Xiaoxuan Liu

Xiaoxuan Liu (Born 1994) is from Beijing, China. In 2012, she went to University of Michigan. She later transferred to School of the Art Institute of Chicago (BFA 2016), where she started her art practice as a painter. She is inspired by many gestural and colorist painters such as de Kooning, Amy Silman and Sue Williams. Xiaoxuan is also drawn to literature; a sense of anecdote is shown in both her works and the titles of her works. The objects in her work keep recognizable shapes; however, they are reformed into “a different kind of thing”, sometimes even figurative. Xiaoxuan uses bright colors and transparent glaze in her paintings, creating space in them while making a range of marks to create a rich surface. Her paintings are dynamic and free, yet balancing between the abstract and narrative.

MFA 2019

University of Pennsylvania

BFA 2016

School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Recipient of Merit Scholarship

2012-2014

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Solo Exhibitions

2017

Among Colors | Cafe Flat White, 798 Art District | Beijing, China

2016

Mirroring Twice | 3331 Arts Chiyoda, B104 | Tokyo, Japan | 09/12 – 09/15, 2016

http://www.3331.jp/schedule/en/003520.html

She | Cat Von Kang Gallery | Chicago, IL, U.S. | 05/20 – 05/27, 2016



Group Exhibitions

2016

Art is a Living Thing | Aratoi Museum | Masterton, New Zealand

http://www.aratoi.org.nz/exhibition/2016/12/art-living-thing-new-zealand-pacific-studio-15-years

Speaking into the Air (We Breathe) | Artlaxy | Shanghai, China

Spring 2016 BFA Show | Sullivan Galleries, SAIC | Chicago, IL, U.S.

11th Annual Emerging Artist Exhibition | Morpho Gallery | Chicago, IL, U.S.

2015

Happy Feelings | Tye Johnson Artistry, Zhou B Art Center | Chicago, IL, U.S.

Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal USA/SAIC Art Appreciation Program: 23rd Edition Presidential Award Exhibitions 2015 - 2016 | Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal USA Chicago Office Gallery | Chicago, IL, U.S.

Creature Comforts | SAIC | Chicago, IL, U.S.

Elements of Abstraction | St. Louis Artists' Guild | St. Louis, MO, U.S.

Annual Co-op Professional Project Exhibition | Co-op Gallery, SAIC | Chicago, IL, U.S.

Telegraphic Fields and R...