Xiaohan Jiang is a painter and poet based in Chicago. Born in Hebei, China, she moved to Suzhou at the age of nine. Her work explores the intersection of painting and poetry, drawing from the pastoral landscapes of her childhood in Northern China. Through allegorical imagery, she creates a spiritual realm where birds and horses become poetic symbols, and text intertwines with visual forms. Themes of redemption, rebirth, and identity are central to her practice, reflecting her ongoing quest to reconcile personal and cultural dualities. Xiaohan received her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2022 and completed her MFA in Painting and Drawing at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2025. Her work has been exhibited at venues including Patient Info Gallery (Chicago), Art Clvb (Detroit), Unveil Gallery (Irvine), 4C Gallery (Los Angeles), and Bonian Space (Beijing). In 2022, she presented her solo exhibition Lowland Delusion at Août Gallery in Beirut, Lebanon.
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Education
2025 Master of Fine Arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2022 Bachelor of Fine Arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Solo Exhibition
2022 Lowland Delusion, Août Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
Group Exhibitions
2025 PAUSE, Riverside Art Center, Chicago, IL
Spring Graduate Exhibition, SAIC Galleries, Chicago, IL
Just Beyond the Sight, BONIAN SPACE, Beijing, China
A Clover and One Bee, Unveil Gallery, Irvine, CA
2024 Open Call Exhibition 2024, Paintingsince2000, Online
Annual Open Call, MEPAINTSME, Online
Dance This Mess Around , Patient Info Gallery, Chicago, IL
2023 BETA I , Art Clvb, Detroit, MI
4C Exhibition 2023 Q4-Boundaries, 4C Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Spring Undergraduate Exhibition, SAIC Galleries, Chicago, IL
Abnormal: Experimental Duplication, Inky Pixel, Guangzhou & Xi'an, China
2021 Redirecting, Tree Art Museum, Beijing, China
Group Show, SHRINE, Online
Awards
2025 Innovate Grant, Art Honorable Mention
2024 Myma Artist Grant, December Honorable Mention
New American Paintings, Emerging Artist Grant
Publications
2025 Women United Art Magazine, Issue X Spring 2025, selected for "In The Spotlight."
2024 Suboart Magazine, August Issue 27.
Artsin Square Magazine, Issue 6.
AI-Tiba9 Art Magazine, Issue 15, Featured Artist.
2022 Illustration for Must Praise, Long Poetry, Xiaohe Su, South Korea.
2018 Sohu Education Salon: The Gift: Selected Poems of Xiaohan Jiang 2004-2015, Book Launch, Beijing.
2017 The Gift: Selected Poems of Xiaohan Jiang 2004-2015, Shanghai Educational Publishing House.
Collection
2022 A Box of Wonders and Delights, Department of Print Media, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Dough Press RA 5.05. Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection.