Yan Xing

Yan Xing's art installations confound the esthetical norm by mixing and matching elements from a wealth of genres, media and styles. Xing is fascinated by early internet culture, the interaction between youth culture and technology, and marginalized identities in contemporary society. His extensive art practice seamlessly blends sculpture, installations, performance, video, photography and painting.

During his residency at Jester Yan Xing will develop a board game.

Yan Xing (1986) was born in Chongqing, China. He currently divides his time between Brussel and Los Angeles. In 2009 he obtained a Bachelor degree of Arts at the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute. Yan Xing is a co-founder of the COMPANY collective. In 2012 he received the Best Young Artist Award in the Chinese Contemporary Art Awards, and a nomination for the Future Generation Art Prize of Pinchuk Art Centre, Kiev. He presented remarkable solo expositions at (a.o.) Kunsthalle Basel (Dangerous Afternoon, 2017), the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum in Michigan (2015), and the Chinese Art Centre in Manchester (2012).