1958年生于北京，清华大学美术学博士，北京电影学院教授。
刘旭光对世界美术发展的脉络和新媒体艺术有深入的研究。早年留日并接触物派艺术，研究东方思想提出质觉美术理论概念，在当代艺术体系中探索形质与介质的语言在视觉中的可能性；从视觉的物理性媒介到数字媒介表达方式进行了深入持久的探索。并以质觉理论为基础指导创作；1991年至1996年完成「天地」「大洐」「动静」系列绘画作品，1997年 创作「天眼」绘画装置作品，1998年至2001年创作「悬空界」绘画装置作品；2004年至2015年创作「痕迹」「衍场」 系列绘画作品。以数字媒材做介质2004年创作影像作品「墨滴」，2010年创作「我」数字交互影像作品，2011创作影像 作品「墨核」，2013年创作介质电影「没片」，2014 年创作绘画「衍场」系列，2016年创作绘画作品「顿质」系列，2018年创作装置作品「衍场-圆堆」， 2019年创作大地艺术作品「衍场-炎帝的怒火」2021年创作装置作品「炭塔」，2022年创作「对话阿瑟 C 丹托」（及对话哲学家系列），2023年创作绘画作品「天地」等。
刘旭光的艺术创作极丰在形质和介质概念中创作了中创造出自己独特的视觉语言表达方式。在质觉理念指导下是这一领域艺术创作的先行者作品极丰是富有影响力的艺术家。在国内外参加重要的主题性双年展，并在中国、日本、美国、芬兰、科摩罗等国家举办以质觉概念为主题的个展。
作品收藏：中国美术馆、中国湖北美术馆、美国维斯曼博物馆等。
著作：《论质觉》山东美术出版社；《质觉个案研究》河南大学岀版社；《新媒体艺术概论》河北美术出版。
Born in Beijing in 1958, Ph.D. in Fine Arts, Tsinghua University, Professor at Beijing Film Academy.
Liu Xuguang has in-depth research on the context of the development of world art and new media art. In his early years, he stayed in Japan and came into contact with materialist art, studied Oriental thought, put forward the theoretical concept of texture art, and explored the possibility of form and medium language in vision in the contemporary art system; From the physical medium of vision to the expression of digital media, it is deeply and persistently explored. and guide the creation based on the theory of texture; From 1991 to 1996, he completed the series of paintings "Heaven and Earth", "DaYan" and "Movement", in 1997 he created the "Eye of Heaven" painting installation, and from 1998 to 2001, he created the "Hanging World" painting installation; From 2004 to 2015, he created the "Traces" and "Yanchang" series of paintings. Using digital media as a medium, he created the video work "Ink Drop" in 2004, the digital interactive video work "I" in 2010, the video work "Ink Core" in 2011, the medium film "No Film" in 2013, the painting "Yanchang" series in 2014, the painting "Dunqian" series in 2016, the installation work "Yanchang-Yuandui" in 2018, the earth art work "Yanchang-The Wrath of the Yan Emperor" in 2019, and the installation work "Carbon Pagoda" in 2021, In 2022, he will create "Dialogue with Arthur C Danto"(and Dialogue with Philosophers Series), and in 2023, he will create the painting "Heaven and Earth".
Liu Xuguang's artistic creation is extremely rich, creating his own unique visual language expression in the concept of form and medium. Under the guidance of the concept of quality,
he is a pioneer in artistic creation in this field, with extremely rich works, and is an influential artist. He has participated in important thematic biennales at home and abroad, and held solo exhibitions on the theme of texture concepts in China, Japan, the United States, Finland, Comoros and other countries.
Collection: National Art Museum of China, Hubei Art Museum of China, Weisman Museum of the United States, etc.
Books: "On Quality" Shandong Fine Arts Publishing House; "Quality Case Study", Henan University; "Introduction to New Media Art", Hebei Art Press.
