Xie Nanxing

Born in 1970 in Chongqing, China

Lives and works in Beijing and Chengdu, China

Within the Chinese modern art scene, Xie Nanxing has carved out a special place

for himself. The artist has explored the infinite possibilities of painting over the

course of his decades-long practice. From his photorealist self-portraits and male

nudities that he displayed at the 48th Venice Biennale in 1999, just three years

after graduating from the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, to his out-of-focus renderings

of nocturnal gardens, which he presented at documenta 12 in Kassel in 2007.

Recent and notable solo and group exhibitions include Sigg Prize at M+, Hong

Kong (2023-2024); UCCA Edge, Beijing (2023); Beijing Bienniale (2022); Art

Museum of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Chongqing (2021); Song Art Museum, Beijing

(2020); Hive Center For Contemporary Art, Beijing (2020); Württembergischer

Kunstverein, Stuttgart (2019); MAK Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Vienna (2019);

Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing (2018); Red Brick Art Museum, Beijing

(2016); Museum of Contemporary Art Chengdu (2016); Today Art Museum, Beijing

(2016); Shanghai 21st Century Minsheng Art Museum (2015); OCT Contemporary

Art Terminal (OCAT), Shenzhen (2014); Centro di Cultura Contemporanea Strozzina

(CCCS), Palazzo Strozzi, Florence (2010); Kunsthalle Basel (2002); documenta 12,

Kassel (2007); Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof (2005); Manchester Art Gallery

(2003) and La Biennale di Venezia, 48. Esposizione Internationale d’Arte, Venice

(1999).

Nanxing’s work is included in renowned international contemporary art collections,

among them M+Museum, Hong Kong; the Rachofsky Collection, Dallas; Start

Museum, Shanghai; Sammlung Goetz, Munich and By Art Matters, Hangzhou.