Xiao Se

Swimming Pool

2021

XIAO SE / 萧瑟 (*1970) grew up in Beijing in the second half of the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). He experienced the tumultuous socio-political and cultural climate during the 1978 liberalist economic reform and the late ’80s student movements. He is best known for his surrealist paintings, which skillfully fuse religious motifs in the early Renaissance masterpieces into realistic portrayals of individuals’ living conditions in postsocialist China. From 1986 to 1991, Xiao studied in Beijing’s School of Fine Arts, the PRC. In 1995, he graduated from the Environment Art Design Center at the Central Academy of Fine Arts and Design. In 2000, Xiao Se was nominated as one of the Emerging Talents in Chinese Oil Paintings in the official art magazine Art Research. 1995 BA the Environment Art Design Center at the Central Academy of Fine Arts and Design. *Note: In 1999, the CAFD was integrated into Tsinghua University and was renamed as the Academy of Arts and Design at Tsinghua University. 2019 “Gazing Affectionately —Xiao Se Solo Exhibition,” LPS China Platform / Lu Museum, Beijing 2018 “Xiao Se: Solo Exhibition—2018 Bavaria Chinese New Year,” Alte Kongresshalle, Munich 2011 “Xiao Se’s Solo Exhibition, Beijing,” Eli Klein Projects, Beijing 2009 “Instinctive Reality,” Eli Klein Fine Art, New York 2007 “Art Gender,” The Fifth Element Gallery, Beijing 2004-2005 “Privacy of the Fish,” the first exhibition at 798 Art Zone in Beijing and the second exhibition in Hong Kong 2003 “Years Gone By,” Wan Fung Gallery, Beijing 2001 “Memory of an Abortive Turn,” Wan Fung Gallery, Beijing 1999-2001 Three solo exhibitions titled “Xiao Se’s Oil Paintings,” Qin Gallery, Beijing 1999 “Xiao Se’s Oil Paintings” in Bonn and Berlin 1998 “Xiao Se’s Art Works,” Qin Gallery, Beijing 1997 “Xiao Se’s Oil Paintings,” Qin Gallery, Beijing 2018 ARTMUC, 2018 2016 “Art Spirit in the Material Time,” Fuzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Fuzhou 2016 “About the Air,” Ningbo Museum of Art, Ningbo (the PRC) 2015 “Return,” Riverside Art Museum, Beijing 2014 The 1st Xinjiang International Arts Biennale, Urumqi (the PRC) 2014 “Xinjiang Impression,” National Art Museum of China, Beijing 2012 Art Beijing, Beijing 2010 “Rehearsal,” The 8th Shanghai Biennial, Shanghai 2009 Art Chicago, Eli Klein Fine Art, Chicago 2009 “Redefining Surrealism,” Eli Klein Fine Art, New York 2009 LA Art Show, Eli Klein Fine Art, Los Angeles 2008 Asian Contemporary Art Fair, Eli Klein Fine Art, New York 2008 SCOPE Art Fair, Eli Klein Fine Art, Miami 2007 The 10th Beijing Art Expo, Beijing 2007 The 4th China International Gallery Exposition, Beijing 2007 “Fine Arts Literature Art Center Collection Exhibition,” Fine Arts Literature Art Center, Wuhan (the PRC) 2006 “Form and Language” Contemporary Art Exposition, Yan Club Arts Center, Beijing 2005 China’s Famous Artists’ Works Exhibition, Wan Fung Art Gallery, Beijing 2003 Art Taipei, Taipei 2002 Global Art Fair Singapore, Singapore 2002 Contemporary Oil Paintings Exhibition, Wan Fung Art Gallery, Hong Kong 2002 Korea International Art Fair, Seoul