Chengwei Xia

  • Alumni, 2023

Biography

Chengwei Xia was born in Chengdu, China. She received an MA in Fine Art with Distinction from the Slade School of Fine Art and joined The Drawing Year in 2022. She also holds a BA in Architecture with First Class Honours from The University of Hong Kong. Her work centres around drawing, painting, making, and writing.

Chengwei Xia
Embroidery of a man sleeping and a woman waking in the bed. The embroidered piece is sewn onto block printed cotton fabric. Copyright Chengwei Xia
Watercolor drawing of a woman sleeping on a book with Frida Kahlo's self-portrait on the cover. Copyright Chengwei Xia
A handmade book with twelve sheets of handmade banana leaf paper that have been written/drawn with walnut ink and ferrous acetate. Copyright Chengwei Xia
Diptych with pencil portrait of a lady and sombre pomelo tree Copyright Chengwei Xia