Wang Xin was born in 1983 in Yichang, Hubei, China. She graduated from China Academy of Art with a B.F.A. in 2007 and graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago with an M.F.A. in 2011.
Wang Xin's artworks take the form of installations, moving images, and new media. Unconsciousness, art world systems, and posthumanism are key features in her creation. Often challenging the status of the artist and the functioning of the art market today, her works consider her own position in relation to the art world while crafting a critique of the larger ecosystem of art. She is also a certificated hypnotist and often explores the creative ways to use hypnosis in art. Wang Xin is also the founder of "The Gallery" project, which is an alternative art space/system.
Wang Xin currently lives and works in Shanghai, China.