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Title: Sink
Artwork medium: Monochrome / oil-based woodcut print
Paper size: 29.7 × 42 cm
Image dimensions: 22＊30 cm
Edition: 22, signed.
Year created: 2017
About the artist / XINs
Born in Taiwan in 1991. I am Xin, an artist working primarily in printmaking. I studied architecture at university and began making art after graduation.
A print takes a long time to make from start to finish. Alongside printmaking, I also draw with crayons, pencils, and other materials I can pick up and use at any moment. For me, drawing is like a process of making myself transparent and seeing what my inner world looks like. As I think about how to express the world as I experience it, I also secretly hide little clues in the image, as though playing a game.
Education
2014: Department of Architecture, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan.
Solo exhibitions
2024: When the Tiger Melts into Butter, one little planet, Taipei, Taiwan. 2023: Living in a Dream, M's Gallery 12-Bancho, Wakayama, Japan, and Espace Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan. 2022: Forest No. 2, Tide Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan. 2021: Waking Before Winter: Works by XINs, Sidoli Radio / art space, Taipei; Daily Fiction print exhibition and book launch, Pon Ding, Taipei; Playing Day, Building A Dormitory Gallery, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. 2020: Scenery for Two, crayon exhibition, Pang Domi Cafe, Hsinchu, Taiwan; Playtime, M's Gallery 12-Bancho, Wakayama, and Espace Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan. 2019: Daily Fiction, LuneX Mauvis Accessories, Taichung, Taiwan. 2018: Water on the Kitchen Counter, a Base for Dream Swimming, Artqpie, Taichung, Taiwan. 2017: Légumes, LuneX Mauvis Accessories, Taichung, Taiwan. 2016: A Walk to the Zoo, Cafe Yestoday, Taichung, Taiwan.
Group exhibitions
2024: Everyday Magic, M's Gallery 12-Bancho, Wakayama, Japan.
Related interviews:
“Before starting a painting, I say: Okay! Today we’re going in—and then XINs goes in.” —BIOS monthly
【A Fantastical Poem That Crosses Space】XINs’s Forest No. 2 — Tidal Art
A Visit to Artist XINs’s Studio - pon-ding
Mounting method: basic mounting + mat board (a window mat is placed in front of the work so that only the artwork is visible)
Because paint may inevitably get onto the white areas of the paper during printmaking, mat board is added to every work in this series.
* You may choose to show only the artwork or retain the original signature (the visible framed area will be slightly larger).
* The artwork will be mounted flat on a backing board to prevent it from warping due to moisture.
* If you upgrade to acid-free mat board, acid-free adhesive dots will be used to hold the print in place; it can still be separated from the backing board and removed.
A. Mat board opening option A: image only
B. Mat board opening option B: leave a 1 cm gap around the work to reveal the signature.
Cai Yongxin / XINs
1991 Born in Taiwan I am Xin, an art worker who mainly works in printmaking. He studied architecture at university and began to create after graduation.
A print takes a long time to make from the beginning to the completion, and in addition to making it, it also draws crayons, pencils, and so on, so you can draw materials at your fingertips. Drawing seems to me to be a process of making myself transparent and seeing what my inner world looks like. At the same time, I was thinking about how to express the world I felt, while secretly hiding some clues in the screen, like playing a game.
Educational Background
2014 Department of Architecture, Donghai University/Taichung, Taiwan
Solo Exhibition
2024 When the tiger melts into butter, one little planet, Taipei, Taiwan
2023 Dreaming, M's Gallery 12, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
2023 Dreaming, Espace Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
2022 No. 2 Forest, Chao Shi Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2021 Wake up to the XINs exhibition before winter and step aside from the art space, Taipei, Taiwan
2021 Future Diary daily fiction print exhibition and new book release, Pentium, Taipei, Taiwan
2021 Day Trip Playing Day, Kaohsiung Medical University Student Dormitory Gallery A, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2020 Landscape Crayon Exhibition for Two, Fat Domi Cafe, Hsinchu, Taiwan
2020 playtime, M's Gallery 12, Wakayama, Japan
2020 playtime, Espace Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
2019 Future Diary daily fiction, LuneX Mauvis accessories- Moon Crown Muffins, Taichung, Taiwan
2018 Sink Area Water Base Dream Swimming, Space Taking Artqpie, Taichung, Taiwan
2017 Légumes, LuneX Mauvis accessories- Moon Crown Mauvis, Taichung, Taiwan
2016 Walk to Zoo, Cafe Yestoday, Taichung, Taiwan
Joint exhibitions
2024 Daily Magic, M's Gallery 12, Wakayama, Japan