Xing danwen biography of abraham
Xing danwen biography of abraham hamilton.
Born in Xi'an, China, the artist Xing Danwen currently lives and works in Beijing.
She started her visual art practice with the painting medium in her teens.
From , she participated in a 4-year program of professional study in painting at the primary art school affiliated to Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts.
Xing danwen biography of abraham
From , she continued painting and completed her BFA at Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing.
In , she went to New York with a grant and fellowship from the Asian Cultural Council. From , she completed her MFA at the School of Visual Arts in New York with a chairman grant from SVA.
Being a part of the Chinese avant-garde, Xing is best known for her early photographic work documenting the underground cultural and artistic activities in the mid-to-late s.
She was one of the few artists exploring the boundaries of photography and using photography as an art form in late 80s and 90s in China. Fiction, truth, and illusion often play important roles in her works.
Th