Tao Xian Biography
Born 1991, Ma’anshan, China
Works and lives in Shanghai
EDUCATION AND WORK
2016 M.F.A. Parsons School of Design, New York, US
2013 B.A. Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
Tao Xian: Shimmer, Song Art Center, Beijing, China, August 23–September 20, 2025. (Digital Catalogue)
2023
Tao Xian: The Nightingale is Singing, Enclave Contemporary, Shenzhen, China, September 8–October 29, 2023. (Digital Catalogue)
2022
Tao Xian: The Fool and Dionysus, L·AN Gallery, Shenzhen, China, May 8–June 6, 2022. (Digital Catalogue)
2019
Tao Xian: Déjà Vu, Asian Art Platform, Singapore, April 25–May 25, 2019.
2017
Tao Xian: Two Person Show SENSE SCRATCH, Fingerprint Gallery, Beijing, China, August 26–September 26, 2017.
2016
Tao Xian: Unseen, Fukiage Museum of Art, Okayama, Japan, October 9–November 27, 2016.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026
Transcendance, Fou Gallery, New York, July 11–September 4, 2026. (Digital Catalogue)
2025
META-LIGHT Sentiment and Thought in Post-Screen Painting, Deer Vision Gallery, Datong, China
San Sheng, CHIWAN No.1 Art Center, Shenzhen, China
2024
ART021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair: Bridge to Fairyland, Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai, China
2023
ART021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair: Tao Xian Solo Project, Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai, China
Beijing Dangdai: Re-Gathering, Beijing Agricultural Exhibition Hall, Beijing, China
Before the Silent Spring Comes, Enclave Contemporary, Shenzhen, China
Design Shenzhen 2023, Shenzhen Convention & Exhibition Center, Shenzhen, China
2021
Autumn Fruits, KWM Art Center, Beijing, China
Star Start: Rear Window Opening Exhibition, Rear Window Gallery, Hangzhou, China
Another Gaze – Shenzhen Collectors, La Vie Creative Center, Shenzhen, China
2019
Art Expo Malaysia 2019, Matrade Exhibition & Convention Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2018
Constructing a Praxis, The Smith Learning Theater, Columbia University, New York, USA
Blurred Boundaries, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, USA
2017
Progress Everyday: Annual Nominated Exhibition, Zhu Zhong Art Museum, Beijing, China
Psalms and Bible, DA+Space, Shanghai, China
Cross-Cultural Exchange: Sino-American Young Artists Exhibition, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, USA
2016
WAVELENGTH, UNTITLED SPACE, New York, USA
I Can Because You Do, PARTICIPANT INC, New York, USA
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2016
CAAC Full Scholarship
2014
Parsons Dean’s Scholarship
2012
CAFA Best Artistic Exploration Award
2010
CAFA Second-Class Scholarship
2010
CAFA Best Creativity Award
RESIDENCIES
2020
Whittle School Artist in Residence, Shenzhen, China
2020
ChaNorth Residency, Pine Plain, NY
2020
Byrdcliffe Artist Residency, Woodstock NY