LINIEN (LINE)
GALERIE SEIDLER, AUSTRIA, 2024
"In Zheng Xians Zeichnungen kommt eine Ordnung zum Ausdruck, die unsere Nerven beruhigt. Alles ist im Raum verortet, auch wenn es von etwas Anderem in seiner visuellen Präsenz ganz oder teilweise überlagert wird. Ihre Zeichnungen sind wie dinghafte Umschreibungen der Menschen, die in dem jeweiligen Ambiente leben und arbeiten. Zheng Xians Künstler-Atelier-Zeichnungen sind wie unprätentiöse Stillleben, die das alltägliche Leben Stück für Stück im Raum und in der Zeit entfaltet. Indem sie die agierenden Personen aussparen, sind sie wie Gussformen, Sinnbilder für das Tun und Handeln ihrer Besitzer."
Dr. Brigitte Reutner-Doneus
(Lentos Kunstmuseum)
photo© Galerie Seidler
KUNSTLINIEN (ART LINES)
HIPP-HALLE GMUNDEN, 2023
PARALLEL VIENNA
SEMMELWEISKLINIK, 2022
presented by the art collection of the state of Upper Austria
AWARD-WINNING EXHIBITION
Austria
KLEMENS BROSCH PREIS 2021
2021
Great annual drawing prize was awarded by Energie AG and OÖ Kulture GmbH, named after the renowned Austrian artist Klemens Brosch.
TALENTIERT UND ETABLIERT 2022
June - September, 2022
Group exhibition of the five winners in 2020 and 2021. Five of the exhibiting artists are winners of the art prizes for young artists with a connection to Upper Austria, which are awarded annually by Energie AG in cooperation with OK friends, the University of Art and Design Linz and the Kulturdirektion OÖ.
“TALENTED” PRIZE WINNERS:
2021: Klemens Brosch Prize: Xian Zheng
SOLO EXHIBITION
Austria
PH.D. DISSERTATIONSAUSSTELLUNG
PERFORMATIVE VILLAGE DRAWING
April, 2021
afo architekturforum oberösterreich, Austria
Zheng Xian, a doctoral candidate and lecturer from the University of Design and Art Linz, continues to draw villages in Austria, Germany, and China. With her own multi-angle perspective, she draws huge and precise maps covering the streets, houses, gardens, and everyday objects. The process and results of drawing occur and present directly in the public or private space of the village, thus forming an artistic practice that intervenes in the daily life space. This also stimulates the production of temporary or long-term spatial content in the village society.
DOCUMENTARY DRAWING, N47° & N48
Augus, 2019
Die Moserei, Scharnstein, Austria
Draw a circle on the earth, Scharnstein, Austria, in the west and Liu Jing Zi village, China, in the east, with the adjacent latitudes form a similar cold and dry climate, and with the differences in landforms, humanities, political and economic environments produce big contrasts in daily life. For Xian Zheng, pursuing a more efficient, lasting and personal understanding, she spent more than 1000 hours observing and drawing the two villages by freehand, to present both the overall layout of villages and the daily life of villagers in the same big picture.
