Wang Yanxin
Wang Yanxin(b.1988)
Born in Lanzhou, Gansu Province in 1988, Wang Yanxin lives and works in Chengdu and Mianyang. He is currently Associate Professor at Sichuan University of Culture and Arts. Wang graduated from the New Media Department of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in 2013. Since 2012, he has been creating multi-media works in the form of performance art.
In recent years, Wang Yanxin has held solo exhibitions and conducted personal projects at the Himalayas Art Museum (Shanghai), Black Box Art Museum (Qidao), Chengdu Contemporary Art Museum (Chengdu), Augui Caifang Warehouse (Auguan) and other places, also participateding in Waikato Art Gallery (New Zealand), Adelaide Arts Center (Australia), Old Slovak Tank Depot (Slovakia), Budapest Gallery (Hungary), Tokyo NIPAF Space (Japan), Fukushima Art Project (Japan), Bangkok BACC Art Center (Thailand), Chengdu Tianfu Art Museum (Chengdu), Lux Lake·A4 Art Museum (Chengdu), Lushan Art Museum (Chengdu), Guanghui Art Museum (Chengdu), Blue Roof Art Museum (Chengdu), the original .Art Museum (Chongqing), Xinghui Contemporary Art Museum (Chongqing), Chinese Contemporary Art Museum (Chongqing), Tainan Art Space (Taiwan), JCCAC Art Center (Hong Kong), Macao Art Center (Macao) and other institutions.
Wang Yanxin won first prize at the 9th New Star Art Award (2019), the SAYA Elite International Young Artist of the Year Special Award (2017), and other awards.
Artworks
Golden Door
Wang Yanxin, Performance Video, Narrative Edits,
Color, Sound,13′ 47″, 2021.