Xie Molin (; born 1979) is a Chinese artist, best known for creating paintings in Beijing using a triaxial linkage machine.
Background
After living in
Wenzhou
Wenzhou (pronounced ; Wenzhounese: Yuziou ”y33–11 tÉ•iɤu33–32 ), historically known as Wenchow is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Zhejiang province in the People's Republic of China. Wenzhou is located at the extreme south east o ...
, a city in the Zhejiang Province of China, Xie Molin moved to Beijing in 1995 to attend the attached school of the
China Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA). He graduated from the Mural Department of CAFA and obtained an M.F.A from the painting department of the
Edinburgh College of Art.
Career
Upon arriving back to Beijing Xie Molin participated in several group exhibitions including the CAFAM Future Exhibition at the CAFA Museum, ON/OFF: China's Young Artists in Concept and Practice at the
Ullens Center for Contemporary Art
UCCA Center for Contemporary Art or UCCA () is a leading Chinese independent institution of contemporary art. Founded in 2007. Located at the heart of the 798 Art District in, China, it welcomes more than one million visitors a year. Originally k ...
(UCCA), Pull Left-Not Always Right at the Urban Arts Space at Ohio State University and at the Hillstrom Museum of Gustavus Adolphus College in Minnesota, 28 Chinese at the Rubell Family Collection in Miami, Focus Beijing: De Heus-Zomer Collection at the Museum Bojimans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam, Leaving Realism Behind at Pace Gallery in Beijing and A Victory Over Nothingness: Purse Snatch in Streetcar and Other Post Fevralist Absurdities at Intelligentsia Gallery in Beijing.
Xie Molin's work has been featured in solo shows at Pace Hong Kong, the Beijing Commune, and at Space Station in Beijing.
References
External links
Xie Molin – Pace GalleryXie Molin – 北京公社 Beijing CommuneOfficial Website
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1979 births
Living people
Chinese contemporary artists
Painters from Zhejiang
Artists from Wenzhou
Alumni of the Edinburgh College of Art