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
- 2026FRIEZE SEOULCOEX · 蜂巢当代艺术中心
- 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
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。他的创作以坦培拉为标志性媒介，兼顾木板坦培拉、油画等，题材集中在人物、情感、故乡、社会评论、记忆与时间、身份认同、身体与风景等。
**代表作方面**
- 档案收录的代表性作品包括：《通过激流（二）》（2022）、《在艺博会》（2022）、《在喝茶》（2022）、《兰花》（2022）、《逍遥津》、《上班路上》、《手系列——触摸》、《手系列六》、《上山二》、《某时刻 男子肖像》等。
- 拍卖市场上高频、高价的作品也常被视为其重要代表作，如：
- 《游泳》（210×250cm）2025年嘉德成交115万元人民币；
- 《苹果园（三联作）》（300×200cm×3）成交115万元人民币；
- 《一个家庭》（200×240cm）2024年嘉德成交92万元人民币；
- 《捡文件的人》（220×200cm）2026年嘉德成交80.5万元人民币；
- 《看见山》（240×200cm）2025年嘉德成交74.75万元人民币。
**创作特点**
夏禹长期使用坦培拉技法，画面具有温润、细腻、略带微光的质感，形成图像与现实之间的微妙距离。他常以日常场景和个人记忆为切入点，描绘家庭、两性、职场、健身、办公等中产生活片段。其人物形象面庞饱满、眉目清秀，表情波澜不惊中又带出温良、疲态或荒诞感。整体氛围静谧、疏离，带有社会评论意味，尤其通过“戏仿”揭示标准化中产生活的悖论与无奈。近年作品光影逐渐强烈，人像体量放大，空间愈趋抽象，出现“光芒涌入”式的人物纪念碑化倾向，但核心仍是对普通人物的肖像刻画与时代情绪的捕捉。
Xia Yu (b. 1981, Anhui; graduated from the Third Studio of the Oil Painting Department, Central Academy of Fine Arts in 2004) is best known for his **tempera paintings**, especially works on **wood board and canvas**.
**Representative works** include:
- *Through the Rapids II* (2022)
- *At the Art Fair* (2022)
- *In the Bathroom II* (2026)
- *Having Tea* (2022)
- *Orchid* (2022)
- *Xiaoyaojin*
- *On the Way to Work*
- *Going Uphill II*
- *Sunflower Seeds II*
- The *Hand Series*, including *Hand Series – Touch*
**Creative style:**
Xia Yu is deeply versed in the old-master technique of **tempera**, and he uses the medium’s matte, delicate materiality to create a subtle distance between the eye and reality. His subjects are mostly **ordinary people**—from small-town youth to the new urban middle class—caught in everyday scenes of family life, work, rest, and leisure.
His figures often have full, gentle faces and restrained expressions; their postures can be slightly awkward, tired, or comic, revealing a quiet fatigue beneath routine life. The tempera technique further softens and diffuses these emotions, turning individual faces into a collective portrait of a generation living through China’s period of rapid change. In recent works, his figures move between home and office, city and nature, exposing both the constraints of standardized modern life and the tender, unremarkable moments within it.
展览与收藏Exhibitions & Collections
根据平台“结构化艺术家档案数据”及展览记录，夏禹的展出经历主要集中在以下机构；收藏机构方面，平台现有资料未列出明确信息。
**一、展出过的机构**
- **蜂巢当代艺术中心（北京）**
多次个展/群展，如2014“新青年”、2015“叙事体”、2017“果园”、2021“此时此地”；以及2016、2018、2019、2020多个群展。
- **蜂巢（深圳）当代艺术中心**
2019个展“虚拟语气”；2017群展“屋顶上全是老虎”。
- **玉兰堂（北京）**
2011“尴尬：夏禹作品”；2013“忘记：夏禹个展”；2011“呢喃：玉兰堂夏季收藏展”。
- **中国油画院（北京）**
2013“旧画展：夏禹个展”；2012第三届“挖掘·发现”中国油画新人展。
- **北京798时代空间**
2011年夏禹个展。
- **松美术馆**
2024年“浮光与沉璧”相关展览项目。
- **COEX（首尔）**
2026年FRIEZE SEOUL，由蜂巢当代艺术中心呈现。
- **其他群展机构**
如龙德轩艺术中心、宋庄美术馆、中国国际会展中心、白盒子艺术馆、盒子空间（深圳）、艺·凯旋艺术空间、圣之空间、贝拉多收藏博物馆（里斯本）、莱比锡棉纺厂艺术区（莱比锡）等。
**二、被哪些机构收藏**
目前平台艺术家档案及已有展览资料中，未列出夏禹作品被哪些机构收藏的具体信息，因此暂无法提供收藏机构名单。
Based on the structured artist profile, **Xia Yu** has exhibited at a range of institutions and galleries, mainly in China and also internationally.
**Selected exhibition venues / institutions include:**
- **Hive Center for Contemporary Art**, Beijing and Shenzhen, China
(solo exhibitions in 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, and group exhibitions)
- **Chinese Academy of Oil Painting**, Beijing, China
(solo exhibition, 2013)
- **Line Gallery**, Beijing, China
(solo exhibitions, 2011 and 2013)
- **798 Times Space**, Beijing, China
(solo exhibition, 2011)
- **Song Art Museum**, Beijing, China
(group exhibition, 2024)
- **COEX**, Seoul, South Korea
(Frieze Seoul, 2026, presented by Hive Center for Contemporary Art)
- **Museu Coleção Berardo**, Lisbon, Portugal
(group exhibition, 2018)
- **Leipzig Spinnerei Art District**, Leipzig, Germany
(group exhibition, 2018)
- **Whitebox Art Center**, Beijing, China
(group exhibition, 2016)
- **Boxes Art Space**, Shenzhen, China
(group exhibition, 2016)
- **SZ Art Center**, Beijing, China
(group exhibition, 2017)
- **Triumph Art Space**, Beijing, China
(group exhibition, 2016)
As for **institutional collections**, the provided structured artist profile does **not** include a dedicated list of museums or institutions that collect Xia Yu’s work. Therefore, from the available data, I cannot confirm specific collections holding his works.
