Xinxin Wen

Xinxin is a Sydney-based artist working primarily with oil painting, egg tempera, ceramics and exploring additional materials. Her practice combines traditional craftsmanship with contemporary surrealist approaches and extends across both two-dimensional and three-dimensional forms.

Influenced by Renaissance symbolism and the imaginative visions of early painters, she investigates the secret of time, curiosity, and the translation of ideas between painting and sculpture. Her work integrates cultural attributes and abundant cultural symbols, connecting personal experience with broader narratives. She has exhibited widely in Asia and Australia and collaborated internationally as an award-winning artist.

Her ceramics, in contrast to the precision of her paintings, embrace freedom, abstraction, and spontaneity, where natural irregularities introduce a playful and lively dimension that complements her overall artistic language.

Master of Design, Art & Design UNSW.
Bachelor of Art & Design, Chongqing University.

Solo Exhibitions:
2024, “The Memory”, Random Art Space, Hangzhou, China;
2020, “MirrorriM”, Mona, Beijing, China;
2020, “Shapes of Shades”, Bondi Wash, Sydney, Australia;
2020, “Wonderland”, 1x1 Gallery, Hangzhou, China;
2018, “100 Day Dreams - The Waves of Conciousness”, Yin Gallery, Beijing, China;
2018, “30 Moments of Summer”, Richard’s lifestyle space, Hangzhou, China;
2018, “100 Day Dreams - To the Fools Who Dreams”, Brownie Gallery, Shanghai, China;
2017, “100 Day Dreams - The Day Dream”, Random Art Space, Hangzhou, China;
2017, “写。生｜The Talk”, Gallery Klei, Sydney, Australia.

Selected Group Exhibitions:
2026, Small Works Art Prize, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne;
2025, “Collected Curiosities”, Sheffer Gallery, Sydney;
2025, “KAAF Art Prize”, KAAF Gallery, Sydney;
2023, “Good Fortune”, Blank Gallery, Sydney;
2022, “Dorveille”, Vermilion Gallery, Sydney;
2021, The Other Art Fair, Sydney;
2021, Small Works Art Prize, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne;
2020, “Sideways, After 43 Minutes”, The Side Gallery, Brisbane;
2020, “Les Femmes”, The Space Gallery, Sydney;
2018, Leevan Art Fair, Shenzhen.