Xu Cong

Born into the post-80s generation, Xu Cong is an avant-garde Chinese artist whose works are slowly gaining international recognition. After graduating from the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, Xu deviated from the traditional artistic discipline to embrace the contemporary art movement. However, vestiges of her classical Chinese ink painting training are still apparent in her paintings upon close observation.

Her art is a process of experimenting and correction, expressed through repeated layering of the paint. At the beginning, she paints the canvas impulsively like a naive child, creating a graffiti-like artwork that is symbolic of her attempts to break free from the rules and regulations that she faced everyday while growing up. She then covers the canvas with another thick layer of paint in a regulated manner to create a a landscape object. Contradictory, her art is all about logical arrangement. Later on, she carefully paints with structure and rules, resembling her efforts to fit into society. Essentially, the influence of her living environment is so immense that she gave in.

From the outside, her landscape representation appears to be innocent but if you look closely into the details, you can tell see a subtle rebellious movement that she created to express her convictions.

Born into the post-80s generation, Xu Cong is an avant-garde Chinese artist whose works are slowly gaining international recognition. After graduating from the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, Xu deviated from the traditional artistic discipline to embrace the contemporary art movement. However, vestiges of her classical Chinese ink painting training are still apparent in her paintings upon close observation.

Her art is a process of experimenting and correction, expressed through repeated layering of the paint. At the beginning, she paints the canvas impulsively like a naive child, creating a graffiti-like artwork that is symbolic of her attempts to break free from the rules and regulations that she faced everyday while growing up. She then covers the canvas with another thick layer of paint in a regulated manner to create a a landscape object. Contradictory, her art is all about logical arrangement. Later on, she carefully paints with structure and rules, resembling her efforts to fit into society. Essentially, the influence of her living environment is so immense that she gave in.

From the outside, her landscape representation appears to be innocent but if you look closely into the details, you can tell see a subtle rebellious movement that she created to express her convictions.

Education
Graduated from the Oil Painting Department of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in 2012

Solo Exhibitions

2019
Rain Drop, Finger Print Gallery, Beijing

2018
Inertia Description, Aura.a gallery, Shanghai

2017
Inertia Description, Aura. a gallery, Shanghai
Joint Exhibition @ Affordable Art Fair, Asian Art Platform, Singapore

2014
Landscape as Texture, Linda Gallery, Beijing

Group Exhibitions

2017
Mini Art Fair, Hui Art Space, Beijing

2016
YAM STORE, Yang Art Museum, Beijing
Art Beijing, National Agriculture Exhibition Centre, Beijing
The Zone In Between, Times Art Museum, Beijing
Wall Art, Today Art Museum, Beijing
Why Art, Linda Gallery, Beijing
Key in Landscape, FM Art Space, Guangzhou
Shen Zhen International Art Fair, Shenzhen
Art Nova 100, National Agriculture Exhibition Centre, Beijing

2015
Wall Art, Today Art Museum, Beijing
Why Art, Linda Gallery, Beijing

2014
IVY ART 2014 - The first Chinese artists to promote exhibition, Inside out Art Museum, Beijing
Young Art Taipei, Sheraton Grande Taipei Hotel, Taipei
Growing, Annual Exhibition 2013-2014 of Young Artist in Residence of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Chong Qing Art Museum, Chongqing

2013
Transformation-Circumference Can Show, Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Xiang An Shan Art Museum, Chongqing

2012
Existence Diversity, Sichuan Fine Art Institue New Art Exhibition, Blue Roof Museum of Chengdu, Chengdu
The Start of a Long Journey, Outstanding works By 2012 Graduates from Ket Art Institution of Higher Education in China

Scholarships & Collections
Art Bank
Inside-out Art Museum
FM Art Space
Sichuan Fine Arts Institute Museum
Blue Roof Museum of Chengdu
Pheonix Fund
Outstanding Graduate Scholarship

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