Miao Xiaochun is an artist and photographer based in Beijing

Beijing

Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...

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He is best known for his digital photographs, often assembled panorama

Panoramic photography

Panoramic photography is a technique of photography, using specialized equipment or software, that captures images with elongated fields of view. It is sometimes known as wide format photography. The term has also been applied to a photograph that is cropped to a relatively wide aspect ratio...

s, of modern Chinese cityscapes. His signature element is the presence of "He", a figure in ancient Chinese costume. Other works include computer graphics

Computer graphics

Computer graphics are graphics created using computers and, more generally, the representation and manipulation of image data by a computer with help from specialized software and hardware....

 installations such as The Last Judgement in Cyberspace, a 3D monochrome reworking of Michelangelo

Michelangelo

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni , commonly known as Michelangelo, was an Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet, and engineer who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art...

's The Last Judgment

The Last Judgment (Michelangelo)

The Last Judgment is a canonical fresco by the Italian Renaissance master Michelangelo executed on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City...

 from the Sistine Chapel

Sistine Chapel

Sistine Chapel is the best-known chapel in the Apostolic Palace, the official residence of the Pope in Vatican City. It is famous for its architecture and its decoration that was frescoed throughout by Renaissance artists including Michelangelo, Sandro Botticelli, Pietro Perugino, Pinturicchio...

 replacing every figure with a virtual model of Miao himself.

Xiaochun studied at Nanjing University

Nanjing University

Nanjing University , or Nanking University, is one of the oldest and most prestigious institutions of higher learning in China...

, at the China Central Academy of Fine Arts

China Central Academy of Fine Arts

China Central Academy of Fine Arts or CAFA is the only advanced academy of fine arts under direct charge of Department of Education in China. The Manila Bulletin called the school "China’s most prestigious and renowned art academy"...

 and at the Kunsthochschule Kassel

Kunsthochschule Kassel

Kunsthochschule Kassel is a college of fine arts in Kassel, Germany. Founded in 1777, it is a semi-autonomous department of the University of Kassel .-Notable people:* Bernhard, Count of Bylandt* August Bromeis...

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He has shown work internationally in many exhibitions including Between Past and Future at Haus der Kultur der Welt in Berlin

Berlin

Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...

, City of Dreams at the Red Mansion Foundation

Red Mansion Foundation

The Red Mansion Foundation is a not for profit organisation founded by Nicolette Kwok in 1999. Its aim is to promote cultural understanding between East and West through the medium of contemporary Chinese Art.- Programs and gallery :...

 in London

London

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, Sightseeing at SCA Galleries in Sydney

Sydney

Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

 and The Last Judgement in Cyberspace at Walsh Gallery in Chicago

Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

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He is represented by the Walsh Gallery in Chicago

Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

, the F2 Gallery in Beijing

Beijing

Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...

, and the Alexander Ochs Galleries in Berlin

Berlin

Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...

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External links

• Miao Xiaochun, Saatchi Gallery]
• Miao Xiaochun at 88MoCCA - The Museum of Chinese contemporary art on the web
• Miao Xiaochun, F2 Gallery
• Miao Xiaochun, Walsh Gallery
• Miao Xiaochun, Alexander Ochs Galleries
• "Miao Xiaochun at Eli Klein Fine Art"