Print (MA)

Yuxuan Wang

Yuxuan Wang is a contemporary surrealist Chinese artist and designer who lives and works in Beijing and London. After completing her two degrees from the Beijing Normal University (2014-2018), with one in BA Fine Art program and another in BA Philosophy, she continued her art training at the Royal College of Art as a printmaker (2018-2020). In her years-spanning artistic practice, from a philosophical perspective, Yuxuan was profoundly influenced by aesthetic and linguistic knowledge.

EDUCATION

2018 - Current: MA: Print | Royal College of Art, London, UK

2014 - 2018: BA: Painting | Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

2014 - 2018: Minor: Philosophy | Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2020: In Review, Southwark Park Galleries, London, UK

2019: Oh Dear, SafeHouse, London, UK

2019: By Association, Hockney Gallery, London, UK

2019: Work-in-Progress Show, Royal College of Art, London, UK

2018: Look As Far As One Can, Jingshi Gallery, Beijing, China

2016: 6th China (International) University Students Art Exhibition, China

2011: Future China-Youth Painting and Photography Exhibition, Chinesisches Kulturzentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Contact

ku.ca.acr.krowten@gnaw.nauxuy

moc.kooltuo@gnaw_naushuy

Degree Details

School of Arts & Humanities

Print (MA)

2020 is an extraordinary year with all kinds of extraordinary events happening in the world. It is also a monumental year in which my art has progressed both practically and theoretically. No matter use what kind of materials and mediums, exploring the boundary between language and ineffability, dream and reality, existence and significance, has always been core themes of my artworks. Art, as a special kind of language, is a significant pathway for me to understand the world ontologically. Methodologically, I love using poetic fragments and metaphors to create something like music that has its own rhythm. Thus my project always presents as a series work, in order to comprise different chapters into a whole song.

Symphony NO 1 Movement 1 — The first movement is an opening sonata, which structure consisting of three main sections: an exposition, a development, and a recapitulation.

The Symphony No.1 series is my new experimental works. Through my art development, I am used to employing repeated items as my metaphors to create works. That kind of methodology reminds me of musical notes, which musician would arrange them into different beautiful songs. If the creating process is a free play of imagination and feelings, can I play the role of a musician to create something like the symphony? Inspired by that, I chose to use the long-form as my music background and several repeated metaphors as my notes to create a two-dimensional symphony. The different image presents different movements. The first movement is an opening sonata, in which the structure consists of three main sections: an exposition, a development, and a recapitulation.