Born in Inner Mongolia, China, and now based in Evanston, Illinois, Xinia Guan makes work that is rooted in process. Focus and patience are core to her practice. From the simplest observations in nature to detailed measuring of intricate forms, Guan finds geometry, patterns, and form everywhere in the world around her. She is fascinated by contrast and unity, organization and repetition. Her works expand outward from a point of origin; circles overlap, and paths cross and sometimes diverge. She works with sterling silver, which she stretches and folds, in a process that begins with a circle and ends with a different form.
