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Jing Xu 许菁

Born in Brussels, Belgium. Lives and works in New York City.

I came to making paintings as a way of finding rootedness in a transient life. Having lived and studied across three continents, belonging is something I have sought to create through art. Drawing from my background in movement and performance, I often use elements of geometric abstraction and calligraphy to create compositions that convey motion and possibility. In the process of making a painting, I am searching for simultaneous exuberance and clarity - moments where we feel ourselves to be both intimately knowable and vastly infinite. I work with color and form intuitively and am deeply engaged by the integrity and possibilities of materials and surface. Each painting is an invitation to humor and introspection, both a landscape and a mirror.

Email: jing@jing-xu.com
Instagram: jingxu__