Xiao Wang

Overview
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Combining dramatic, moody color palettes with a realist approach, Wang’s figurative paintings draw visual and conceptual inspiration from Romanticism, the Symbolist Movement, and Magical Realism. Through examining visual arts that reflect rapid social and cultural historical change, he explores the contemporary psyche, particularly around topics such as politics, Chinese/Asian identity, and environmental crises.
Xiao Wang is a Chinese painter who lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. He studied at the Glasgow School of where he received his BFA degree in Painting and Printmaking. He continued his study at San Francisco Art Institute and earned his MFA degree in Painting. Wang has shown internationally in The United States and Europe. His work has been featured in publications such as Juxtapoz Magazine, Hi-Fructose Magazine, and New American Paintings. Wang has also attended artist residency programs at MASS MoCA (MA), the Vermont Studio Center (VT), and Root Division (CA).
Works
  • Xiao Wang, Double Portrait, 2022
    Xiao Wang
    Double Portrait, 2022
    Oil on canvas
    122 x 152 cm
    48 x 59 7/8 in
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  • Xiao Wang, Portrait, October, 2022
    Xiao Wang
    Portrait, October, 2022
    Oil on canvas
    104 x 137 cm
    41 x 54 in
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  • Xiao Wang, Still Life With Passport, 2022
    Xiao Wang
    Still Life With Passport, 2022
    Oil on canvas
    104 x 137 cm
    41 x 54 in
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B. China, Based in Brooklyn New York

 

Education

MFA, San Francisco Art Institute

BFA (Honor), Glasgow School of Art

 

Solo Exhibitions 

2022    Liminal Blue, Deanna Evans Project, New York, NY

2021    Hyperfoliage, Java Street Project, Brooklyn, NY

2019    Unrest Assured, Glass Rice, San Francisco, CA

2017    Midnight Screening, Glass Rice, San Francisco, CA

2016    Xiao Wang, Frank-Ratchye Project Space, San Francisco, CA

 

Selected Group Exhibitions 

2023    Beyond the Veil, Guts Gallery, UK

2022    The Artist is Present, Guts Gallery, London, UK

2022    What Now?, PM/AM, London, UK

2021     Mixed Feelings, F2T Gallery, Milan, Italy

2021     SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York, NY

2021     Illuminated Landscapes, Art of Our Century Gallery, New York

2021     A Collective Escape, Deanna Evans Project, Brooklyn, NY

2020   Borderwalls II, The Border Project, Brooklyn, NY 

2020   Hedges and Houses and Children, I Like Your Work Podcast

2017     Introduction 2017, Root Division, San Francisco, CA

2017    Kinesiske Dage 2017, Augustiana Sculpture Park And Art Centre,      Augustenborg,    Denmark

2016    In Figures: The Body in Art, ARC Gallery and Educational Foundation, Chicago,IL

2016    NordArt 2016, Kunstwerk Carlshütte, Büdelsdorf, Germany

2016    StARTup Art Fair, Hotel Del Sol, San Francisco, CA

2015    Secret, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2015    APAture 2015: Future Tense, Kearny Street Workshop, San Francisco, CA

2015    Familiar Deconstructed, Smash Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2015    Edge Effect, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA

2014    Not Asking How Far, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2014    Murphy and Cadogan Contemporary Art Award Exhibition, SOMArts Cultural 

2014    Center, San Francisco, CA

 

Residencies & Programmes 

2019    ArtPoint, San Francisco, CA

2019     MASS MoCA Assets for Artists, North Adams, MA

2018    Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

2015    Root Division, San Francisco, CA

 

Awards

2016    Nomination for SECA Award, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

2015    Anne Bremer Memorial Prize (1st Place), San Francisco Art Institute

2014    Murphy and Cadogan Contemporary Art Award, San Francisco Foundation