Joey Xia (b. 1992) received his BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2016. He currently lives and works in Shanghai. Joey Xia’s work engages with issues related to his peers, culture, and art history within the context of unfathomable globalization. Xia’s practice shows extensive investigations into imagery and materiality, culminating in his signature stitched canvas paintings, sculptures, and installations. In his most recent works, the subject matter is informed by his exploration of geographical shifts and cultural drifts. Xia creates site-specific works that incorporate and respond to both the architecture of the exhibition space and materials gathered from the region. Through stitching various materials and images from different times and places, Joey Xia examines the projection of meta-narratives onto constructed individual and mainstream values.
Solo Exhibitions（Project）: Dry Run， Suhe Haus，Shanghai A Dispersing Dream Journey, Qiao Space, Shanghai, 2023. Das Unheimliche, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, 2021 Selected group show: Echoes among us, Jinga’an Internatinal Sculpture Project, Shanghai. Sailing home，Zhoushan Art Museum，Zhoushan. Patterns’Narrative, China Design Museum, Hangzhou. Reincarnation, Song Art Museum. Era of Encore，Times Art Museum, Beijing. Steadfastly Revise for the Standers in Nonproductive Constriction, Long march project, Beijing . The Tale of Tales, G Museum, Nanjing (2022). Warm Current -Chineses& Japaneses & South Korean Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Powerlong Art center (2022). A Long Hello, The Eighth Huayu Youth Award Finalist, Exhibition, UCCA, Beijing etc.
