Xⁿ Office is an independent curatorial group founded by art history researcher Penny Dan XU and artist NI Youyu
Xⁿ Office由艺术史研究员徐丹和艺术家倪有鱼共同发起当代艺术展览策划小组。在数学语言中，X代表任一数，N代表自然数集，都具有未知和无限的含义；X . N 恰恰是中文“虚拟”的首字母，无论在上海、布鲁塞尔或是柏林，Xⁿ Office并不构筑一个真正意义上的实体办公室，而旨在从美术史学理论的角度和艺术家实践的角度双向出发，试图策划一系列兼具论文研究和实验性的策展活动。
Xⁿ Office is an independent curatorial team founded by art history researcher Penny Dan Xu, and artist NI Youyu in 2016. Until 2021, Xⁿ Office has curated five exhibitions in several cities, including Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Paris; and published two research-based bilingual exhibition publications. In mathematical language, X means a variable can be any number, letter or equation. N refers to any natural numbers. They both link to the notion of "Infinitive variation". N powers of X suggests that the two curators develop ideas from two different perspectives and methods; they collaborate to discover a world of endless possibilities.
徐小丹博士
Dr. Penny Dan Xu
独立策展人，艺术史博士，写作者和翻译。
Independent curator, Art History PhD, writer and translator.
London, Brussels
她是一个提问者。她通过策展、写作和研究探索问题的答案。她的研究兴趣跨越当代与传统，论文分别收录于牛津大学、慕尼黑大学主编的学术出版物。从2011至今, 她参与组织与策划多个在国内外重要机构举办的展览项目，其中包括威尼斯双年展，布鲁塞尔艺术中心（BOZAR），中央美院美术馆，今日美术馆等。她于2014年翻译出版了《艺术迷的自白：佩姬·古根海姆自传》，这本书被多个高校列入艺术史专业必读书目。
She is a “questioner”. She seeks answers through curating, writing and research. Her research interest spans from contemporary to traditional art history. Her essays were published by prestigious institutions such as Oxford University and LMU Munich. She has participated in and curated various exhibition projects in major art institutions such as Venice Biennale, BOZAR, CAFAM, Today Art Museum, etc. As a translator, her solo-translated book ‘Peggy Guggenheim: A Confession of an art addict’ was published in 2014; this book was listed in the “reading list for art history undergraduate students” by various Universities.
倪有鱼 Ni Youyu
上海 Shanghai
艺术家，策展人。2014年CCAA最佳年轻艺术家奖获得者。从2005年起，倪有鱼曾在上海开始当代艺术展览的策划和艺术个案的批评写作。自2007年起，他开始成为独立艺术家。他同时是“手感”系列展2006的发起人和策划人，并参与策划2006年至2014年五届“手感”项目。他的艺术作品曾多次在澳洲、瑞士、德国、纽约、新加坡、香港、台湾及大陆的主要美术馆、画廊和重要艺术节展出。
Artist, Curator. He was awarded the CCAA 2014 Best Young Artist. From 2005, he worked as an exhibition curator and art critic and became an artist in 2007.
His solo exhibition was presented in HEM Museum (2021), Yuz Museum (2019), Shanghai Museum (2012), Taipei MOCA (2015), Orange County Museum of Art, Konstanz Kunstverein(2017), Contemporary Fine Arts(2016,2018), Galerie Nathalie Obadia (2017,2023) and Galerie Perrotin (2019). His artworks are listed in the prestige collections throughout the world, including Brooklyn Museum, National Gallery Singapore, M+ Museum, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Rockbund Art Museum, Yuz Museum, White Rabbit Foundation, Korea Arario Museum, Me Collection, Sigg Collection, DSL Collection and Ghisla Art Foundation, etc.