Xiyao WANG

Perrotin Dubai is pleased to present the solo exhibition The Drifting Island by Chinese-born, Berlin-based artist Xiyao Wang. Opening on January 14, 2026, and on view through February 28, 2026, this exhibition marks her first solo show in the Middle East.
In this new body of work, painting unfolds through notions of movement, tempo, and lived experience. Rather than representing gesture directly, Xiyao Wang explores the sensation of movement itself, its flow, rhythm, and impermanence. Time is not suspended; it drifts, like a river, like wind or clouds moving through a landscape, like the body in motion within the studio.