With three branches in Shanghai, one in Hong Kong and one in Thailand, Island6 aims to support "European and Chinese artists whose work is exhibited in a series of tightly curated group shows.

"[1] In 2006, Thomas Charvériat, Margherita Salmaso, Zheng Guoyang, and Kang Jingfang established the Island6 Arts Center at its first location, Fou Foong Flour Mill complex at 120 Moganshan Road in Shanghai.

On April 1, 2006, Invisible Layers, Electric Cities became the first art exhibition to be presented at the Center, curated by Allard van Hoorn and Margherita Salmaso.

[2][3] In June 2008, facing imminent eviction by real estate developers,[4] the Island6 Arts Center was relocated to a space at 50 Moganshan Road, a district of galleries inside old warehouses and factories, where it remains.

Liu Dao’s works tend to move in the themes of sensory engagement, voyeurism, urban development, tradition versus modernity and technology, and Chinese cultural history.

The space is managed by voluntary staff and artists based in Shanghai,[11] and is dedicated to the support of the Island6 art collective, Liu Dao Notes Bibliography