Xuanru Wang

Born 2000 in Jingdezhen, China

Lives and works in London, UK

Xuanru Wang completed an MRes in Arts and Humanities from the Royal College of Art in 2024. Her seeks to express the human experience of love and pathos through her painting practice. She is deeply inspired by Aby Warburg's concept of the "Pathosformel" (Pathos Formula), described as "a paradigm for expressing primitive, irrational, suffering, and passion-related life states." Her creative inspiration stems predominantly from historical films, classical painting, and literary texts. Her painting practice, akin to archaeology within art history, reaffirms humanity's timeless pathos-laden memories.

EDUCATION

2024 MRes Arts and Humanities, Royal College of Art, London, UK

2023 BA Film Production, University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, UK

2022 BA Radio and Television, Communication University of China, Nanjing, China

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2025 ‘The Impossible Hand’, MONTI8 Gallery, Rome, Italy (Group)

2024 ‘Fragments of the Future’, The Hanger Gallery, London, UK (Group)

2024 ‘Phony’s ‘Open Call’, Gallery Lock In, Brighton, UK (Group)

2024 ‘Past Future’, The Bomb Factory Art Foundation, London, UK (Group)

2024 Royal College of Art Degree Show, RCA Battersea, London, UK (Group)

2024 ‘Emergence’, The Glasgow Gallery of Photography, Glasgow, UK (Group)

2024 ‘Keep In Touch’, Greenwich West Community & Arts Centre, London, UK (Group)

2023 University for the Creative Arts Degree Show, UCA Campus, Farnham, UK (Group)