Xia Hang (b.1978, Shenyang, China) graduated from the Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts before completing a Master of Fine Arts in the sculpture department of the prestigious Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. He is a pioneer in adapting the concept of play to his monumental steel sculptures that are made up of small, mechanical parts. Inspired by toys and cartoons of his childhood, including the Transformers franchise, Xia creates dynamic sculptures that sometimes come in multiple configurations, inviting people to interact with his art.
Xia has exhibited widely across China and participated in group exhibitions that toured internationally, including Sculpture by the Sea on Bondi Beach in 2017, and has been commissioned to create a major public artwork for TWT Property Group in Sydney. His work was collected by the White Rabbit Gallery.
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| 1978 | Born in Shenyang, Liaoning province |
| 2002 | Graduated from the Sculpture Department of Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts |
| 2009 | Graduated from the Sculpture Department of Central Academy of Fine Arts Now lives and works in Beijing |
| 2010 | “Play & Fun”, J Art Gallery, Shanghai, China |
| 2008 | “Please Don’t Touch”, New Age Gallery, Beijing, China |
| 2015 | “Parkview·Blue”, Beijing, China |
| “Sharks and humanity ”, global art exhibition, National Museum of China, Beijing, China | |
| “Spiritual Field”, Parkview Green Art, Taipei | |
| “NEO-ORDER”, Ying art center, Shanghai, China | |
| “ART Beijing 2015”, Parkview Green Art, Beijing, China | |
| “On Sharks & Humanity “, Ekaterina cultural foundation, Moscow | |
| 2014 | “Lesser Logic -Linguistic Encoding and Discursive Expression in Contemporary Art” The Theme |
| Exhibition Of PVG Art Festival 2014，Beijing, China | |
| “ART Beijing 2014”, Parkview Green Art, Beijing, China | |
| 2013 | ” Sharks and humanity”, Monaco Oceanographic Museum, Monte Carlo, Monaco |
| “The portrait of space” Parkview Green Art Festival, Parkview Green Art, Beijing | |
| “2013 China Sculpture Almanac Exhibition”, National Centre for the Performing Arts, China | |
| 2012 | “ART BEIJING”, National Agriculture Exhibition Center, China |
| 2011 | “ART Taipei 2011”, Taiwan |
| 2010 | “Passing: Contemporary Young Artists Exhibition”, Wuhan Best Art Space, Hubei, China |
| “ART Taipei 2010”, Taiwan | |
| “China International Gallery Exposition(CIGE)”, Beijing, China | |
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“New Language in Sculptures: Sculptors Born After the Year 1970 Group Exhibition”, New Age Gallery, Beijing, China
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| 2009 | “Blank3: Making Life”, Medium Art Center, Beijing, China “ART Taipei 2009”, Taiwan |
| “Playing and Making Arts, 2008 Beijing 798 Art Festival”, 798 Art District, Beijing, China | |
| “City Front”, Exhibition Hall of the China World Trade Center, Beijing, China | |
| “Art Basel Miami Beach”, Miami, U.S.A. | |
| “Now-Future”, New Age Gallery, Beijing, China | |
| “The China Impetus (CISAE2009)”, Beijing International sculpture Art District, Beijing, China | |
| “China International Gallery Exposition(CIGE)”, Beijing, China | |
| 2008 | “Art Singapore2008: The Contemporary Asian Art Fair”, Suntec, Singapore |
| “LOFT” Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition”, 2008 Beijing 798 Art Festival, 798 Art District, Beijing, China | |
| “Declaration of the Only Child”, New Age Gallery, Beijing, China | |
| “Opening: Summer Group Show”, Aura Gallery, Beijing, China | |
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“New Age, New Blending”: New Generation Chinese and Indonesian Artists Exchange Exhibition, New Age Gallery, Beijing, China
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| Edwin’s Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia | |
| “The Age of Innovation, Being persistent”, New Age Gallery, Beijing, China | |
| “The Age of Innovation, Being persistent”, China International Gallery Exposition, Beijing | |
| 2007 | “Image-Nation: New Generation Art in China”, Contrasts Gallery, Shanghai; Beijing |
| “New Age, Different Manifesto”, China International Gallery Exposition, Beijing | |
| “The Age of Pluralism, Being Persistent”, New Age Gallery, Beijing; Taiwan |
