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Chinese born artist based in Sydney, Australia

Ah Xian (born 1960) is a Chinese-born artist based in Sydney, Australia.

Early life

Ah Xian was born in Beijing, China, in 1960. While both of Xian's parents worked at universities, Xian worked as a mechanical fitter and in a factory. Xian taught himself how to paint, though at one point was jailed overnight by the Chinese Communist Party for producing nude paintings.^[1]

In 1989, Xian travelled to Australia to visit the University of Tasmania. He briefly returned to Beijing, but did not stay as the Tiananmen Square massacre on 4 June motivated him to leave China.^[1] After leaving China, he applied for asylum in Australia.^[2] Though his application was initially rejected in 1989, he was granted residency in Australia in 1995.^[3]

Art exhibitions

• Metaphysica (2007). Metaphysica includes a series of bronze busts. Each bust is different from the rest in that there i