ARTIST STATEMENT
Wenjun Xie’s work focuses on exploring the hidden plight of women under patriarchal narratives and fights for women's narrative rights through multi-media practices such as painting, installation, and performative photography of their living conditions, relationships, and destinies.
EDUCATION
2021-2022: MA in Contemporary Curation, University of Southampton, UK
2015-2019: BA in Public Art, The South China University of Technology (211 & 985 project), China
EXHIBITIONS
2024 Group Exhibition Belfast Photo Festival, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2024 Group Exhibition Illumination, Centre Space Gallery, Bristol, UK
2023 Group Exhibition A Room of One’s Own, The Winchester Gallery, Winchester
2022 Group Exhibition We Belong Here, spudWORKS, Sway
2022 As Co-Curator MA Contemporary Curation Final Shows, Winchester School of Art, Winchester
2022 Group Exhibition Lucky Dip Bursary Exhibition, God’s House Tower, Southampton
2022 As Co-Curator MA Contemporary Curation Intern Shows, Winchester School of Art, Winchester
2022 MA Fine Art Intern Shows, Winchester School of Art, Winchester
2022 Group Exhibition Inspirational Women Artists, God’s House Tower, Southampton
2019 Group Exhibition 2019 Xu Qinsong Creation Award National General Selection Finalist Exhibition, Art
Museum of GAFA, China
2019 BA Public Art Degree Shows, Art Museum of SCUT, China
Award & Bursary
2024 Belfast Photo Festival 2024 Photo-Book winner
2022 Lucky Dip Bursary
2019 Xu Qingsong Creation Bronze Award
Residency
2023 Vacuum - Making Rooms Residency, Southampton UK