Xin Xiaochang (b. 1982, Singapore) is an artist whose work is informed by her cross-disciplinary background across art and design.
Xin worked as a 3D Designer at ModernAge Design & Communications, a Singaporean events and advertising firm, and also with internationally acclaimed design outfit Studio Job of Antwerp, Belgium. Highlights from her tenure include exhibition work for Milan Design Week 2008, along with design collaborations with Royal Tichelaar Makkum, one of the oldest ceramics companies in The Netherlands.
Her artistic output mixes ceramics and other materials in sculptures, installations, and finely crafted media. They have been exhibited in numerous local and international shows, and several are now in private and corporate collections globally.
In 2018, with her colleagues Wendy Chua and Yuki Mitsuyasu, Xin co-edited The Machinist, a book documenting the stories of a lathe machinist and his community in the Jalan Besar district of Singapore. It followed a design workshop they held with the machinist to produce an exhibition of hand-machined jewellery, during which they were inspired to highlight the importance of the social support network in creative work. Notably, she was inducted into the committee of the Sculpture Society (Singapore) in 2014, a role that saw her active participation and organisation of activities and shows, curation of works, and overseas exchanges.
Xin is passionate about art and design education from early childhood to higher learning. She currently heads the talent development initiatives at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and lectures while continuing her creative practice.
EXHIBITIONS & RESIDENCIES
SOLO
2016
A Residence of The Mind
OCBC Art Space, Singapore
2013
reSINGAtion
Galerie Sogan & Art, Singapore
2012
Please Lah! Singapore,
Galerie Sogan & Art, Singapore
To The Centre Of The Earth
Sculpture Square Gallery, Singapore
(Artist Residency Programme, Artsource, Western Australia)
2010
Embellishing Rhymes in Clay
Sculpture Square Gallery, Singapore
(Sculpture Square Artist Residency Programme)
GROUP
2023
New China: Contemporary Chinese Ceramics 2023
China Cultural Centre, Singapore
14th Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition
National Taiwan University of Arts
Strange Tools
Punggol Regional Library, Singapore
Sculpture Biennale 2023 - the sky, the land & the sea
Sculpture 2052, Singapore
2022
reTHINGing Materiality, Contemporary Sculpture
Lim Hak Tai Gallery, Singapore
2021
Ceramics Expressions 5th Edition, Celebrating Women Artists
Japan Creative Centre, Singapore
A Blip in Time
Jurong Regional Library, Singapore
Renew Earth Sweat Shop
Temasek Shophouse, Singapore
2020
Blackboard Schemes
The Substation, Singapore
Wisdom in Retrospect
Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre
External Void
Virtual Exhibition, The Substation, Singapore
2019
Steeped Strong
Far East Plaza, Singapore
200, Sculpture Society (Singapore) Annual Show
Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre
2018
Art and Soul, 80 years of The Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts
Ngee Ann Kongsi Galleries 1 & 2, Singapore
Arts and Culture Expo, Xiamen, China
Urban Expedition, Sculpture Society (Singapore) Annual Show
Visual Arts Centre, Singapore
Overdrawn
Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Victoria College of the Arts, Melbourne
Overdrawn
Lim Hak Tai Gallery, Singapore
A New Order, NAFA Fine Art Staff Show
Zarch Art Space, Singapore
The making of The Machinist
Orchard Library, Singapore
Of Human Heritage
Art Spice Gallery, New Delhi, India
2017
Guangdong Zhongshan Cultural and Creative Expo Fair, China
近观Insight - Singapore International Miniature Sculpture Exhibition
Visual Arts Centre, Singapore
3rd Taiwan International Miniature Sculpture Exhibition
National Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei
2016
Sudah Makan? Have you eaten?
The Fullerton Hotel, Singapore
Nanyang Girls High Project 凳子
Arts Outreach, Gillman Barracks, Singapore
2015
Information Overload
Lim Hak Tai Gallery, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore
Taiwan International Miniature Sculpture Exhibition
National Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei
合益：a rare installation in a workshop
Horne Road, Singapore
Singaplural 2015
99 Beach Road, Singapore
2014
The Affordable Art Fair Singapore
Fifth Edition
Suka Hati – Happiness in Celebration
The Fullerton Hotel, Singapore
The Art of Shopping
The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
Singapore-Taiwan Shoebox Sculpture Show
Galeri Utama, Singapore
A Little Bit of Oomph!
That Spare Room, Singapore
2013
Second Nature, Wood Sculpture Symposium
Fort Canning Park, Singapore
The Affordable Art Fair Singapore
Fourth Edition
Simple Pleasures
Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Singapore
2012
The Affordable Art Fair Singapore
Third Edition
I Am Here To Stay
Sculpture Square, Singapore
The $uper $ingapore $ale Exhibition
Ion Art Gallery, Singapore
2011
The Affordable Art Fair Singapore
Second Edition
Art Exhibition
Raffles Town Club, Singapore
Small Sculpture Show
Sculpture Square, Singapore
Mother
Galerie Sogan & Art, Singapore
2010
Focus on Singapore
LineArt, Ghent, Belgium
2009
Small Sculpture Show
Sculpture Square, Singapore
Summer Exhibition
Francis Iles Gallery, Rochester, UK
2008
Setting Out
New Brewery Arts Gallery, Cirencester, UK
Flea Pit Gallery, London
Setting Out
Contemporary Ceramics, Craft Potters Shop & Gallery, London
2007
Singapore Design Festival – My Universal Home
Old Supreme Court, Singapore
London Design Festival – Tent London
Truman Brewery, London
London Design Festival
iDesign, Partridge Fine Art & Fuse UK, London
New Designers Exhibition
Business Design Centre, London
RESIDENCIES
2011
Sculpture Square International Artist Residency Programme
Artsource, Fremantle, Western Australia
2010
Sculpture Square Artist Residency Programme
Sculpture Square, Singapore
ABOUT
EDUCATION
2018 – 2019
Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education
National Institute of Education, Singapore
2015 - 2016
Specialist Diploma in Arts Education (Valedictorian)
National Institute of Education, Singapore
2005–2007
First Class Honours BA in Applied & Decorative Arts
University for the Creative Arts, United Kingdom
1999–2002
Diploma in Interior Architecture & Design
Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore
PRESS & PUBLICATIONS
2015
Cubes Indesign, Issue 75, August/September 2015, Singapore
Perspective, August 2015, Hong Kong
Shopping Design, July 2015, Taiwan
MyPapers, 16 June 2015, Singapore
Lian He Zao Bao, Hao She Ji, 14 June 2015, Singapore
The Straits Times, Life! , 13 June 2015, Singapore
2013
Singapore Architect, SA278, December 2013, Singapore
Home & Décor, December 2013, Singapore
The New Paper, 2 December 2013, Singapore
The Straits Times, Life! , 25 Nov 2013, Singapore
The Straits Times, Life! Happenings, 22 Nov 2013, Singapore
The Straits Times, Life! Arts, 8 Oct 2013, Singapore
Designare Magazine, January 2013, Singapore
2012
Lian He Zao Bao, Zao Bao Now, 3 Nov 2012, Singapore
Lian He Zao Bao, In-City, 12 April 2012, Singapore
The Straits Times, Life! Arts, 12 April 2012, Singapore
2011
Lineart 2011, Flanders Expo Catalogue, Ghent, Belgium
Lian He Zao Bao, In-City, 6 October 2011, Singapore
Feats & Deeds, Online Overseas Singaporean Portal, Singapore
Artitute, Online Local Art Magazine, Singapore
Youth.sg, Online Local Art Platform, Singapore
2010
Lian He Zao Bao, Zao Bao Now, 30 September 2010, Singapore
Plussixfive, Online Magazine for Lifestyle, Art and Culture, Singapore
2008
Ceramics Review Issue 229, January / February 2008, United Kingdom