Hao Xing (b. Shenzhen, China) lives and works in London.
Most of Hao Xing’s works deal with folklore, ghost stories, literature and personal recollections. The artist collages and deconstructs fragmented symbols to form independent riddles that question authenticity and subjective experience. Most of the scenes in the paintings seem staged or set models. Visual symbols and scenes are assembled bizarrely and childishly. Ambiguous emotions and vague positions constitute his paintings. The artist explores the notions of consequences, fate and uncertainty by mixing and collaging different possibilities or elements in his works. There is no realistic space in his paintings, only a vague speculation space like fortune-telling where puzzles and riddles are formed.
SELECTED ARTIST TALK
“Artist Talk: Hao Xing”, Slade School of Art, London UK, March 2024
“Artist Talk: Hao Xing”, Royal College of Art, London UK, January 2024
Public Collections
X Museum, Beijing, China
EDUCATION
MA Painting
Royal College of Art, London
2023 - 2024
BA (Hons) Fine Art
Goldsmiths University, London
2020 - 2023
AWARD
2023
Recipient for the Basil H Alkali Scholarship Award
Solo Exhibition
2024
Ghosts, Riddles and Antecedents
Gene gallery, Shanghai
3 November - 2 December
Art Fair
2024
West Bund Art & Design
MOU PROJECTS, Shanghai
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
The Other World
Chilli Art Project, London
18 January - 30 January
2024
Erratum and Misalignment
MG Space, Beijing
27 July - 19 September
SUPERCROWDS/SUPERCOMMUNITY
TANK Shanghai, Shanghai
20 July - 8 October
Fragments
Project Kavel Rafferty, Margate
26 March - 31 March
Thoughts In The Silent Night
Hewhood Gallery, London
19 March - 7th April
2022
Floating Bodies
Safe House 2, London
11 November - 13 November
2021
Redirecting
Tree Art Museum, Beijing
1 January - 21 January