Art is an adventure. Art is philosophy. Art is powerful.
———Xuanchen Fan
Xuanchen Fan (Xena Felicia) is a female Chinese artist and college lecturer. Her works mainly related to world peace, feminism, humanity and retrospect to childhood. Through her career, Xena experiments continuously. In addition to paintings on canvas, she works in a wide range of mediums, including animation, VR, and sculpture.
She earned a MA in animation from Central Saint Martins, London, in 2019 and a bachelor degree from the University of Miami, US, in 2016. She had worked with English National Opera and Children Society in the role of director and animator.
In 2019, Xena received her first film festival invitation to attend Lisbon Animation Festival. After that, her films has been selected into many film festivals including Los Angeles Film Awards and European Cinematography Awards. In 2021, she won Busan International Design Award. In 2023, Xuanchen embarked on an art journey with Swatch. She attended the Swatch Art Hotel Residency, and her artworks have been featured in this year's Swatch Art Journey exhibition. Additionally, the Swatch Group in Switzerland has become her collector of the Reborn of Venus painting. Part of her works are available for sale on Artsy. Her Upcoming solo exhibition will be at the Intercontinental Hotel in Miami. Her sculpture Yin Yang will be exhibited at the True/False film festival.
Contact
x.fan1@umiami.edu
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Some selected accolades and exhibitions
Intercontinental Hotel Miami Residency & Solo Exhibition 2024
True/False Residency &Exhibition 2023-2024
Swatch Art Journey Exhibition, Shanghai 2023
Swatch Art Peace Hotel Residency 2023
Bexco Center Exhibition and IBDA Award, Busan, 2021
European Cinematography Awards (ECA), London, 2020
Love Your Shorts Film Festival, 2020
Monstra Lisbon Film Festival - Super Shorts, Lisbon, 2020
Los Angeles Film Awards, 2019
Short to the Point, Los Angels, 2019
Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards, 2019