David Xin

I’ve always found people fascinating; thus painting them is a wonderful, meaningful undertaking. If we have sincere conversations with people—and really listen to what they have to say—they will tell us things that are incredibly entertaining or inspiring. We might even feel enriched and awakened.

I want to create art that everyone can intuitively find beautiful and memorable. Like creating a delicate dessert that amazes with its blissful sugar rush, this experience is meant to be as gratifying to you as it is to me. We can never have enough art; for those who have never tasted it, it is a luxury...but for those who have, it is a necessity.

My own story began in China, where I grew up in an impoverished family. I was always good at drawing and enjoyed talking to girls. I noticed when I showed them my drawings that they became really interested in talking to me. At that time, art was not considered a practical career path, and I wasn’t particularly keen on studying. However, to keep me out of trouble, my mother sent me to an art academy in middle school. In college, I was in the fashion design program. After many attempts, I finally convinced my father to send me to Austria to advance my education, during a period when China’s...

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