TAIMI XU
Projects
2026 - In the Mouth of a Whale
2025 - Suspended Disbelief
Other Works
Sculpture
Film Photography
Printmaking
About me
Contact information
email: taimixustudio(at)gmail.com
In the Mouth Of a Whale
2026 - Exhibited at the Vera List Art First Fioor Gallery Space, Providence, RI
Wide angle shot of installation
In the Mouth of a Whale (2026) is my senior honors exhibition project. This installation invites viewers into an interior world shaped by marine forms, sensory recalibration, and quiet intimacy.
Detail shot of light sculptures
I spent my previous summer at the Marine Biological Laboratory working on cephlapod RNA-editing. This work emerged from my fascination by the biological strangeness of the ocean. The installation creates a space that is not meant to be observed from a distance, but entered. There are hanging silkscreen and lithographic prints, mounted on swivels and gently moved by fans. These shift alongside acrylic, metal, and paper sculptures and projected light that mimics the slow drift of the ocean, accompanied by low whale sounds.
At its center, bean bags and a low table offer a place to sit, look up into an “ocean sky,” and share a moment of rest, while a small zine extends the installation into a more intimate, take-away form. Installed within a transitory space between classes, the work asks the body to slow down and linger, exploring how perception is always partial, and how meaning emerges through proximity, curiosity, and embodied experience.
Detail shot of acrylic and metal sculptures
Detail shot
Manta Blooms (2026)
Sheet metal
100 x 100 x 30 cm
Shrimp study #13a (2025)
Acrylic, zipties
Sheet metal 30 x 20 x 40cm
Shrimp study #9 (2023)
Sheet metal
60 x 30 x 60cm
Detail shot of prints
Ocean print #1 (2026)
Edition of 2
Acrylic paint, stonehenge paper
Ocean Print #2 (2026)
Edition of 3
Acrylic paint, stongehence paper
Detail shot
Ocean print, various editions (2026)
Acrylic paint, stonehence paper
Crab print (2026)
Edition of 3
Acrylic print, stongehenge paper
Mother of Water (2023)
Edition of 36
Photolithographic print