical art practice, Lexkon Liu has actively explored digital art and metaverse-related creative practices. His works have been selected, collected, exhibited, and published by international art institutions, award programs, and professional art publications. With the fusion of tradition and contemporary culture as a defining characteristic, his practice spans IP design, illustration, digital art, and multimedia painting, reflecting a distinctive personal visual language and cultural perspective.

BRAND COLLABORATIONS

2026 — Invited to participate in fashion illustration creation for China Fashion Week 2026
2026 — Invited to create artwork for the 105th Anniversary of the Founding of the Communist Party of China commemorative album, in collaboration with China Post × Macao Post
2026 — Lexkon Liu × Guizhou Hantai Liquor | Limited-Edition Maotai-Style Baijiu Art Collaboration
2026 — Lexkon Liu × Yuexiang | Breaking Through the Dragon Gate Limited-Edition Art Collaboration
2025 — Lexkon Liu × MeiJian | When the Wind Rises, the Dragon Awakens Limited-Edition Oak Barrel Plum Wine Collaboration
2025 — Invited to participate in 6vi Art Institution’s “Derivation” World Tour Art Poster Exhibition
2025 — Lexkon Liu × 1DollarDesign, an art project under MIRTH EPOCH | Art Collaboration
2024 — Lexkon Liu × 6vi Art Institution | “Three No’s” Installation Art at the Hong Kong China International Tattoo Convention
2024 — Collaborated with RaysArt and OHCARD on the “Artistic Realm · Supreme” Special Edition Hand-Drawn Card Series
2024 — Participated in the “Dragon Gate Party” 2024 Year of the Dragon themed event by Huaihai 755 × TEAM Trend Design
2022 — Invited to create digital artwork for GALI, a featured artist IP from 2022 Rap of China
2022 — Invited by Underground 8 Miles to create the limited-edition Mid-Autumn art print SWAGGER TOWARDS THE MOON
2020 — Participated in the IP and cultural merchandise design for “Hang Xiaozhi”, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
2020 — Participated in the album visual and merchandise design for 404 RAPPER × DANKO
2017 — Invited to create a trend illustration for singer JONY J as part of the “Sound Is Like This” collaboration at Muma Music Festival
2017 — Main Visual Design for the 8th Beishan Music Festival

EXHIBITIONS

2025 — “Art Republic” Greater Bay Area Illustration Competition – Outstanding Works Exhibition | Yimin Art Museum, Guangzhou
2025 — “Pet Planet” SIA Members’ Selected Works Exhibition | Pingshan Cultural Cluster Exhibition Hall, Shenzhen
2025 — 9th National Illustration Biennial × Greater Bay Area Illustration Co-Creation Exhibition | NOVA Mall, Macau
2025 — “Symbiosis Future” Sustainable Trend & Lifestyle Art Festival | Hong Kong Plaza, Huaihai 755 & Paris Spring Huaihai V, Shanghai
2025 — Asia Emerging Artists Ranking Exhibition | AsiaWorld-Expo, Hong Kong
2025 — A Manifesto Charity Art Night & Auction | Asia Art Academy, Hong Kong
2024 — “A Life of Ease: Contemporary Art” | Rongbaozhai (Shenzhen) Online Auction
2023 — “Temperatures: Contemporary Art Exhibition” | Franco-Chinese Economic & Cultural Exchange Association × Longyin Yafeng Art Museum
2023 — “Year of Pilgrimage” Trend Art Pop-up Exhibition | TEAM Trend Design × DAKA
2022 — “Attentism” | Shenyang Deyi Art Museum & Liaoning Haihai Art Museum
2022 — Mars Trend Art Festival | Wuhan International Convention & Exhibition Center, Wuhan
2022 — “Don’t Buy the Moon” | SILENX Art Space, Shenzhen
2021 — “Trend Partners: Regenerative Symbols · Trend Ecosystem” | TX Huaihai, Shanghai

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

2025 — Gold Medal, AI Art Integration Exhibition (Horizontal Research Project), Central Academy of Fine Arts × Rongbaozhai Education
2025 — A Golden Koi Is Destined for Greater Waters | 6th Place, Digital Art Category, World Art Awards, USA
2025 — Black Gold Zen · The Realm of Three No’s | Selected for ZCOOL Commercial Design New Ranking · Top 40 Commercial Illustration
2025 — Autumn Glory & Golden Silence | Collected by the Asia Art Academy, Hong Kong
2025 — Dreams of Symbiosis | Excellence Award, China Illustration Art Yearbook
2024 — Gangel · Silent Wealth & Gangel · World of Flowers | Gold Award & Silver Award, China Creative Design Yearbook 2022–2023
2022 — Asia Wave Art Award
2021 — INNODESIGN PRIZE International Innovation Design Award, France
2021 — Z-Fantasy World | Selected for the Trend Partners “NEWCOMER” Art Exhibition and collected by iQIYI FOURTRY Art Institution
2021 — International Visual Arts Association Excellence Award & Nomination Award
2021 — POIZON Original Emoji Design Campaign – Excellence Award
2020–2021 — Finalist, Modern Sky MVM New Blood Program
2020 — Second Prize, Midea Family Q-Style Character Design Competition

AUCTION RECORDS

Dream of Ripples (Oil Painting) — 2025 Yantian Art Charity Gala & Shenwen Autumn Charity Auction
Autumn Glory, Golden Silence (Fine Art Giclée Prints) — 2025 A Manifesto Charity Art Night, Hong Kong
In the Same Boat: Journey to Bliss (Oil Painting) — 2024 A Life of Ease: Contemporary Art | Rongbaozhai (Shenzhen) 6th Online Auction

WEB3 / DIGITAL ART

Alipay Whale Explore — Nirvana Reborn, Galloping Across the Stars, Chain of Light, Blind Box of Fate, Chasing the Light, Reignited, Mind Voyager, Emotional Vortex: Interwoven Realities
TopHolder — GANGEL
iBox — Light Chaser