Wang Xiaosong noted in an interview that his "living environment was full of the arts".
10 Facts About Wang Xiaosong
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Wang Xiaosong began to learn drawing and calligraphy as a teenager.
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Wang Xiaosong attended Wuhan Experimental School, where he "practiced sketching and colors".
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Under the supervision of professors Liu Jude and Yu Binnan, Wang Xiaosong majored in Book Decoration, graduating in 1987.
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In 1990, Wang Xiaosong moved to Berlin, where he majored in Visual Communication at the Berlin University of the Arts with professors Spohn and Bernhard Boes.
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In 1994, Wang Xiaosong was accepted as a member of the German Artists Society.
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In 2011, Wang Xiaosong's work, Making Life, was shown at the Venice Biennale.
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Wang Xiaosong's works are part of various notable collections, such as the National Art Museum of China, the Ludwig Museum Koblenz, and the Wiener Kunstlerhaus.
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Wang Xiaosong is represented in Europe exclusively by the Schutz Fine Art gallery in Vienna.
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Wang Xiaosong's style has been described as "breaking the boundary between painting and sculpture".