Xiaoqing Ding

Originally from China, Xiaoqing Ding’s artwork is inspired by a fusion of her eight years of traditional Asian Arts training in Beijing, and her recent exposure to American culture. The result is a captivating mixture of old world technique and modern subject matter. Working with Egg Tempera, Silverpoint, and pastel, her sometimes overtly sexual imagery explores the nature of identity and personal politics. She references ideas from Chinese and Greek mythology, European fairytales and Medieval studies, resulting in a body of dark and mysterious works which focus on timeless sentiments and the personal struggle between good and evil.