XING HAO

Xing Hao, born in Shenzhen in 2001, currently lives and works in London. In 2024, he obtained a Master’s degree in Painting from the Royal College of Art and received the Basil H Alkali Scholarship Award. In 2023, he earned a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts from Goldsmiths, University of London.

Most of Xing Hao’s works deal with folklore, ghost stories, literature and personal recollections. The artist collages and deconstructs fragmented symbols to form independent riddles that question authenticity and subjective experience. Most of the scenes in the paintings seem staged or set models. Visual symbols and scenes are assembled bizarrely and childishly. Ambiguous emotions and vague positions constitute his paintings. The artist explores the notions of consequences, fate and uncertainty by mixing and collaging different possibilities or elements in his works. There is no realistic space in his paintings, only a vague speculation space like fortune-telling where puzzles and riddles are formed.

Recent Exhibitions: ‘Ghosts, Riddles and Antecedents’, Gene Gallery, Shanghai, 2024;‘Erratum and Misalignment’, MG Space, Beijing, 2024;‘SUPERCROWDS/ SUPERCOMMUNITY’，TANK SH，Shanghai，2024; 20 July – 8 October’Fragments’，Project Kavel Rafferty，Margate，2024; ‘Thoughts In The Silent Night’，Hewhood Gallery，London，2024; ‘Lunar New Year’，Burgh House，London，2023; ‘Leap of Utopia’，Espacio Gallery，London，2022; ‘Floating Bodies’，Safe House 2, London, 2022; ‘Redirecting’, Tree Art Museum, Beijing, 2021；