jian jun xi

‍ Jian Jun Xi (奚建军) is a contemporary artist and collector born in China and based in London. He graduated in 1986 from the Department of Ceramics at Tsinghua University Academy of Arts and Design, where he studied under the renowned ceramic historian and cultural scholar Professor Ye Zhemin. He moved to the United Kingdom in 1987 and later graduated from Goldsmiths, University of London in 1995.‍ ‍

His long-term engagement has developed into a systematic approach to collecting and researching Chinese export porcelain, with a particular focus on Qing dynasty works from the Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong periods. His research explores imagery, decorative language, and the cross-cultural contexts of export and commissioned trade ceramics. He has contributed writings on porcelain, including studies on themes such as Romance of the Three Kingdoms and The West Chamber, published in books and journals. Selections from his collection have been exhibited at the Overseas Chinese History Museum of China and Nantong Museum.‍ ‍

As an artist, Xi’s practice spans performance, installation, sculpture, and painting. His works have been exhibited in more than twenty countries and are held in numerous institutional collections. He is the recipient of the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award (2006), the Phoenix Art Award (2015), and the NordArt Public Choice Award (2019). He has consistently engaged in advancing cross-cultural dialogue between East and West within both classical cultural traditions and contemporary art contexts.

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奚建军（Jian Jun Xi)，出生于中国，现居伦敦的当代艺术家与收藏家,1986 年毕业于清华大学美术学院陶瓷系, 师从著名陶瓷史学家, 文化学者叶喆民教授, 1987年移居英国, 1995年毕业于伦敦大学金史密斯学院。

‍其长期的实践与研究逐渐形成了对中国外销瓷的系统性收藏与研究路径, 重点关注清代康熙, 雍正, 乾隆时期的出口瓷与定制贸易瓷, 其研究围绕图像、纹饰语言以及跨文化语境展开，探讨外销瓷在全球贸易与文化交流中的视觉与意义转换, 他亦撰写多篇有关瓷器的研究文章, 包括《三国演义》与《西厢记》等题材在瓷器图像中的呈现, 发表于相关书籍与学术刊物, 其收藏曾于中国华侨历史博物馆及南通博物馆展出。

‍作为艺术家, 奚建军的创作跨越行为, 装置, 雕塑与绘画等多种媒介, 其作品已在全球二十多个国家展出, 并被多家机构收藏, 他曾获美国波洛克-克拉斯纳基金会奖 (2006), 凤凰艺术奖 (2015) 以及NordArt公众选择奖 (2019), 其艺术与研究实践持续推动东西方之间的跨文化对话, 在古典文化传统与当代艺术语境之间的发展和创新‍ ‍