SHEN XIN 沈莘

  • about
  • dates
  • links
  • list of works
  • bearing fruit of fondness
  • solar wheels
  • but this is the language we met in
  • ས་གཞི་སྔོན་པོ་འགྱུར། (the earth turned green)
  • brine lake (a new body)
  • commerce des esprits
  • warm spell
  • provocation of the nightingale
  • strongholds
  • shoulders of giants
  • counting blessings
  • snow country
  • paintings
  • སྲམ་ Dòbhran
  • an oil painting of a dead gull's body, chest open and bone exposed, lying on yellowing grassland
  • close up of an oil painting of a dead gull's body, chest open and bone exposed, lying on yellowing grassland
  • Installation view of Three Gulls and Three Fulmars in a brightly lit room with wooden floor.
  • an oil painting of three fulmars at cliff's edge
  • close up of an oil painting of three fulmars at cliff's edge
  • Installation view of the three paintings in a brightly lit room with wooden floor.
  • an oil painting of three hens inside a chicken coop, with one white hen in the centre, and two brown hens showing their heads.
  • close up of an oil painting of three hens inside a chicken coop, with one white hen in the centre, and two brown hens showing their heads.
  • Installation view of the three paintings in a brightly lit room with wooden floor.

From the story The Puffins Wear My Words, Tha Na Buthaidean a’ Cur M’ Fhaclan Orra, 2025

  • an oil painting of four caterpillar fungus lying on an open palm
  • an oil painting of a tree whose growth resembles a waterway
  • an oil painting of a bear intruding the kitchen in a house
  • an oil painting of a child sitting in grass wearing colourful clothing and gloves, holding onto her sharp tool for fungus harvesting
  • an oil painting of thunder descending from sky to mountain tops at night
  • an oil painting of a group of people wearing colourful clothing, harvesting caterpillar fungus at the foot of mountains
  • Installation view of the six paintings in the brick interior of Collective's dome gallery.

From the story The Child of the Mountain, རི་ཕྲུག, 2025

  • an oil painting of a bat lit in dark and red lighting
  • an oil painting of a bat lit in dark and red lighting
  • an oil painting of a plant submerged in water, with its branches sticking out above the surface
  • an oil painting of a dead body belonging to a grouse
  • two oil paintings with the left one depicting a seal underwater in an aquarium like environment, and the right one depicting a marmoset eating in a manmade tree hole on a wall.
  • close up of an oil painting of a dog licking milk off a calf's lips
  • an oil painting of a dog licking milk off a calf's lips

    © 2025 Shen Xin