After graduating with his B.F.A. from the Guangzhou Academy of Art in 2016, Xiong went on to earn his M.F.A. at the Royal College of Art in London in 2018. His work has since been exhibited at Shekou Gallery, Shenzhen (2024); OM Gallery, Shanghai (2023); Leo Gallery, Shanghai (2022); Courtauld Institute of Art, London (2021); and LVS Gallery, Seoul (2020). He currently lives and works in New York.

Xiong’s work draws deeply from his childhood as an ethnic minority growing up in a nomadic region of Inner Mongolia during China’s assimilation policies. Marked by the region’s transition from traditional nomadism during the assimilation policy period, his practice navigates the tensions between cultural heritage and modernization. He works primarily with materials tied to the pastoral lifestyle—such as felt, sheepskin, cowhide, rabbit fur, and mineral pigments—integrating them with painting to evoke memory, resistance, and transformation.

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