Xinwu Xu
Xinwu Xu (徐新武) born in 1984 in Jiangxi, China. He received his B.A. in Oil Painting from the China Academy of Art in 2008 and his master's degree in Painting from the Berlin University of the Arts in 2011. He currently lives and works in Shanghai, China.
Xu Xinwu's paintings consistently employ traces as a medium through which to explore the concealed truths of things, drawing on both an understanding of and an imaginative engagement with reality. Often adopting a realist narrative approach, his works examine the fluid relationships between human identity, emotions, and the external world, as well as the contradictions and equilibrium inherent in states of psychological tension.
Solo Exhibitions
“XU XINWU,” J: COLLECTION, Shanghai, China, 2026
“The Human Comedy,” BLANK Gallery, China, 2025
“The World Is a Net,” Cocoon Gallery, Guangzhou, China, 2022
“XXW,” Ying Space, Beijing, China, 2016
“Studio,” Boyi Art Museum, Hangzhou, China, 2012
Projects
“Export 2,” Tank Shanghai, Shanghai, China, 2019
“Export 1,” Heng Man Gallery, Chengdu, China, 2019
“Connection,” Alter Space, Shanghai, China, 2019
“Chaotic Era,” Yuyuan Road Old Post Office, Shanghai, China, 2018
Group Exhibitions
“GOLEM,” OS Gallery, Shanghai, China, 2024
“The Human World,” BLANK Gallery, Shanghai, China, 2022
“Cosmic Stranger,” X Contemporary Art, Changsha, China, 2022
“Another Night,” YIGUAN Art Centre, Nanjing, China, 2021
“Fusion and Innovation: Exhibition of Contemporary Art in Shanghai,” Lingang Contemporary Art Museum, Shanghai, China, 2020
“Boundary Between Time and Space,” Epoch Art Museum, Wenzhou, China, 2019
“Courage and Freedom II,” Z-art Centre, Shanghai, China, 2018
“Jet Lag,” Barbizon City Arts Centre, Barbizon, France, 2018
“Inexplicable,” Pearl Lam Galleries, Shanghai, China, 2017
“Deconstructing Aesthetic Forms and Their Opposites,” Ying Space, Beijing, China, 2015
“Muted Mysteries,” EGG Gallery, Beijing, China, 2015
“Urban Living Room,” 10th Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai, China, 2015
“Chinese New Painting Award: Pluck the Laurel,” Hi Art Centre, Beijing, China, 2014
“DRANG,” Academy Gallery, Berlin, Germany, 2010
“Annual Creation Exhibition of Berlin University of the Arts (UdK Rundgang),” Berlin University of the Arts, Berlin, Germany, 2010
“Century Star,” Art Museum of China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China, 2005, 2006