Born in Nantong, Jiangsu Province in 1988, Ji Xin received the BA and MA degrees in the oil painting department from the China Academy of Art in 2010 and 2013, and studied in Paris as a visiting artist via an exchange project of CAA in 2012.
Ji Xin's exploration is making steady progress, retracing the intersection of different narratives from the Eastern and Western classical aesthetics, gradually awakening the contemporary sensibility outlined by his perspective.
In his work, traditional Eastern modeling methods and Western oil painting techniques are intertwined, presenting an examination of the forms and realms of Song dynasty painting, as well as a glimpse of his research into Renaissance iconography and the glazing of light and shadow. This ambiance in his work is not based on the response to a specific history or context, but on an understanding of the world and how to embed oneself in the surroundings.
Ji Xin portrays the homogeneous representations of complex emotions shared by the collective that can travel through time, examining the hustle and bustle in the void, demonstrating a grasp of the seemingly innocent but subtle atmosphere of his works.
Ji Xin's creations were born out of the search for classical, innocent, delicate, and mysterious complexities. In this process, the artist draws on external nutrients, cutting out the self in his work and presenting the figure as a detached reality. In perceiving changes in the outside world, the artist has pursued familiar techniques while creating idealized worlds, playing with surrealism and detachment, all while keeping a clear link to reality. Ji Xin attempts to distill a metaphysical reference through the setting of figures and scenarios, revealing a reverted state of coexistence between man and god.
Ji Xin's works are included in the collections of important art institutions and individuals such as ICA Miami, Long Museum in Shanghai, Power Long Museum in Shanghai, Deji Art Museum in Nanjing, G Museum in Nanjing, X Museum in Beijing and Xiao Museum of Contemporary Art in Rizhao.
Ji Xin’s selected solo exhibitions include: “Trance Afternoon”, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China (2021); “Vanished Eden”, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Shenzhen, China (2018); “Interval”, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China; “Nightingale”, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China (2014).
His upcoming solo exhibitions will be at Song Art Museum, Beijing, China (2022) and Almine Rech, Paris, France (2023).
Ji Xin’s selected group exhibitions include: “Appeal to the Infinite Within”, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China (2022); “Universes 5”, The Hole NYC, New York, US (2022); “Off the Beaten Track”, Gallery Baton, Seoul, South Korea (2022); “The Salvation of Shahrazad”, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China (2020).
Born in 1988 in Nantong, Jiangsu Province.
Live and works in Hangzhou and Shanghai.
Education
2013
Graduated from Oil Painting Department of China Academy of Art, Master Degree
2012
Studied in Paris as Visiting Artist Via an Exchange Project of CAA
2010
Graduated from the Oil Painting Department of China Academy of Art, Bachelor Degree
Solo Exhibitions
2022
(Upcoming) Solo Exhibition, Song Art Museum, Beijing, China
2021
Ji Xin: Trance Afternoon, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
2018
Ji Xin: Vanished Eden, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Shenzhen, China
2016
Ji Xin: Interval, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
2015
Ji Xin: Twilight, Sanshang Art, Hangzhou, China
2014
Ji Xin: Nightingale, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
Group Exhibitions
2023
'X PINK 101', X Museum, Beijing, China
'Upstairs Cities', ASE Foundation, Shanghai, China
(Upcoming) Nassima landau, Tel Aviv-Yafo, State of Israel
2022
‘Being In the World: The Tenth Anniversary of the Long Museum’, Long Museum, Shanghai, China
The Tale of Tales, G Museum, Nanjing, China
Appeal to the Infinite Within, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
The Jolt of Image: New Paintings by Chinese Millennials, Chengdu Art Museum, Chengdu, China
UNIVERSES 5, The Hole NYC, New York, USA
Off the Beaten Track, Gallery Baton, Seoul, South Korea
2020
The Salvation of Shahrazad: Memo of the New Generation Painting, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
2019
Light Profoundness: The Worldlet of East Asian Artists, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
Summer Fling, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
2018
Déjà vu: Painting as the Art of Signification, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
2017
Full of Tigers on the Roof, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Shenzhen, China
2016
A Ride to Combine: Hive’s Special Exhibition 2016, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
Painting as Strait Gate: Post 80s Artists Invitation Exhibition, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
Unrealities in the Reality: The Intellectual Dimension of Daily Life, Boxes Art Space of OCT Harbour, Shenzhen, China
2015
Illusory: Realness and Truth, GALERIE HUIT, HK, China
Inter-Youth: The International Higher Art Institutes Youth Art Exhibition, CAA Art Museum, Hangzhou, China
2013
Blue & Yellow: Swift Transitions of Self, Moore Gallery, London, UK
Yes, Youth: Oil Painting Invitation Exhibition of Young Artists, 6-Art Contemporary Art Center, Hangzhou, China
Exhibition of Excellent Graduates of China Academy of Art, Fine Arts Museum of China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China
Discovery & Reconstruction: Exhibition of Chinese Excellent Young Artists, Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
Nap of the Earth: Exploration for Art Spirit in Life-Special Exhibition for Young Artists of 70/ 80/ 90 Generations, Kuaiyi Space, Hangzhou, China
Observation: Exhibition of Chinese New Realistic Painting, 111 Art Space Lin Gallery, Shanghai, China
Seventy Cents, Art No.2 Space, Hangzhou, China
Grand Exhibition of Fine Arts for Young Artists in Shanghai, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
2012
Youths’ Ambition: Exhibition for Young Artists of 80/90 Generations in Zhejiang, Ningbo Art Museum, Ningbo, China
Public Collection
ICA Miami, Miami
Long Museum, Shanghai
Powerlong Museum, Shanghai
Deji Art Museumt, Nanjing
G Museum, Nanjing
X Museum, Beijing
Xiao Museum of Contemporary Art, Rizhao