Chinese, b. 1991
Tao Xian
陶显
Chinese oil painter exploring identity through surreal, layered imagery.
Collection
Available works
Sunrise
Oil On Canvas · Unique
She Came From The Night
Oil On Canvas · Unique
Messenger
Oil On Canvas · Unique
Grasping The Light II
Oil On Canvas · Unique
Grasping The Light I
Oil On Canvas · Unique
She came from the night #2
Oil On Canvas · Unique
Desert Night
Oil On Canvas · Unique
Full Moon
Oil On Canvas · Unique
Biography
About the artist
Tao Xian 陶显 was born in Maanshan, Anhui province, China in 1991. She graduated from The Central Academy of Fine Arts with a Bachelor Degree in Oil Painting in 2013, she then gained a Master’s Degree from Parsons the New School for Design in New York.
Tao Xian expresses her artistic identities through painting, photography and printmaking. Particularly, she is interested in exploring the relationship between advanced technology and the traditional painting, and how the technology influences the artist’s artistic directions or the audience’s understanding of contemporary painting.
She manipulates the found images for creating a new way of narration, challenges the viewer's visual boundaries. Her works feel like they are slowly fading away, yet stay strong in your memory; Her vigorous colours contrasting her euphemistic figures in a portamento style, which diffuses a sense of eastern beauty.
Tao Xian 陶显 was born in Maanshan, Anhui province, China in 1991. She graduated from The Central Academy of Fine Arts with a Bachelor Degree in Oil Painting in 2013, she then gained a Master’s Degree from Parsons the New School for Design in New York.
Tao Xian expresses her artistic identities through painting, photography and printmaking. Particularly, she is interested in exploring the relationship between advanced technology and the traditional painting, and how the technology influences the artist’s artistic directions or the audience’s understanding of contemporary painting.
She manipulates the found images for creating a new way of narration, challenges the viewer's visual boundaries. Her works feel like they are slowly fading away, yet stay strong in your memory; Her vigorous colours contrasting her euphemistic figures in a portamento style, which diffuses a sense of eastern beauty.
Education
2016 Parsons School of Design, New York, US
2013 Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
Solo & Two Person Exhibitions
2022
“The Fool and Dionysus”, Lan Gallery, Shenzhen, China
2019
“Dejavu”, Asian Art Platform, Singapore
2017
"Sense Scratch", Fingerprint Gallery, Beijing, China
"Phantom Pains", Gallery 456, New York, US
"The Unseen", Fukiage Museum of Art, Okayama, Japan
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021
“Autumn Fruit”, Jin Art Space, Beijing, China
“Star Start”, Back Window Gallery, Hangzhou, China
2020
“Stretching Arms”, AucArt x A Women’s Thing
“I is Another”, Aucart
2019
“Art Expo Malaysia 2019”, Asian Art Platform, KL, Malaysia
2018
"Constructing a Praxis of Artist/Educator", The Smith Learning Theatre, Columbia University, New York, US
"Singal Flo", The SL8 Gallery, Gainesville, Florida, US
"Blurred Boundaries", The Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, US
2017
"Progress Everyday", Zhuzhong Art Museum, Beijing, China
"The 13th CIGE", National Agricultural Exhibition Center, Beijing, China
"Unfolding Exit", DA + Space, Shanghai, China
"Cross-cultural Dialogue: China-America Young Artists Exhibition", The Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, US
2016
"This is us", Fou Gallery, New York, US
"WAVELENGTH", UNTITLED SPACE, New York, US
"I Can Because You Do", PARTICIPANT INC, New York, US
"US Pouring, Digging, Leaking", 25 East Gallery, New York, US
2015
"Process Concept", Industry City, New York, US
2014
"Threshold, 25 East Gallery", New York, US
2013
"Shanghai Youth Art Exhibition", China Arts Palace, Shanghai, China
"Thesis Exhibition", Central Academy of Fine Arts Exhibition Hall, Beijing, China
2012
"College Students Art Fair Guangzhou", Poly World Trade Center Exhibition Hall, Guangzhou, China
Awards
2016 CACC Full Sponsorship
2014 Parsons Dean's Merit Scholarship
2012 CAFA Best Art Exploration Awards
2010 CAFA Second Scholarship
2010 CAFA Best Creation Awards
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– Colorado, US
– Singapore
– Colorado, US
In the wild
Works on display
Interested in Tao Xian's work?
We can arrange viewings by appointment.