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Kexin Hao (CN, 1993) is a visual artist and designer born in Beijing and based in The Netherlands. Her practice is a marriage of design and performance. Kexin likes to challenge the boundaries between art and “non-art” space. She thinks beyond the disciplines of design, performance, game, clubbing, and fitness, which results in a rich hybridity in her art-making. Using a daring visual language, Kexin’s works is a constant swing between intimate close-up on personal stories and zoom-out to collective narratives; between a past of political heaviness and a flashy modernity rendered in humour and sarcasm. In her recent practice, Kexin investigates in the themes of body, rituals, health, labour, and collective memory.

郝可欣，2021年毕业于海牙皇家美术学院平面设计系，是一位在北京长大现在生活在荷兰鹿特丹的设计师和艺术家。她的实践常常结合平面设计和表演/公众艺术。在中国和欧洲各地发起和参与各类活动和创意项目的经历，不仅仅跨越着地理的界限，也在纵横着艺术领域之间的边界：平面设计、影像艺术、行为表演和音乐等等。如此的实践，游走于美术馆、教室、音乐节和俱乐部之中，也在挑战着艺术空间和非艺术空间之间的边界。郝可欣的作品使用大胆的视觉语言和听觉体验，混合着亲密的个体经历和宏大的集体叙事，用幽默化解历史的沉重。她近期的作品主题主要围绕着身体、仪式、档案和集体记忆。

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Education

2012 - 2016
B.A Business | B.A German
University of International Bussiness and Economics

2017 - 2021
B.A Graphic Design
Royal Academy of Art, The Hague

Residencies

2021.1 ~ 3
Production Residency, iii

2022.7 ~ 9
Summer Residency, V2_Unstable Media

2023.6 ~ 10
WORM x AMARTE residency at WORM

2023.11 ~ 2024.10
Jan Van Eyck Academie

Award & Nomination

2021.6
Graduacted with Distinction | Graphic Design, Royal Academy of Art
2021.7
Department Award | Graphic Design, Royal Academy of Art
2021.7
Nomination | iii Research Residency Award
2021.9
Young Blood Award | GOGBOT Festival
2021.10
Gold Award, Multidisciplinary Design, Young Blood Award | Lu Junyi Design Live

Features

Dd Yearbook '21
TodaysArt Visits KABK, TodaysArt, The Hague
It's Nice That | The Next Generation 2021 continued…
SPREAD MAG issue 5: Movement
REWIRE 2022 IN TIEN HOOGTEPUNTEN, Gonzo Circus
Body Sessions: Visual essay by and interview with Kexin Hao, ArtEZ Studium Generale
Future Dance of Nostalgia, preserving history through dance, Neural Magazine
在荷兰，她带着一群人学做“广播体操” | 100 个有意思的人（43）