XIAO Jiang

At the first glance at Xiao Jiang’s works, one would be encompassed with the sharp atmosphere. Something is left unsaid by his works, expressing the power in silence. Xiao Jiang’s works have drawn materials from daily lives which are so familiar to people that are easily ignored. Under the artist’s unique perspective, they are cut out and recombined. Xiao takes inspiration from reality but structures them into an absolute fantasy world, leading the audience to dislocated visionary feelings.

 

1977  Born in Jiangxi, China
2000-2003  Oil Painting, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China
Lives and works in Shanghai, China

  • Solo Exhibitions

    2025
    Looking Out, Tank Shanghai, Shanghai, China

    2023
    Ordinary Days, Lopez de la Serna CAC, Madrid, Spain
    Hills Beyond a Breeze, Vanguard Gallery, Shanghai, China

    2022
    Continuous Passage, Karma, New York, USA

    2021
    The Distant Mountains, Platform China Contemporary Art Institute, Beijing, China
    An Inward Odyssey, 7-314, 314 Tongren Rd, Shanghai, China
    Mountains Aside, Vanguard Gallery, Shanghai, China

    2020
    In Common, LEO Gallery, Hong Kong, China

    2018
    Right in Sight, Vanguard Gallery, Shanghai, China

    2017
    Mountains, MOCUBE, Beijing, China

    2015
    PARK, BIG SPACE, Shanghai, China

    2014
    Along the Way, Vanguard Gallery, Shanghai, China

    2013
    Object/Room, Café Showroom, Taipei, China

    2012
    Sign for an Inexistent River, Platform China Contemporary Art Institute, Beijing, China

    2011
    No Man’s Land, Vanguard Gallery, Shanghai, China

  • Group Exhibitions

    2024
    Vanguard Onwards, Vanguard Gallery, Shanghai, China

    2023
    Lost in Translation, Galerie du Monde, Hong Kong, China
    Capture, Platform China Contemporary Art Institute, Beijing, China
    Weltanschauung, Guangdong Contemporary Art Center, Guangzhou, China
    Upstairs Cities, ASE Art Space, Shanghai, China

    2021
    Red, Tank Shanghai, Shanghai, China
    Spring Fever 2021, Platform China Contemporary Art Institute, Beijing, China

    2020
    Platform China’s 15th Anniversary Special Exhibition, Platform China Contemporary Art Institute, Beijing, China
    Work and Wait in Silence – Mocube Five-Year Anniversary Exhibition, MOCUBE, Beijing, China

    2019
    A Turning Moment, Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
    The Kind Stranger, UNArt Center, Shanghai, China
    Incandescence, BIG SPACE x Chino Gallery, Shanghai, China
    Group Exhibition in Summer – To Youth, Platform China Contemporary Art Institute, Beijing, China

    2017
    Socialist Baroque, N3 Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
    Decoherence, ShanghART, Shanghai, China

    2016
    Warehouse Story IV, Vanguard Gallery, Shanghai, China

    2015
    The Park, Thousand Plateaus Art Space, Chengdu, China
    IVY ART 2015 · Chinese Young Artists Annual Exhibition, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
    Warehouse Story V, Vanguard Gallery, Shanghai, China
    Illusory Realness and Truth, Galerie Huit, Hong Kong, China
    Resolution, SVA-NYC Art Platform, Shanghai, China

    2014
    RED, Night of Shanghai Art Theatre, Shanghai, China
    Study, Jewelvary Art & Boutique, Shanghai, China
    Art in the City, chi K11 art space, Shanghai, China
    The Thorn of Life, Café Showroom, Taipei, Taiwan, China
    Warehouse Story – The 10th Anniversary, Vanguard Gallery, Shanghai, China
    ART 14 London, Olympia Grand Hall, London, UK

    2013
    The Sun, V Art Center, Shanghai, China
    Warehouse Story II, Vanguard Gallery, Shanghai, China
    Shanghai Surprise, chi K11 art space, Shanghai, China

    2012
    Daily of Concept — A Practice of Life, Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
    YOUNG ART TAIPEI, Taipei, Taiwan, China
    Showtime, Vanguard Gallery, Shanghai, China
    Re – Painting, Platform China Contemporary Art Institute, Beijing, China
    Contemporary Art Exhibition of Chinese Young Artists, Bund18, Shanghai, China

    2011
    19 Solo Shows About Painting, Platform China Contemporary Art Institute, Beijing, China
    Shell Economics, Shanghai World Financial Center, Shanghai, China
    The 2nd Chongqing Biennale for Young Artists, Chongqing Art Museum, Chongqing, China
    Daily — Depicting the Cultural Existence 2nd, Qinghe Art Museum, Nanjing, China
    The Youth Sale Store, M50, Shanghai, China
    Contemporary Art Top Events, TOP Contemporary Art Center, Shanghai, China
    China International Gallery Exhibition, World Trade Center, Beijing, China
    Décor, Arrow Factory, Beijing, China
    Yun Lang Project, Galleria Dell’Arco, Shanghai, China
    Contemporary China, Wandesford Quay Gallery, Ireland
    At Sixes and Sevens, M50 Creative Space, Shanghai, China

    2010
    Reflection of Minds — MOCA Shanghai Envisage, MOCA, Shanghai, China
    2nd Time – Mindless but Pleased, Shift Space, Shanghai, China
    Opening Exhibition – Use the Hand Do the Job, Shift Space, Shanghai, China
    In the Blink of an Eye, Vanguard Gallery, Shanghai, China
    Daily — Depicting the Cultural Existence, Qinghe Art Museum, Nanjing, China

    2008
    Gray Fertilizer Is Gray, Yuezhou Road No.50, Shanghai, China

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