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    An Attempt To Paint A Portrait
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    An Attempt To Paint A Portrait, Chengwei Xia, 2022, oil on canvas, 40 x 20 cm

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    An Outing
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    An Outing, Chengwei Xia, 2021, pencil on paper, 21 x 15 cm

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    Oranges
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    Oranges, Chengwei Xia, 2022, oil on canvas, 90 x 100 cm

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    Still Life 04
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    Still Life 04, Chengwei Xia, 2022, oil on paper, 23 x 18 cm

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    Tableware and A Mermaid Sculpture
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    Tableware and A Mermaid Sculpture, Chengwei Xia, 2021, wild clay, various dimensions

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Chengwei Xia – MA/MFA

In the past two years, I have been drawing, painting, and making mostly from home, whether it is the home in the countryside in Sichuan, or the sojourn home in London. My work is about domesticity and the passing of time, like a diary. It explores the space between two opposing states, such as connection and isolation, individuality and community, movement and stillness, the concealed and the revealed, and how to place the self in this space. The mundaneness of everyday life starts to have a weight in my work.