Zhao Xiaoli is an artist based in China whose works express the confusion and depression of girlhood, combining retro style with current trends to form a collage of self-expression.
Being a Master of Fine Arts graduate from Autonomous University of Barcelona, she innovates the dissemination of artistic creation in the form of short videos. The main subject of her paintings are women and flowers. She believes that the beauty between women and flowers is interlinked. Zhao Xiaoli draws some of her thoughts and feelings into the pieces that she works on. She feels everyone has their own artistic expression. Many characters and feelings conveyed in her paintings are somewhat similar to herself.
It has been two years since she has relied on images and paintings to enter everyone’s field of vision. “Looking back on the past few years, I am lucky, fortunate in the tolerance and change of the times, but there has been hardships and ridicule that I have had to face. Some people say that I am a pioneer of exploration, while others sneer at me,” says Zhao Xiaoli.
With over 20 million followers on her social media platforms, she was announced Douyin Person of the Year, has held numerous exhibitions in art galleries and has been reported by well-known media at home and abroad.
