Xia Fu-Ning : galerie bruno massa

XIA FU-NING (CN)

Born in 1962, Nanjing, China
Lives & works in Song Zhuang, Beijing, China

Xia Fu-Ning is a Chinese artist born in 1962 in Nanjing. He was professor in the Department of Fine Arts during 1980's in Tianjin Polytechnic University. Zhuangzi and Laozi’s philosophy has exercised a great influence on Xia’s artworks. In his oriental vision, Xia realized that Qi (the character signifies the original reality, breath of life), the major component of life, is of great significance in painting. Chinese people adopt the phrase Qi-Xi (signifying breath, Xi means the process of breathing) to perceive the intrinsic aspect of art in a more vivid and essential manner, displaying the origin and status of object existence. In his works, the artist arranges the daily intimate surroundings in Qi-Xi (breathing) by means of his unique visual logic, surpasses the transient and restricted nature, retrieves the poetic and spiritual feature of their existence origin, thus attaining freedom and eternity.

Solo Exhibitions

2018 Inhale & Exhale, Xia Fu-Ning Art Exhibition, Yushan Contemporary Art gallery, Changshu, China
2014 The Will Of Vision, Xia Fu-Ning Solo Art Exhibition, 5 Art Center, Beijing, China
2014 The Will Of Vision, Xia Fu-Ning Solo Art Exhibition, Elements Gallery, YangZhou, China
2013 Rationalizing Vision Xia Fu-Ning Art Exhibition, National Art Musuem of China, Beijing, China

Group Exhibitions

2016 Contemporary Burgeoning of Oriental Heritage, Reality Space, Beijing, China.
2016 New Enlightenment, Cross-Border Exhibition and Reading, Traditional Arts Gallery, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
2016 Sublimation Contemporary Oil Painting Sketching Artworks Exhibition, Sunshine international Museum, Beijing, China
2016 Free Contemporary Art Invitation Exhibition, Ink Not Ink, Contemporary Art Museum, Qingdao, Shandong, China

2015 Harmony In Diversity, Nanjing International Art Festival & Phoenix Mountain Art Garden Artists Exhibition Tour, China
2015 Phoenix Mountain Art Gallery, Nanjing, China
2015 Meeilu Gallery, Changsha, China
2015 Hongqiao Contemporary Art Gallery, Shanghai, China
2015 Art Beijing, National Agricultural Exhibition Center, Beijing, China
2015 Extraordinary Color, Contemporary Chinese Watercolor Art Invitation Exhibition, 5 Art Center, Beijing, China

2014 A Moment of The Village, Oil Painting Sketching Exhibition, 798 Reality Space, Beijing, China
2014 CIGE2014 Gallery Exposition, Beijing National Convention Center, Beijing, China
2014 Every Stroke Has Its Significance, 12 artists Group Show, 5 art center, Beijing, China

2013 Slow Art, The Exhibition, 798 Reality Space, Beijing, China
2013 Experience of Su, Contemporary Jiangsu Artists in Beijing Group Show, Beijing, China

2012 Art Erdos, Erdos International Convention Center, Erdos, Inner Mongolia, China

2010 Art Beijing, National Agricultural Exhibition Center, Beijing, China

2009 Beijing Art Expo, China World Exhibition, Beijing, China

Fracture Surface No.1
2015
oil on paper
38 x 50 x 0,1 cm - 15 x 19,7 x 0,1 in

Stuffiness
2016
oil on linen
100 x 180 x 4 cm - 39,4 x 70,9 x 1,6 in

Confusion
2015
oil on linen
120 x 80 x 3 cm - 47,2 x 31,5 x 1,2 in