Xinyu Wo - VillageOneArt

Lives and works in Shanghai and New York

Xinyu Wo in her studio

Xinyu Wo (b. 1996, Ningbo, China) is a visual artist who works between Shanghai and New York. She received her BFA in oil painting from the China Academy of Art and is currently an MFA candidate at the School of Visual Arts in New York. Her recent exhibition was held at East Gallery in Nanjing, where she was awarded the Kaiyuan Scholarship, and she received the Sponsor Special Prize at the Academic Original Creative Exhibition in Hangzhou and Beijing.

Working across short video, installation, and small-scale painting, Wo uses a surreal visual language to explore the spiritual connections between people in modern society, studying the collective subconscious through her personal history and social circumstance. Her paintings are held in the collection of the Kaiyuan company and in numerous private collections. Wo has exhibited with VillageOneArt since 2023, including her solo presentation Stay Heavens, Moral Law and, most recently, the gallery’s annual survey In the Mood For Love (2026).

Selected Works

Xinyu Wo, I Was Once Your Bone, 2025, oil on wood panel — I Was Once Your Bone, 2025Oil on wood panel · 12 × 16″ Inquire

Xinyu Wo, The Prayer of the Created, 2025, oil on wood panel — I Was Once Your Bone, 2025Oil on wood panel · 12 × 16″ Inquire

Artist Talk

Xinyu Wo, The Rift of Perception, VillageOneArt, New York, 2024

Exhibitions at VillageOneArt

2026 — In the Mood For Love, VillageOneArt, New York

2024 — The Rift of Perception, VillageOneArt, New York, Solo

2023 — Stay Heavens, Moral Law, VillageOneArt, New York, Solo

Education

Education — MFA candidate, School of Visual Arts, New York · BFA, Oil Painting, China Academy of Art

Awards — Kaiyuan Scholarship, East Gallery, Nanjing · Sponsor Special Prize, Academic Original Creative Exhibition, Hangzhou and Beijing

For inquiries regarding available works by Xinyu Wo, please contact info@villageoneart.com.