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Xiaohan Jiang (b. 1998, China) is a painter and poet based in Chicago. Born in Hebei, she moved to Suzhou at age nine. Her work explores the intersection of painting and poetry, drawing from the pastoral landscapes of her Northern childhood. Through allegorical imagery, she creates a spiritual realm where birds and horses become poetic symbols, and text intertwines with visual forms. Her work engages themes of transformation and identity, shaped by the tension between personal history and cultural dualities. Xiaohan received her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2022 and her MFA in Painting and Drawing there in 2025. Her work has been shown at Patient Info Gallery (Chicago), Riverside Art Center (Chicago), Art Clvb (Detroit), Unveil Gallery (Irvine), 4C Gallery (Los Angeles), and Bonian Space (Beijing). In 2022, she presented her first solo exhibition, Lowland Delusion, at Août Gallery in Beirut, Lebanon.
"A strong feeling of utopian innocence pervades throughout Jiang’s composition as it recalls the memories of a person’s first or early contact with nature and (natural) light with great warmth and visual richness, away from the utilitarian and competitive social systems and zero-sum games of the city." —— Writer Chun Park
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P1 Installation view of Threshold in Relations, curated by
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P2 The Spring Breeze does not alter Moon Lake, 2025. Oil on mixed fabric, 12 x 9 inches (30 x 23 cm)
P3 Spring Echoes In The Winter Night, 2025. Oil and mixed media on panel, 10 x 8inches (25 × 20 cm)
P4 A town called Feather Stone, 2025. Oil and mixed media on panel, 10 x 8inches (25 × 20 cm)
P5 Shy Sky, 2024. Oil and mixed media on panel, 10 x 8 inches (25 × 20 cm)
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