Xinhao Song

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Profile photo of Xinhao Song — a front-facing headshot wearing glasses and a dark top.
"Fettered Silence Ⅰ" A large mezzotint print featuring a deadwood tightly bound by ropes.
"Fettered Silence Ⅰ" A large mezzotint print featuring a deadwood tightly bound by ropes.
Fettered SilenceⅠ. Size:40*60 Autor: Xinhao Song. Fecha:2025
"Fettered Silence Ⅱ "A mezzotint print showing the lower half of a vertical form, with rope-bound elements extending downward.
"Fettered Silence Ⅱ "A mezzotint print showing the lower half of a vertical form, with rope-bound elements extending downward.
Fettered SilenceⅡ. Size:15*20 Autor: Xinhao Song. Fecha:2025
"Fettered Silence Ⅲ " A mezzotint print depicting the upper half of a vertical structure formed by interwoven branches and ropes.
"Fettered Silence Ⅲ " A mezzotint print depicting the upper half of a vertical structure formed by interwoven branches and ropes.
Fettered SilenceⅢ. Size:15*20 Autor: Xinhao Song. Fecha:2025
"Towards the Flame" A figure with wings plunges into a dark hole formed by twisted branches, moving toward a hidden, burning core.
"Towards the Flame" A figure with wings plunges into a dark hole formed by twisted branches, moving toward a hidden, burning core.
Towards the Flame. Size:15*20 cm Autor: Xinhao Song. Fecha:2025
"Fettered Silence Ⅰ" A large mezzotint print featuring a deadwood tightly bound by ropes.
"Fettered Silence Ⅱ "A mezzotint print showing the lower half of a vertical form, with rope-bound elements extending downward.
"Fettered Silence Ⅲ " A mezzotint print depicting the upper half of a vertical structure formed by interwoven branches and ropes.
"Towards the Flame" A figure with wings plunges into a dark hole formed by twisted branches, moving toward a hidden, burning core.

About

Xinhao Song’s practice does not follow a single fixed theme. The subjects and content of his work shift freely — sometimes based on personal experience, sometimes out of curiosity about form, image, or material. His images often begin with a vague feeling rather than a clear concept, unfolding slowly and remaining open.

Over the past year, he has explored a range of ideas and approaches — from fragmented figures and dream-like scenes to abstract compositions built around spatial tension. What connects these works is not a narrative, but a structural sense of pressure, interruption, and distance.

Xinhao primarily works with mezzotint as his printmaking medium. Its slowness and depth allow him to carve feeling into time. He is drawn to surfaces that are dense, compressed, and difficult to read — images that invite the viewer to come closer, to look again, and to experience something quietly held in place.

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