Chen Xiaohua "Golden Leopard Rich"
40× 40cm acrylic on canvas
2022
Artist Statement
The art of "cuteness" will make everything close, unguarded, and happy! People who have been liberated from the shackles of the principles of reality pour infinite emotion into the image of "cuteness", obsessively intoxicated by this sense of happiness that has no time. As Hello Kitty's huge fan, entertainer Lisa Lopp, puts it, "We mostly work hard and are super busy, so anything that sparks excitement, creativity, and spices up ordinary life is important." ”
Chen Xiaohua "Tiger Girl"
40× 40cm acrylic on canvas
2022
Chen Xiaohua "Rabbit Treasure"
40× 40cm acrylic on canvas
2022
Chen Xiaohua "WHAT"
40× 40cm acrylic on canvas
2022
Chen Xiaohua "Like You"
40× 40cm acrylic on canvas
2022
It is on the basis of this concept that my works depict cute animals, giving these images cute, sweet, silly, positive, warm and healing connotations. At the same time, I strive to inherit and transform the classical spirit of "noble simplicity and quiet greatness" at present, on the one hand, I strive to portray their facial postures, filled with innocent simplicity and cleanliness in round and clear eyes, and contain infinite pride and full of self-confidence in a shallow smile to reflect "noble simplicity". On the one hand, it draws on the pattern of the portrait of the renaissance, and shows nobility and elegance in the quiet to reflect the "greatness of the quiet".
Chen Xiaohua "Little Sweetie"
40× 40cm acrylic on canvas
2022
Chen Xiaohua "Warm Wind"
40× 40cm acrylic on canvas
2022
Chen Xiaohua "Cowboy"
40× 40cm acrylic on canvas
2022
Chen Xiaohua ,Love Or Not Love Me》
150×150cm acrylic on canvas
2021
Chen Xiaohua "Oh"
40× 40cm acrylic on canvas
2022
Chen Xiaohua,"The Great Commander"
40× 40cm acrylic on canvas
2022
And for the flat expression of the method I am also very fascinated, flat picture performance is very simple, straightforward, homogeneous, smooth, clear, can leave people with a more imaginative space, even Greenberg said that flat painting provides space for thinking. The use of pure color is the same purpose, pure color will not only make us feel pleasant and stunning, but more importantly, the picture thus produces positive enthusiasm and optimism.
Chen Xiaohua, "Slow Life"
60× 80cm acrylic on canvas
2022
Chen Xiaohua,The Wizard of Oz 3
40×50cm acrylic on canvas
2022
Chen Xiaohua "Golden Year"
60× 80cm acrylic on canvas
Chen Xiaohua ,"See If I Drift Beautifully"
60× 60cm acrylic on canvas
2021
In general, I try to make the work create a visual character of "concise and detailed, pure and rich in content" through this expression. I hope that these "cute" works can trigger our positive emotions, produce a strong sense of satisfaction through key visual perception, so as to carry out "emotional therapy" for us, so as to feel the beauty of life, which is actually one of the purposes of painting itself.
Chen Xiaohua", "The Boy Who Chased the Wind"
150×150cm acrylic on canvas
2021
Chen Xiaohua "Brother Fox"
60× 60cm acrylic on canvas
2021
Artist Profile
Chen Xiaohua
Master of Fine Arts, Nanjing Normal University
Visiting Scholar at the University of Missouri, USA
He currently teaches at the School of Fine Arts of Jiangsu Normal University
Solo Exhibitions:
2020 Huameng Xingchen, Beijing Xi Space
2019 "Chen Xiaohua's Dream Journey to the West" Qingdao Liangyou Bookstore
2018 "Seventy-Two Changes - Exhibition of Chen Xiaohua's Works", Shanghai Rong Art Space
2018 "Wu Shu Duo Yan - Chen Xiaohua New Year New Year New Works Exhibition" Shanghai Yishu Space
2016 "Human Game - Exhibition of Chen Xiaohua's Works", Taipei Songyin Art
Main Exhibitions & Events:
2022 Beijing Hi21 Winter Cutting-edge Art Market
2021 "Art Shenzhen" Hi21 Autumn Cutting-edge Art Market
2021 Beijing Hi21 Spring Cutting-edge Art Market
2018 Taipei Songyin Art "More than Nine Lives - Cats in The Pine Shade" group exhibition
2016 University of Missouri International Exchange Center Pavilion "East West Dialogues"
2016 Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre "Dianya Art Fair"
2015 Phoenix Auction, Shengshitang Exhibition Hall, Shangri-La Hotel, Nanjing
2015 Four Seasons Hotel Shanghai "Shanghai Powerlong Auction"