Huidi Xiang makes sculptural objects, installations, and systems to examine world-making processes and the coexistence of multiple contexts and narratives in late capitalism. Her current work explores the spatial and temporal effects of inhabiting both the virtual and physical worlds.
Huidi Xiang (b. Chengdu, China) is an artist and researcher currently based in Brooklyn, New York, USA. She holds an MFA in Art from Carnegie Mellon University (2021) and a BA in Architecture and Studio Art from Rice University (2018). Huidi’s works have been exhibited internationally, including OCAT Biennale at OCT Art & Design Gallery, Shenzhen, China, Lydian Stater in Long Island City, NY, USA, LATITUDE Gallery in New York, NY, USA, Contemporary Calgary in Calgary, Canada, Hive Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing, China, and Miller ICA in Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Huidi has also participated in some artist residencies, including NARS Foundation International Residency Program(2022), ACRE Residency Program(2021), the Millay Colony for the Arts (2020), and Project Row Houses Summer Studios (2016).
escaping bird kit, 3D printed PLA, wood, cement, videos playing on a loop, top video: 360 degree turntable animation of the 3D rendered escaping bird. bottom video: left: excerpt from The Simpsons S07E07 “King-Size Homer.” right: 32 images generated by text-to-image machine learning model “Stable Diffusion, 40x5x50 inches, 2022
Playbour Objects_model kit card: elephant slide (left) & see saw shovel (right), CNC and hand routed MDF, 3D printed PLA, 48x24 inches x variable thickness, 2022
Playbour Objects_digital object (2022/09/09-2022/09/16) see shovel saw_20220909001001, Digital Object (GLB), objkt.com
Playbour Objects_digital object (2022/09/09-2022/09/16), elephant slide_20220909001001, Digital Object (GLB), objkt.com
Cheese Column, Site-specific installation, 2019, https://vimeo.com/383752226
“then I’ll huff, and I’ll puff.”, 3D printed wood PLA, 3D printed general PLA, drawings printed on clear acetate, cement, MDF, wood, tube, wheels, modified Maneki-Neko, 36x52x48 inches, 2021
hello kitty is 5 apples tall, cement, acrylic sheet, MDF, wood, drawing printed on acetate, 6x31x15 inches, 13x16x17 inches, 2021
Column on Hold, Site-specific installation, 2021
i am sorry but the elephant slide slid., 3D printed wood PLA, 3D printed general PLA, wood pattern printed on clear acetate, cement, MDF, wood, duct tape, 36x18x18 inches, 2021
see shovel saw, 3D printed wood PLA, 3D printed general PLA, wood pattern printed on clear acetate, cement, MDF, wood, bolt, wheels, 72x24x18 inches, 2021
O(0,0,0,0), 3D printed general PLA, MDF, wood, wheels, 20x45x10 inches, 2021
my playbench in the workground, installation, 2021
EDUCATION
2021 MFA in Art, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
2018 BA in Architecture; Studio Art (magna cum laude), Rice University, Houston, TX
SELECTED SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2023
When Held Properly, Tutu Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Just about in the round, KAJE, Brooklyn, NY
2022
Neither Here Nor There, Lydian Stater, Long Island City, NY, USA (w/ Lau Wai)
2021
How to Be an Artist in Minecraft, Ender Gallery, online in the video game Minecraft
2019-20
The Etymology of Window, Frame Gallery Window Front Space, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
2019
Cheese Column, Powder Room, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
In Good Company, Lydian Stater, Long Island City, NY, USA
Traces, NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Dear Mother, LA Artcore, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Gem Box, LATITUDE Gallery, New York, NY, USA
/ˈkapCHər/, NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Post-Sinofuturism: Beyond Raw, Meta ZiWu@XIRANG, online on the metaverse platform XIRANG
Rerouting, Contemporary Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2021-22
Boomerang: OCAT Biennale 2021, OCT Art & Design Gallery, Shenzhen, China
2021
A Couple Of, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
Friends Forever: 2021 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Miller ICA, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
2020
Art as Message, CICA Museum, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
What does a pencil know?, Platform-Melwood Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
2019
Eighteen Wheeler Platform Shoes, Platform-Melwood Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
SLG Hosts: School of Speculation, South London Gallery, London, UK
2018
Unmaking the Bed, Unmaking New Orleans, Center for Architecture and Design, New Orleans, LA, USA
4th Yiiie Gallery Group Show, Yiiie Gallery, Chengdu, China
2017
In Construction, Rice Media Center Gallery, Houston, TX, USA
2016
Summer Studios 2016 Exhibition, Project Row Houses, Houston, TX, USA
AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS
2022-23
The Here & There Collective (THAT Co.) Studio Grant
2022
The Localhost Residency 2022, Localhost, Online
ACRE Residency Program Staff Artist, Steuben, WI, USA
Digital Artist Residency 2022, Digital Artist Residency Program, Online
NARS Foundation International Residency Session II and III (Partial Fellowship), Brooklyn, NY, USA
2021
Ender Gallery: Minecraft Residency, Ender Gallery in partnering with MacKenzie Art Gallery, Online
ACRE Residency Program, Steuben, WI, USA
2020
The Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, NY, USA
Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry Residency-in-Your-Room Fellowship
Contemporary Calgary Collider In-Residence Virtual Artist Residency, Calgary, Canada (Online)
2019
School of Speculation SOS_19 Design School and Residency, London, UK
2016
Project Row Houses Summer Studios, Houston, TX, USA
PRESS/INTERVIEWS
Arranging Tangerines Episode 36 - A Conversation with Huidi Xiang
WEBSITE: www.xianghuidi.com