Tao Siqi (b. 1994, Wuhan, Hubei province; CN) lives and works in Shanghai, China. The artist graduated with a BA in painting from the Hubei Institute of Fine Art.
Siqi’s paintings are rooted in her fascination with the body and flesh as a medium of sensibility and sexuality. By creating a tension between beauty and destruction, tenderness and violence, temptation and taboo, her surreal scenes inspire a provocative viewing experience and conjure emotional unease, flickering between pleasure and pain.
Recent exhibitions include: Super Community at TANK (Shanghai; CN), Awakening at Capsule Shanghai (Shanghai; CN), Games People Play at Nathalie Karg Gallery (New York City, NY; US).
Siqi’s paintings are rooted in her fascination with the body and flesh as a medium of sensibility and sexuality. By creating a tension between beauty and destruction, tenderness and violence, temptation and taboo, her surreal scenes inspire a provocative viewing experience and conjure emotional unease, flickering between pleasure and pain.
Recent exhibitions include: Super Community at TANK (Shanghai; CN), Awakening at Capsule Shanghai (Shanghai; CN), Games People Play at Nathalie Karg Gallery (New York City, NY; US).