WANG XIAOLI - OIL PAINTER
Take your time to see the word, take your time to renew yourself .
Xiaoli Wang
oil painter,currently living and working in Macau
born in China in 2001
XU CHANG UNIVERSITY Xu Chang, HeNan, China
BFA in Oil Painting Sept. 2020- Jul. 2024
MACAU UNIVERSITY Macao SAR, China
MFA in Oil Painting Sept. 2025-now
HONORS AND AWARDS
2023-2024 Academic: YearStudent Teaching Information Officer
05/2024: Second Prize for Outstanding Graduate Creations of School of Fine Arts and Design
07/2023: START YOUR BUSINESS Qualification
2022-2023 Academic Year: Outstanding Graduate
2022-2023 Academic Year: Merit Student
09/2022: Second Prize of "Looking at the Moon and Longing for a Distant Lover, Blooming Flowers and Full Moon" in the School of Fine Arts and Design
11/2021: First Prize of "Youth in Action, Anti-fraud First" in the School of Fine Arts and Design
10/2021: Excellent Award for the "Birthday for the Motherland" Online Marathon
04/2021: Generate Your Business Idea Qualification
2020-2021: Academic Year:Comprehensive Scholarship of Xuchang University
ARTIST BIO
Wang Xiaoli was born in Jiaozuo, Henan, and is currently an MFA candidate at the University of Macau. She employs oil painting to explore the relationship between the self and the external world, developing a distinctive visual language. As an "observer of daily life," she draws inspiration from urban lightscapes, fleeting expressions, and seasonal changes, channeling emotional nuances into her work through color, brushwork, and composition. She regards each piece as a "visual diary," seeking to establish a wordless yet appealing dialogue with viewers. Technically, she expands upon traditional oil painting by incorporating mixed media such as texture paste, sand, and fabric, which enhances the tactile richness and emotional depth of her works. She embraces improvisation, allowing spontaneous brushstrokes and intuitive color combinations to express genuine emotion and imbue her art with a unique vitality.
ARTIST STATEMENT
Wang Xiaoli’s artistic practice centers on oil painting, through which she investigates the spontaneity and evolutionary character of the creative process. She draws inspiration from the uncertainty embedded in every brushstroke—the constant need to revise, rework, and sometimes conceal. Her work communicates the notion that compelling art is rarely born of a single attempt; instead, it emerges through accumulated layers of revision and transformation. Those partially obscured strokes, lines reworked out of hesitation, or textures preserved by chance become the most dynamic elements within the painting, serving as visible traces of both artistic decision-making and the passage of time.By deliberately retaining these “imperfections” and layered histories, she builds depth through the accumulation of color, brushwork, and texture—evoking a tangible sense of duration and process. Wang hopes that viewers will not only feel the visual intensity of her work but also perceive within it the courage to embrace uncertainty, to deconstruct and rebuild. Like art—and life itself—her paintings embody a journey enriched by repetition, change, and persistence.
