夏禹
简介Biography
夏禹（Xia Yu），1981年生于安徽肥东，2004年毕业于中央美术学院油画系第三画室，现工作生活于北京。其创作以绘画为主，作品常以日常场景与个人记忆为切入点，通过细腻的笔触和独特的色调营造出静谧、疏离的视觉氛围。重要个展包括：2011年“尴尬：夏禹作品”及“夏禹个展”（北京798时代空间）、2013年“旧画展：夏禹个展”（中国油画院）与“忘记：夏禹个展”（玉兰堂）、2014年“新青年：夏禹作品”（蜂巢当代艺术中心）、2015年“叙事体：夏禹个展”（蜂巢当代艺术中心）、2017年“夏禹：果园”（蜂巢当代艺术中心）、2019年“夏禹：虚拟语气”（蜂巢（深圳）当代艺术中心）、2021年“夏禹：此时此地”（蜂巢当代艺术中心）。重要群展包括：2011年“呢喃：玉兰堂夏季收藏展”及“八零后艺术档案（一）”、2012年“引爆！2012 CYAP汇报展”及第三届“挖掘·发现”中国油画新人展、2016年“车马之行：蜂巢2016年终特展”及“作为窄门的绘画：80后艺术家邀请展”、2017年“屋顶上全是老虎”（蜂巢（深圳）当代艺术中心）、2018年“被遮蔽的桃花源：中国当代艺术的深耕样本”及“指南针—中葡当代艺术大展”（贝拉多收藏博物馆，里斯本）、2019年“知微见著：东亚艺术家眼中的小世界”、2020年“爱人的形状”及“山鲁佐德的救赎：新一代绘画备忘录”等。
Xia Yu was born in Anhui, China, in 1981, graduated from the Third Studio of the Oil Painting Department at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in 2004, and currently lives and works in Beijing. An artist of the post-80s generation, the personal life trajectory of Xia Yu and his generation inevitably finds a parallel reference in his paintings. From small town youth to the new urban middle class, from family to gender relation and then to the workplace, Xia Yu’s works, since his graduation from CAFA, have closely followed and reflected the lives of ordinary people, with the mundane helplessness and inadequacy, the typical happiness and joy. The figures have always been characterized by the artist in a very localized manner, with plump faces, delicate facial features, and unperturbed expressions, revealing a gentle and respectful nature that are difficult to distinguish between an innate disposition and a product of discipline. In the various scenes set up by Xia Yu, whether everyday or dramatic, these figures often manifest either elegant or witty physique, disclosing both of their ease and haste. These already subtle and imperceptible emotions are further softened and diluted by the artist’s signature tempera technique, converging the similar faces into a portrait of the majority that belongs to an era of China’s most rapid development. Born in Anhui Province, China 2004 Graduated from China Central Academy of Fine Arts, BA in Oil Painting Currently lives and works in Beijing
代表作Selected Works
展览履历Exhibitions
- 2024浮光与沉璧松美术馆
- 20222022北京艺术双年展 群展北京友谊商店
- 2021夏禹:此时此地 个展蜂巢当代艺术中心
- 2019夏禹:虚拟语气 个展蜂巢(深圳)当代艺术中心
- 2017夏禹:果园 个展蜂巢当代艺术中心
- 2015慎独者 个展外滩22号艺术空间
- 2015叙事体:夏禹个展 个展蜂巢当代艺术中心
- 2014新青年:夏禹作品 个展蜂巢当代艺术中心
- 2013旧画展:夏禹个展 个展中国油画院
- 2011尴尬:夏禹作品 个展玉兰堂
艺见洞察ArtMatters Insights
代表作与创作Selected Works & Style
根据平台的结构化艺术家档案数据，夏禹的代表作与创作特点如下：
**代表作**
夏禹的作品以坦培拉（Tempera）为主要媒介，代表作包括：《通过激流（二）》（2022）、《在艺博会》（2022）、《在喝茶》（2022）、《兰花》（2022）、《苹果》（2019）、《标准生活三》、《成功之塔》、《手系列-触摸》等。这些作品多以木板坦培拉或布面坦培拉完成。
**创作特点**
夏禹的创作以绘画为主，属于具象艺术与表现性具象的范畴。他擅长运用坦培拉这一传统技法，通过细腻的笔触和独特的色调营造静谧、疏离的视觉氛围。其作品常以日常场景与个人记忆为切入点，核心主题涵盖**人物、情感、故乡、社会评论、自然生态、记忆与时间、身份认同、身体、风景**等方面。在他的画面中，平凡的生活片段往往被赋予一种内省与诗意的质感，呈现出新一代绘画的独特面貌。
Based on the available artist profile, here is an overview of Xia Yu's representative works and creative style:
**Representative Works**
Xia Yu’s notable pieces frequently employ tempera on board or canvas. Among his recognized works are:
- *Through the Rapids (II)* (2022, tempera on canvas)
- *At the Art Fair* (2022, tempera on canvas)
- *Drinking Tea* (2022, tempera on canvas)
- *Orchid* (2022, tempera on canvas)
- *Heading Towards* (tempera on board)
- *Career and Love* (tempera on canvas)
- *Apple* (2019, tempera on aluminum panel)
- *Hand Series – Touch* (tempera on board)
**Creative Style**
Xia Yu’s practice is rooted in painting. He often takes everyday scenes and personal memories as starting points, constructing quiet, detached atmospheres through meticulous brushwork and a distinctive palette. His work sits primarily within figurative and expressive figurative modes, with a consistent focus on themes such as the human figure, emotion, nostalgia, memory and time, identity, and the body. The dominant medium is tempera—applied on board, canvas, or aluminum—which lends his surfaces a muted, textured quality that enhances the sense of stillness and psychological distance. His imagery, while grounded in the ordinary, tends to evoke a subtle alienation, inviting quiet contemplation rather than direct narrative.
展览与收藏Exhibitions & Collections
**展览机构**
夏禹的个展曾在以下机构举办：蜂巢当代艺术中心（北京/深圳）、玉兰堂、中国油画院、北京798时代空间。群展则曾在蜂巢（深圳）当代艺术中心、贝拉多收藏博物馆（里斯本）、松美术馆等机构展出。
**收藏记录**
平台档案中暂未收录夏禹作品的公共机构收藏记录。
Xia Yu has exhibited widely, with solo presentations at spaces including **798 Times Space (Beijing)**, **Chinese Academy of Oil Painting (Beijing)**, **Yulonglan Gallery (Beijing)**, **Hive Center for Contemporary Art (Beijing)** and its branch **Hive Center for Contemporary Art (Shenzhen)**, as well as the recent exhibition *Floating Light and Sunken Moon* at **Song Art Museum (2024)**.
His group exhibitions have taken him to international venues such as the **Berardo Collection Museum (Lisbon)** for the *Compass – Sino-Portuguese Contemporary Art Exhibition*, alongside numerous Chinese institutions.
As for collecting institutions, the available artist archive does not list any museum or institutional collections of Xia Yu’s work. This information is not present in the provided data.
