1996年出生于中国山东，现生活和工作于英国伦敦。
许阳挑战——甚至乖离——她的亚洲教养，用她的酷儿身份探究“何为女性气质?”“何为社会建构?”，思考我们在网上看到的是否是真实的。她从(经常是透过男性凝视被观看的)17、18世纪西方艺术史中汲取灵感，也受到变装表演、卡巴莱和戏剧的影响。她以自己为模特，通过绘画、行为表演和摄影探索女性在当代社会和流行文化中的地位。她使用硅胶义乳、束身衣、臀垫、假发和化妆改造自己的身形，质疑所谓理想化的女性身材和社交媒体结合Photoshop、图像滤镜对女性进行的身材羞辱，重塑女性价值。她的作品涉及权力与身份议题，乃至当代绘画与绘画史之间的对话，关注它们可能引起的情感反应，以及再阐释和翻译的潜力。
Born in 1996 in Shandong, China, currently lives and works in London, UK.
Challenging―and being in contrast to―her Asian upbringing, Xu uses her queer identity to investigate "What is femininity?" "What is a social construct?" and to consider whether what we see online is real. Inspired by and referencing 17th and 18th century Western art history, often seen via the male gaze, Xu is also influenced by drag performance, cabaret and theatre. Using herself as a model, Xu explores through painting, performance and photography the position of women in contemporary society and pop culture. Transforming her body shape with silicone breasts, corsets, hip pads, wigs and make-up allows for an investigation of the idealized female figure and social media's use of Photoshop and image filters to body shame, and to reshape the value of the female. Probing themes of power and identity and the dialogue between painting's contemporary iterations and its history, there is a concern with the emotional response triggered and the potential for its reinterpretation and translation.
