1972年生于安徽，毕业于中国美术学院，现工作于北京及阿姆斯特丹。作品涵盖录像、摄影及装置等媒介，探讨语言结构、历史比喻及人与物件之间的关系。阚萱曾参与世界各地多个重要展览，包括2006年第四届首尔国际媒体艺术双年展及2013年第55届威尼斯双年展。
阚萱的录像和装置作品经常结合静态物体和持久的风景。她有兴趣探索个人主体性与外部世界之间的关系，这些关系是如何形成和化解的，以及艺术创作是否可以提供创造新关系的方法。她的艺术语言简单而深刻，智慧而感性，寻求叙事和诗学之间的张力和平衡。阚萱将真诚和好奇的自我应用于她的实践中，无论是通过研究日常生活的平淡细节还是参与复杂的历史主题，她都会花很长时间与她的主题在一起，这种方法使她的作品在不断加速的当代生活中具有独特而专注的节奏。
Born in Anhui in 1972, graduated from China Academy of Art, currently works in Beijing and Amsterdam. Often working with video, photography, and installation, her work examines linguistic structures, historical tropes, and relationships between humans and objects. Kan has participated in many important exhibitions worldwide, including the 55th La Biennale di Venezia (2013) and the 4th Seoul International Media Art Biennial (2006).
Kan Xuan's video and installation works often incorporate static objects and enduring landscapes. She is interested in exploring the relationship between individuals' subjectivity and the external world, how these relationships form and dissolve, and if art making can provide ways to make new ones. Simple yet incisive, intelligent yet sensorial, her artistic language seeks the tension and balance between narratives and poetics. Kan applies a sincere and inquisitive self to her practice, whether by examining the prosaic details of quotidian life or engaging complex historical topics, she spends long periods of time with her subjects, an approach that lends her work a unique and focused tempo against the ever-accelerating, overwhelming rush of contemporary life.
