XING WANLI

Xing Wanli, born in Chengde, Hebei in 1992, studied at Sichuan Fine Arts Institute and Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts, and now lives and works in Chengdu.His works point to the non-linear narrative structure of literary works and invoke the semiotic image processing of the relationship between the materiality of the referent and the mental representation of the referent. By exploring ‘Text’, ‘Image’ and ‘Memory’, Xing brings a variety of images to his works, as well as a multi-dimensional space to contemplate. When we describe our memories, how much of it is related to the actual events, and how much is a fabrication of lost fragments? It is precisely this chaotic nature of memory that inspires the artist to explore, with tentative strokes traversing the unfamiliar paths. He uses real - life experiences to reorganise and transform these words into scenes with “memory” as the main theme. His images emphasise the echoing of words and sensual experience, and the fragmented elements correspond to the inspirations in life, constructing a series of open-ended schemas that transform from reality to preconception and then record the transformation process. His works have been collected by X Museum and other institutions, his work “Assassinating the Chief of the Knights” was selected into the “Cultural City of East Asia 2019 Toshima Award”.His solo exhibitions include: “There Are More Things”,X Museum, (Beijing, 2024); “Far Oasis ”,KeYi Gallery, (Hefei, 2021); “The Shape of Story”, MoMo Art center, (Xi’an, 2019). and major group exhibitions include: “Silo Dreams”, KeYi Gallery, (Hefei 2024); “ERA OF ENCORE”, Beijing Times Art Museum, (Beijing, 2024); “The World as Will and Representation”, KeYi Gallery, (Beijing, 2023); “How many times, I have left my everyday life”, 69 Art Campus, (Beijing, 2022); Qingjin Plan of “Sputnik Lovers”, (Beijing, 2020), etc.