Shuang Xu is a multidisciplinary artist, designer, and researcher whose explore cultural narratives, situated landscapes, and migrant histories, employing symbolic elements as guides for her research, storytelling, and artistic practices. She critically reflects and disrupting the singularity of perspectives and narratives, particularly in the context of identity, knowledge, and culture. Her recent focus involves connecting non-native and native plants to the earth, humans, and historical contexts. Guided by the belief in situated learning and fieldwork methodology, she cultivates her practice by learning from the surroundings, expressing her research, observations, gatherings, and findings through performance, installation, and graphic forms.
EDUCATION
2021 - 2023 MA Ecology Futures, St. Joost School of Art & Design, Den Bosch, NL
2016 - 2019 BA Communication Design, Swinburne University, Melbourne, AU
2017 - 2018 (Exchange) Graphic Design, Middlesex University, London, UK
2013 - 2015 High School, MT Albert Grammar School, Auckland, NZ
RESIDENCIES AND PROGRAMMES:
2023 鹭潮鼓浪屿美院艺术家驻留，Luchao Kulangsu Art Park Artist Residency，
Kulangsu, Amoy, China
2023 见地一方 Jian Di Yi Fang Artist Residency,
HEM 和美术馆，Foshan, Guangdong, China
2023 Rethinking the Artist Economy Residency,
De Kleine Aarde, St Joost MA Programme, Boxtel, NL
2022 La Rivoluzione Delle Seppie, Collective Art Residency
(with Sandra Revuelta Albero and Lena Breitenborn), Calabria, IT
2022 Academy of Margins, Summer School,
Robida Collective, Topolove, IT
2022 Future of Life, Summer School,
Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design, Karksruhe, DE
EXHIBITIONS AND PARTICIPATIONS:
2023 Dec - 2024 Feb 植物岛民 Botanical Islanders (Solo), 不懂艺术节 What’s
Art Festivel, 鹭潮鼓浪屿美院 Luchao Kulangsu Art Park，Kulangsu, Amoy, China
2023 Lunch Presentation, International Visitors Program at Dutch Design Week,
Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam
2023 Foraging Food Presentation, Conduit House Exhibiton Opening,
(Exhibition curated By Jennifer Teets),
April in Paris Fine Arts, Aerdenhout, NL
2023 ROOT CARRIERS, Adrift A Shift Graduation Show, Willem Twee, Den Bosch, NL
2023 Research Hub, Thesis Presentation, V2, Rotterdam
2023 Teochew Les Jeunes Teochew, Festival du Printemps, Paris FR
Round Table Pannal Histroy of Teochew
(Dennis do, Antoine Srun, Jiahong Guo, Ilaine Wang, Arnaud Huynh)
Round Table Pannal language of Teochew
(Yong Thao, Marie Claude Yip, Jiahong Guo, Jenny Teng, Christophe Tek)
2023 Open Studio, Collective Exhibition, St. Joost School of Art & Design,
Den Bosch, NL
2022 Eating the landscape, Dinner Presentation, School of Commons,
(With Sandra Revuelta Albero and Lena Breitenborn)
La Rivoluzione Delle Seppie, Calabria, IT
2021 Never Independent Short Film, Research Lab programme,
Eye Film Museum, Amsterdam, NL
2020 Wilson Tray Edition, STEELOTTO x BAZZAR PVP ,
Melbourne Design Week, Melbourne, AU
2019 UNSEEM UNHEARD UNKNOWN, Video Installation , Hawthorn Art Center, Melbourne AU
2019 Crossing the Bridge, Showcase, Umami Collective, Melbourne, AU
2019 Like Yesterday, Showcase, Minimal Wage, Melbourne AU
2018 Soft Zine, Featured, Melbourne Art Book Fair, Melbourne, AU
DESIGN PROJECTS (SELECTED) - DESIGN PORTFOILO UPON REQUEST
2023 SIX PORTRAITS (Curated by Simon Bus), Visual Identity, Dutch Dance Days,
Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht, NL
2023 Spring Lecture Series, St. Joost School of Art & Design,Visual Identity, Den Bosch, NL
2023 Inner View, Motion Lab Workshop, Visual Identity, Eindhoven NL
2023 Motus Sonus: Improvised Sketches, Visual Identity, De Fabriek, Eindhoven NL
2022 Ací Fem Atovons, Exhibition Identity, Foios Town Hall, Valencia, ESP
2020 - 2021 Designer at TEN BUTTONS Studio, Guangzhou, CN
Projects: The First Trans-Southeast Asia Triennial
The Incident of Fundamental - Hang Chunhui Art Practice
Huang Xinbo Art Research, Guangdong Museum of Art,
Hangchun Hui Artist Publication
Ding Liren Artist Publication
INVISE Visual Identity
2020 Designer at Public Journal Studio, Melbourne, AU
Project: Carla Hackett & Barbara Enright Lettering Publication
2020 Best Before Dinner, Furrmien, Visual Identity, Melbourne, AU
2020 YAYISHIJIA, Visual Identity, EDG, Guangzhou, CN
2019 ‘Vibratio’ Film, Udde Studio, Visual Identity,
Published on THE LISSOME, Melbourne, AU
2021 - 2023 MA Ecology Futures, St. Joost School of Art & Design, Den Bosch, NL
2016 - 2019 BA Communication Design, Swinburne University, Melbourne, AU
2017 - 2018 (Exchange) Graphic Design, Middlesex University, London, UK
2013 - 2015 High School, MT Albert Grammar School, Auckland, NZ
RESIDENCIES AND PROGRAMMES:
2023 鹭潮鼓浪屿美院艺术家驻留，Luchao Kulangsu Art Park Artist Residency，
Kulangsu, Amoy, China
2023 见地一方 Jian Di Yi Fang Artist Residency,
HEM 和美术馆，Foshan, Guangdong, China
2023 Rethinking the Artist Economy Residency,
De Kleine Aarde, St Joost MA Programme, Boxtel, NL
2023 KINSHIP: World as Archipelago, Advaya, Online Course
2022 La Rivoluzione Delle Seppie, Collective Art Residency
(with Sandra Revuelta Albero and Lena Breitenborn), Calabria, IT
2022 Academy of Margins, Summer School,
Robida Collective, Topolove, IT
2022 Future of Life, Summer School,
Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design, Karksruhe, DE
EXHIBITIONS AND PARTICIPATIONS:
2023 Dec - 2024 Feb 植物岛民 Botanical Islanders (Solo), 不懂艺术节 What’s
Art Festivel, 鹭潮鼓浪屿美院 Luchao Kulangsu Art Park，Kulangsu, Amoy, China
2023 Lunch Presentation, International Visitors Program at Dutch Design Week,
Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam
2023 Foraging Food Presentation, Conduit House Exhibiton Opening,
(Exhibition curated By Jennifer Teets),
April in Paris Fine Arts, Aerdenhout, NL
2023 ROOT CARRIERS, Adrift A Shift Graduation Show, Willem Twee, Den Bosch, NL
2023 Research Hub, Thesis Presentation, V2, Rotterdam
2023 Teochew Les Jeunes Teochew, Festival du Printemps, Paris FR
Round Table Pannal Histroy of Teochew
(Dennis do, Antoine Srun, Jiahong Guo, Ilaine Wang, Arnaud Huynh)
Round Table Pannal language of Teochew
(Yong Thao, Marie Claude Yip, Jiahong Guo, Jenny Teng, Christophe Tek)
2023 Open Studio, Collective Exhibition, St. Joost School of Art & Design,
Den Bosch, NL
2022 Eating the landscape, Dinner Presentation, School of Commons,
(With Sandra Revuelta Albero and Lena Breitenborn)
La Rivoluzione Delle Seppie, Calabria, IT
2021 Never Independent Short Film, Research Lab programme,
Eye Film Museum, Amsterdam, NL
2020 Wilson Tray Edition, STEELOTTO x BAZZAR PVP ,
Melbourne Design Week, Melbourne, AU
2019 UNSEEM UNHEARD UNKNOWN, Video Installation , Hawthorn Art Center, Melbourne AU
2019 Crossing the Bridge, Showcase, Umami Collective, Melbourne, AU
2019 Like Yesterday, Showcase, Minimal Wage, Melbourne AU
2018 Soft Zine, Featured, Melbourne Art Book Fair, Melbourne, AU
DESIGN PROJECTS (SELECTED) - DESIGN PORTFOILO UPON REQUEST
2023 SIX PORTRAITS (Curated by Simon Bus), Visual Identity, Dutch Dance Days,
Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht, NL
2023 Spring Lecture Series, St. Joost School of Art & Design,Visual Identity, Den Bosch, NL
2023 Inner View, Motion Lab Workshop, Visual Identity, Eindhoven NL
2023 Motus Sonus: Improvised Sketches, Visual Identity, De Fabriek, Eindhoven NL
2022 Ací Fem Atovons, Exhibition Identity, Foios Town Hall, Valencia, ESP
2020 - 2021 Designer at TEN BUTTONS Studio, Guangzhou, CN
Projects: The First Trans-Southeast Asia Triennial
The Incident of Fundamental - Hang Chunhui Art Practice
Huang Xinbo Art Research, Guangdong Museum of Art,
Hangchun Hui Artist Publication
Ding Liren Artist Publication
INVISE Visual Identity
2020 Designer at Public Journal Studio, Melbourne, AU
Project: Carla Hackett & Barbara Enright Lettering Publication
2020 Best Before Dinner, Furrmien, Visual Identity, Melbourne, AU
2020 YAYISHIJIA, Visual Identity, EDG, Guangzhou, CN
2019 ‘Vibratio’ Film, Udde Studio, Visual Identity,
Published on THE LISSOME, Melbourne, AU