Shi Xinji
1980 Born in Shangqiu, Henan Province
2008 Graduated from Department of Printmaking of Central Academy of Fine Art, Master Degree
Buddhism, Taoism and Chinese ancient mythology Shan Hai Jing was a great influence on his creations. Many of his scenes, animals and plants can be traced in Shan Hai Jing. Shi’s works give audience a sense of hybridity, which blended reality, history and mythology altogether. It offers audience a platform to rethink reality issues under the contemporary social context. Shi’s work always begins with trivial objects. He depicts ordinary scenes, attempting to create a clear and mysterious world through calculated blank-leaving and space transformation. Through years, Shi Xinji’s artistic style gets more abstract in order to create a unique atmosphere. He tends to overcome various barriers in real life and transcend temporal-spatial constraints. Furthermore, his works represent his desolate spirit with a natural and pleasant interest. His artistic language contains surrealism features, but not so over-the-top like that of Surreal-Pop art, though it is more complicated and meaningful than Pop language. Shi also retains some randomness in his painting, triggering life and delight out of papers.
ARTWORKS
Exhibitions
East Mountain Daybreak – Shi Xinji New Works
2021.04.11 – 2021.06.10
After Snow in East Mountain – Shi Xinji New Works
2018.07.08 – 2018.09.08
SHI XINJI – Detached Imagery
2015.03.29 – 2015.05.25
SHI XINJI – Acquisition from Fairy Mountain
2013.03.17 – 2013.05.08
Publications
After Snow in East Mountain
Shi Xinji
Detached Imagery
Shi Xinji
Acquisition from Fairy Mountain
Shi Xinji
Selected Articles
物象浮云外 山水道场中
by 男兮
流水记
by 李啸非
A New Ride, A New Path
by Zhao Li
Spirit in Heart, Heart in Mountains
By Huang Yang
Refreshing State – Appreciation of Shi Xinji’s Arts
by PENG FENG