Zhang Xinyan puts post-expressionism in Western art history in dialogue with materials and themes such as Chinese painting and news real events. Her artistic practice uses fragmentation and hybrid techniques to explore the 'vulnerability of human nature' and the 'common state of human existence' under the influence of popular culture.
Read MoreThroughout her works, Xinyan offers up images of human nature in different states—through the 'wounded' to insinuate the decay and pale of the spiritual world of modern people. The weak status of women and children in society is her focus.
Xinyan was born in 1991 in Shenzhen, China, move to Germany in 2018. She received her BFA from Shenzhen University (2014) and her MFA from Guangzhou Unversity (2018 ), She also studied at Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe in Germany (2019–2021) and Florence Academy of Fine Arts in Italy (2017).
Solo exhibitions of Xinyan's work have been presented at venues such as the Women MuseumBonn, Germany (2022); Bauschaustelle Düsseldorf e.V, Düsseldorf (2022); the Radius Gallery, Xi'an (2021).
Group exhibitions include the Artual Gallery, Lebanon (2022); the Beijing Weekend Gallery, Beijing (2022); Fangyuan Art Gallery, Beijing (2022); Galerie Bodenseekreis, Germany (2022); Art Factory HB 55, Berlin (2022); Galerie Schindler, Postdam, Germany (2022); the Ultramontane Gallery, Hangzhou (2022), and BBK Karlsruhe, Germany (2022).
In 2022 , Her Work nominate for the 7th Eb-Dietzsch Art Prize ,Germany; Art Prize 'Förderpreis Jung+Gegenständlich 2022' in Bodenseekreis, Germany; Bottrop Art Award, Bottrop, Germany; the V.Rothe and R.Hendricks Art award, Bonn, Germany; Baustelle Schaustelle Art Prize, Düsseldorf.
Text courtesy DE SARTHE.
