PORTFOLIO — 2023 / 2026
Stroke by stroke,
the everyday
kept on paper
Gao Xinuo, 18. I write calligraphy, paint in the gongbi manner, and cut woodblocks — one stroke at a time.
18works
3media
2years
WorksSELECTED — 2023 / 2026
Eighteen pieces, in the order they were made. Open any one to see its materials, dimensions and studio notes.
IndexALL EIGHTEEN WORKS
Numbers follow the studio log · click to open
01Seal Script Scroll · Li BaiCalligraphy · Seal script · 202502Seal Script Scroll · The Long MarchCalligraphy · Seal script · 202503Clerical Script Scroll · Flowers Bloom AgainCalligraphy · Clerical script · 202504Clerical Script Scroll · Su ShiCalligraphy · Clerical script · 202505Fruit and Vegetable FanFan · Colour · 202506“Quiet Fragrance” Round FanGongbi · Round fan · 202507“Persimmons, As You Wish” Round FanGongbi · Round fan · 202508“Grapes” ScrollPainting · Freehand · 202509“Orchid” ScrollPainting · Freehand · 202510“Magnolia” Horizontal ScrollPainting · Horizontal scroll · 202511“Yellow Crane Tower” Hanging ScrollPainting · Hanging scroll · 202512Woodcut · FigurePrint · Woodcut · 202413Woodcut · “My Neighbour Totoro”Print · Woodcut · 202414China Fan · Lettering DoodleFan · Hand-drawn · 202515Bridge FanFan · Hand-drawn · 202616Seal Script Scroll · Beijing AutumnCalligraphy · Seal script · 202317Seal Script on Round PaperCalligraphy · Seal script · 202318“Lucky Dragon” Round FanPainting · Ink and colour · 2023
Ink asks to be slow — slow enough to see each line breathe.
— Studio note, 2025
ABOUT
Between brush
and ink, slowly
I began calligraphy with seal and clerical script, and I also paint in the gongbi manner and make woodcut prints. The first time my work hung on an exhibition wall, I realised that every press and lift of the brush on paper gives you away. Since then I have been glad to slow down and write, one stroke at a time.
- CalligraphySeal · Clerical · Running script
- PaintingGongbi fans · freehand scrolls · colour banners
- PrintmakingBlack-and-white woodcut, hand-pulled
