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Leon Xu

Leon Xu’s work explores the boundaries between memory, identity, and place. Drawing on his background as a Chinese-born immigrant in the United States, Xu creates paintings which engage with themes of cultural displacement, emotional residue, and the tension between visibility and obscurity. His visual language is characterized by a dreamlike sensibility-scenes appear hazy, melancholic, and suspended in time, evoking moments that feel both deeply personal and universally familiar. Informed by an early interest in graffiti and instinct-driven mark-making, Xu’s practice resists rigid narrative, favouring ambiguity and introspection.

Through the use of soft palettes, layered textures, and ephemeral forms, Xu’s work becomes a space for contemplation-one that embraces transience and the shifting nature of memory.

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  • Leon Xu, Abundance every year, 2025

    acrylic and airbrush on canvas
    16.14 x 12.2 in (41 x 31 cm)
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  • Leon Xu, Heart shaped scallion in miso soup, 2025

    acrylic and airbrush on canvas
    14.17 x 9.84 in (36 x 25 cm)

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  • Leon Xu, Going no where fast, 2025

    acrylic and airbrush on canvas
    24.02 x 20.08 in (61 x 51 cm)

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  • Leon Xu, I hope I sleep tonight, 2025

    acrylic and airbrush on canvas
    38.19 x 46.06 in (97 x 117 cm)

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  • Leon Xu, Shot caller, 2025

    acrylic and airbrush on canvas
    20.87 x 16.93 in (53 x 43 cm)

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  • Leon Xu, Wild at heart, 2025

    acrylic and airbrush on canvas
    31.89 x 24.02 in (81 x 61 cm)

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  • Leon Xu, Back to my fantasy, 2025

    acrylic and airbrush on canvas
    35.83 x 48.03 in (91 x 122 cm)

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  • Leon Xu, Life is pain, 2025

    acrylic and airbrush on canvas
    35.83 x 48.03 in (91 x 122 cm)

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  • Leon Xu, Promises, promises, 2025

    acrylic and airbrush on canvas
    68.11 x 83.86 in (173 x 213 cm)

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  • Leon Xu, If there is fate can we escape it, 2025

    acrylic and airbrush on canvas
    59.84 x 50 in (152 x 127 cm)

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  • Leon Xu, Or die trying, 2025

    acrylic and airbrush on canvas
    75.59 x 64.57 in (192 x 164 cm)

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  • Leon Xu, Hanging gardens, 2024

    acrylic and airbrush on canvas
    7.87 x 9.84 in (20 x 25 cm)
    sold

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