Xu Jiong (b. 1983, Hangzhou, China) graduated from the Calligraphy Department of the China Academy of Art, an institution widely recognized for shaping contemporary Eastern aesthetics. He currently lives and works in Beijing. Trained from an early age in calligraphy and traditional Chinese painting, Xu has developed a sustained cross-cultural practice informed by a strong engagement with Western contemporary art, combining research, experimentation, and long-term artistic inquiry.

His artistic trajectory unfolds through several interrelated phases—Cursive (2012–2016), Jia Dao (2016–2018), Spring Monster (2017–2018), Collage (2019–2024), and the ongoing New Cursive phase initiated in 2020—which together reflect a continuous process of testing, dismantling, and reconfiguring calligraphy as a contemporary bodily and visual language. Rather than marking discrete stylistic shifts, these phases articulate an enduring effort to refine writing as an evolving system shaped by movement, perception, and cultural displacement, with the New Cursive phase in particular demonstrating Xu’s sustained commitment to extending the parameters of contemporary calligraphy. His work has been presented internationally in both institutional and gallery contexts, including the Calligraphy Biennial at Hengshan Calligraphy Art Center (2022) and Morgenrot und Abendbrot at Galerie Nagel Draxler, Munich, as well as solo exhibitions such as Meeting You Again at Qiong Jiu Gallery, Beijing (2023), Home at Nanjo Art Museum, Okinawa (2023), Landscape 2022 SS at Each Modern (2022), Self-Portrait at Each Modern (2019), and I Saw Jia Dao at Aura Gallery, Taipei (2017). His publication All Things Are in Me (2016) documents works from the Cursive period, underscoring writing as the foundational, embodied practice through which his artistic inquiry continues to unfold.

許炯（1983年生於中國杭州）畢業於以引領東方當代美學聞名的中國美術學院書法系，現居並工作於北京。藝術家自幼接受紮實的書法與中國畫訓練，並基於對西方當代藝術的濃厚興趣，長期進行跨文化的研究、實驗與實踐。

許炯的創作歷程可分為多個階段：草書時期（2012–2016）、賈島系列（2016–2018）、春之祭（2017–2018）、拼貼創作（2019–2024），並自2020年起進入持續發展中的新草書時期（New Cursive），展現其在書寫方法與視覺結構上的不斷推進。重要聯展包括2022年桃園橫山書法藝術館《書法雙年展》，以及德國慕尼黑 Galerie Nagel Draxler 聯展《Morgenrot und Abendbrot》。重要個展包括2023年《在每一個宇宙遇見你》，穹究堂，北京；2023年《帶我去遠方》，南城美術館，沖繩，日本；2022年亞紀畫廊《山水 2022 SS》；2019年亞紀畫廊《自畫像》；2017年亦安畫廊（台北）《我看見賈島了嗎？》。2015年出版草書系列作品集《萬物想》。

許炯｜新草書系列作品Xu Jiong｜NEW CURSIVE

許炯｜新草書系列作品
Xu Jiong｜NEW CURSIVE