So... What are you?

Hanji Xu is a multidisciplinary maker whose way of knowing is phenomenological; whose way of seeing is analogical; whose way of making is subtractive. Her works inflate attention on the most trivial acts of life, such as maintenance, storage, leftovers, and the lost & forgotten. She operates at the intersection of negative space, bodies, and physical interaction.

Historically speaking...
October 2026: I pick wild phenomena and slip them in my work. I am infected with rhythms, harmonies, mirrors, and inevitabilities. I am proud to have made everything here with my own hands.
Recently I have learned that how I floss in the spaces between my teeth is the same as how I polish a porcelain rivet. They have always been the same thing.
January 2026: My name is Hanji Xu. As of now, I am learning techniques, experimenting with materials, and capturing observed natural organization and analogies in these.
Resource is still essential to my practice.
December 2025: I am exploring what art means in design. I experiment towards a future beyond the minimal and the kitsch. The bottom line is—it has to be beautiful.
I have worked with wood, metal, silicone, bio-plastics, and glass.
I have a record of resource-conscious designs.

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2025-2027
Master of Industrial Design @Rhode Island School of Design
2026 Summer
Jingdezhen Taoxichuan Art Center Residency
2024-2025
Fidget Camp
2021-2025
Bachelor of Arts @UC Berkeley, Cognitive Science, Data Science, Landscape Architecture

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