Ke Xu 
London, UK
Beijing, China

许珂  
英国，伦敦
中国，北京

 
(b.1994)

As a visual artist and self-publisher, my practice focuses on exploring the concept of a book, the nature of a digital image, language gaps within texts, and the open narratives generated through them

视觉艺术家，自出版人，个人艺术实践注重于探索书的观念化表达，图像的视觉属性，文本间的想象空间，及由此生成的某种开放式叙事。

xuke312@gmail.com
instagram: @xu_ke_

 

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Selected Group Exhibitions:

Across the Paper - Chinese and International Alternative Publishing Practice, Goethe-Institut China, Beijing, 2024

A book? Is a book.Is a book!  Quanyechang Cultural Arts Center, abC Art Book Fair, Beijing, 2023

串頁成書: Our Paths Will Cross Again, Parallel Institute, Hangzhou, 2023  (more)

Print in the Post-Print — The 3rd CAA International Printmaking Triennial, Zhejiang Exhibition Hall, Hangzhou, 2022

MA Selected Showcase, Camberwell Space Gallery, 2018


Special Collection:

Reference Library of FAR NEAR Studio Hours, New York

SG Art Book Library, Singapore

ABCA Art Book in China Archive, Beijing

Special Collection of Camberwell College of Arts Library, UAL, London

Artists Book Collection of Maria White, London


You can find my books at:

bookartbookshop (London, UK)

BOOKS (London, UK)

Bungee Space (New York, US)

Topos Bookstore (New York, US)

Temporary Unit (Singapore)

POPOTAME Books & Art (Tokyo, Japan)

Ramsgate (Kanazawa city, Japan)

KaleidoscopeBooks (Shenyang, China)


Press:

Chat Room Vol.25, KaleidoscopeBooks, 2022
Interview with self-publisher Ke Xu  

BranD Magazine, issue57, 2021
Four legs of self-publishing

UAL Insights Magazine, 2018
Themes/Crafts: Cameraless animation


Education:

MA Visual Arts: Book Arts - Distinction
Camberwell College of Arts, University of the Arts London, 2016-2018

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精选群展：

纸间相望——中外另类出版实践, 德国文化中心·歌德学院（中国）, 北京，2024

A book? Is a book.Is a book!  劝业场文化艺术中心，abC艺术书展，北京，2023

串頁成書: Our Paths Will Cross Again，平行所 Parallel Institute，杭州，2023  (more)

「后印刷」第三届CAA国际版画三年展，浙江展览馆，杭州，2022

MA Selected Showcase，Camberwell Space Gallery，伦敦，2018
 

作品收藏：

Reference Library of FAR NEAR Studio Hours, 纽约

SG Art Book Library, 新加坡

ABCA中国艺术出版文献库，北京

伦敦艺术大学坎伯维尔艺术学院图书馆特殊馆藏，伦敦 

私人藏家Maria White（前泰特美术馆artists’ book collection负责人），伦敦


你可以在这些书店找到我的作品：

bookartbookshop (伦敦, 英国)

BOOKS (伦敦, 英国)

Bungee Space (纽约, 美国)

Topos Bookstore (纽约, 美国)

Temporary Unit (新加坡)

POPOTAME Books & Art (东京, 日本)

Ramsgate (金泽, 日本)

KaleidoscopeBooks (沈阳, 中国)


媒体报道：

Chat Room Vol.25, 万花筒书店，2022
在实践中探索书的观念化表达｜自出版人许珂专访

BranD 杂志，issue57，2021
自出版的四条腿

UAL Insights Magazine,  2018
Themes/Crafts: Cameraless animation    


教育经历：

英国伦敦艺术大学，坎伯维尔艺术学院        
视觉艺术：书籍艺术专业  
获荣誉硕士学位(Master of Art with Distinction), 2016-2018