Yixuan Xiao (they/them) is an artist and performer from China, currently living and working in Paris. Utilizing a mixture of objects, photography, film, poetry, somatic tools, dance, and performance, they are interested in the investigation and reflection apropos of nonconformist sex/gender/sexuality and on the possibility of empowering through the deviances.
As a performer, Yixuan danced and performed for Jocelyn Cottencin, Boris Charmatz, Lenio Kaklea and Emmanuelle Huynh. After two years of research in residency at L’École nationale supérieure de la photographie (Arles, Fr), they are currently enrolled in a master’s degree at Beaux-Arts de Paris in Emmanuelle Huynh’s studio. Yixuan learnt massage by practicing with family and friends.
