谢天卓

Xie Tianzhuo is a contemporary Chinese ink artist recognized for his experimental and innovative approach to traditional ink painting. His practice is rooted in the classical medium of Chinese ink and color on paper, but he continuously pushes beyond established paradigms, blending personal imagination, life experiences, and a wide array of visual sources into richly layered compositions.

**Representative works** from recent years include:

- The 2023 series featuring pieces such as *Head Up High*, *There’s Light in Boyang’s Eyes*, and *Fist*.

- A more extensive body of works created in 2025, including *粉色手礼 (Pink Hand Gift)*, *从雪山走来 (Coming from Snow Mountain)*, *大树之下 (Under the Big Tree)*, *红河谷 (Red River Valley)*, *诸神的航路 (The Voyage of the Gods)*, *冰川期 (Ice Age)*, *子民 (The People)*, *镇海 (Pacifying the Sea)*, *冬练 (Winter Training)*, *小丑 (Clown)*, *启蒙者 (The Enlightener)*, and *果园 (Orchard)*.

**Creative style**:

Xie Tianzhuo’s style is defined by a fusion of traditional Chinese ink aesthetics and a distinctly contemporary pictorial language. In his recent series, he has notably shifted from a panoramic, horizontal scrolling perspective to a more focused, object‑centered view that emphasizes the main subject. This results in a stronger sculptural, three‑dimensional presence in his work and a heightened attention to color orchestration. His brushwork is fluid yet controlled, rendering organic forms and symbolic imagery with a mature touch. Thematically, his works span a wide spectrum—from mythological narratives and personal allegories to reflections on nature, memory, and social commentary—always filtered through a vivid and often surreal imagination. By mounting rice paper on wooden panels and employing traditional Chinese pigments, Xie Tianzhuo keeps one foot firmly in the heritage of ink painting while simultaneously opening up a space for introspection and modern expression, inviting viewers into a visual dialogue between the material and the immaterial, the ancient and the radically present.

Based on the structured artist profile available, Xie Tianzhuo has exhibited at the following venues and in these group or solo shows:

**Solo Exhibition**

- 2024: “候鸟飞过诸神头顶” (Birds of Passage Flying Over the Heads of Gods) – Sailing Space, Shanghai (Hankou Road, Huangpu District)

**Selected Group Exhibitions**

- 2022: “搜城记” (City Search) – Anzi Art Space, Shanghai

- 2021: “假期愉快！Bravo，Carnival!” – TCCA, Xiamen

“混合演绎” (Mixed Interpretation) – Shang Space, Guiyang

“暗箱与主体” (Camera Obscura and Subject) – Sailing Space, Shanghai

“幻化·场域 从媒介出发” (Transfiguration · Field: Starting from the Medium) – Chengdu Art Museum

“春纪2021：纸上” (Spring Chronicle 2021: On Paper) – A Thousand Plateaus Art Space, Chengdu

- 2020: “名泰年度邀请展” (Mingtai Annual Invitational Exhibition) – Guardian Art Center, Beijing

“自定义的方式” (A Customised Approach) – A Thousand Plateaus Art Space, Chengdu

“与历史同行：四川美术学院建校80周年展” (Walking with History: 80th Anniversary of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute) – Art Museum of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Chongqing

“跃然纸上” (Leaping off the Paper) – Galaxy Museum of Contemporary Art, Chongqing

“SAP艺术大奖特展” (SAP Art Prize Special Exhibition) – iADC Design Museum, Shenzhen

**Collections**

The currently available archive data does not include information about institutions that hold Xie Tianzhuo’s work in their collections.