Born in 1983 in Gaomi (Shandong Province), Fan Xiaoyan graduated in 2008 from the Sculpture Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing where she currently lives and works.
Fan Xiaoyan’s sculpture expresses a spanking new interpretation of the modern Chinese woman. In Xiaoyan’s series of sculptures flesh and metal are combined with an acute severity, exploring the mechanics of penetration with unsettling force. Cyborgs are a metaphor for the technological advancement of the human race and Xiaoyan uses cruder machinery such as saw blades, engine rotors and piping to convey a more primal, sexual robot humanoid.
Yet, on a more sophisticated level Xiaoyan is recognizing the increasing influence of feminism in contemporary Chinese society and through her series of sculpture, makes a stern and provocative statement on the sexual empowerment of woman and her active contribution to industrial progression.

Selected Exhibitions

2008     Art Miami, Olyvia Oriental                                SCOPE London, Olyvia Oriental                                  Modern Sky Festival ’08, Haidian Park, Beijing                         Artbeijing, Beijing Declaration of the Only Child, New Age Gallery, Beijing, Hatch, EGG Gallery, Beijing                                     Fairy Tales, Today: Light from Academies, Central Academy of Fine  Arts, Beijing
2007    Earth , Gallery of Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing                        Mono Gatari: New Sculpture Invitation Exhibition, HZH Center of Clay Artist, Beijing