Hanying Xu
EDUCATION
2026 MFA Candidate in Painting and Drawing (Beginning Fall 2026), School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), Chicago, IL
2025 Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Fine Art, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2024 Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA (Spring)
2024 Art Students League of New York, New York, NY (Summer)
2021 Master of Management, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
2019 Bachelor of Econometrics, University of Sydney, Australia
AWARDS/HONORS/GRANT
2026 George L. and Ann Roman Siegel Fellowship, Chicago, IL
2026 Visionary Scholars Award (MFA), School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2025 Visionary Scholars Award(Post-Baccalaureate), School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2024 School of the Museum of Fine Arts Scholarship, Boston, MA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 Color Songs: Musicians as Visual Artists, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL
2026 Landscape: Natural and Urban, Site Brooklyn Gallery (online exhibition), New York, NY
2026 Seeing with the Mind’s Eye, The Fulton Street Collective, Chicago, IL
2026 SAIC Post - Baccalaureate Annual Exhibition, SAIC Gallery, Chicago, IL
2025 Subconscious Reality, SAIC Open Studio, Chicago, IL 2025
2025 Neural Backup, A Space gallery, New York, NY
2025 Still Echoing, Flowing Space gallery, New York, NY
2025 SMFA at Tufts Post - Baccalaureate graduation show, Boston, MA
2025 Avenues for Daring, Transcultural Exchange’s Global Exhibition, TCE TV
2024 Parts and Pieces, Mission Hill Gallery, Boston, MA
2024 Blanking, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
PUBLICATIONS
2026 Featured in “The Soul of SAIC”, F News Magazine, March 2026
2026 Artist Feature with Interview, Divide Magazine, Issue 17
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
2026 Collection of Brandon John Harrington, Chicago, IL
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2024 Parts and Pieces, co-curated with postbaccalaureate cohort, Mission Hill Gallery, Boston, MA