Yang Xun


Biography
Yang Xun was born 1981 in Chongqing. He graduated from 2001 from the High School affiliated with Sichuan Fine Art Institute and 2005 from the Oil Department of the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute. He has had several solo exhibitions in China (Xin Dong Cheng Space for Contemporary Art), Singapore, Malaysia, and Korea. Group exhibitions stretch further in USA, Canada, Serbia, Spain, China and Indonesia.
Yang Xun focuses his paintings on Chinese Gardens seen in the nighttime with spotlights giving the viewer a sharp contrast what is visible and not. It could also be a moonlight that reflects the contrast from dark to light. One could enter a space and contrast of illusion. Sometimes it feels like a stage set, like a stage of a theatre that resemblance distance. The scene is beautiful with bamboo and other plants including peony flowers caught in a time capsule.