Kicking off this year’s Summertime Studio Visits is Xavier Schipani. As he prepares for his upcoming exhibition, The Lightning Can't Be Harnessed, Xavier invites us into the Big Medium gallery before the exhibit opens on June 25 to experience his murals in progress and get a glimpse into his process.
Spots are limited and available to Members at the $250 level and above. Big Medium Members, please RSVP below. All other visitors, we invite you to consider supporting the work of Big Medium by becoming a Member at bigmedium.org/membership before RSVPing.
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
Xavier Schipani was born in 1984 in Washington, D.C. He studied at the Center for Arts and Culture in AIX-en-Provence and received a BFA in painting from the Maryland Institute College of Art. Schipani is an Austin-based Transgender artist, who has focused his practice on creating large painting installations that explore the boundaries of gender, body politics, sexuality, and queer identity. His unique voice and personal connection to the themes of his work create intimate experiences in combination with a larger-than-life scale to establish a contrast between the work and the viewer. He continues to investigate fear and anger, masculinity as performance, and the ambiguity of what makes a man.
Xavier Schipani, The Lightning Can’t Be Harnessed, Site Specific Installation/Acrylic Wall Mural, 2022
Xavier Schipani at work. Image courtesy of the artist.
Xavier Schipani, I Can’t Relate To Anyone, But You (mural detail), Lowell Ryan Projects, 2020