Hu Shunxiang, born in Shandong province, graduated from Sichuan Fine Arts Insitute in 2011 with a Bachelor's degree in oil painting. She now resides and works in Chengdu.
The classical quality in her artwork stems from the background as a student of oil painting. In the artist's subconscious, she has a natural affinity for mysticism. Her work is essentially centered around texts and stories, and she specializes in using different mediums, including painting, pictorial installations, and theatrical productions. In these works, she is both the artist, director, and scriptwriter of her works and her paintings are often filled with strong dramatic conflicts and hidden storytelling. Hu Shunxiang is concerned with both the topic of women and the essence of human existence that goes beyond the perspective of gender, and at the core of her work is a rich literary and philosophical spirit.
Hu Shunxiang was awarded the ARTCLOUD 2019 China SAP Art Award in 2019, as well as the "Newcomer of the Year Award" for young Chinese artists at the 2013 Dajia "Inheritance" Awards. She also participated in the N.A.I.C PROJECT x ARTDEPOT second season youth artist residency program at the Commune by the Beijing Great Wall. She has been invited to participate in various cross-disciplinary collaborative projects, such as the 2018 Beijing International Design Week Expo and the 2020 Shanghai International Advertising Award judge certificate design. Her works have been exhibited at the Guangdong Museum of Art, the Lu Zhongli Museum of Art, the Shanxi Provincial Museum of Art, the Los Angeles Art Show, ART Taipei, ART021 and Art Expo Beijing, among others. She was also invited to participate in the 55th Venice Biennale Parallel Exhibition.