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           The artist, Xavier Hardison, uses an eco-friendly approach, allowing his love for various plants, animals, and terrains to inspire his iconic paintings, sculptures, and tablets. His "X" logo is a constant motif he incorporates in a variety of ways, which symbolically connects his heritage to the present moment. The color, size, and location of the "X" constantly changes in each piece, like a game of never-ending treasure hunt. This allows the viewer to participate in the fun with Xavier as he manipulates these natural subjects to create his X-Artifacts.

           "My work is centered around land and modes of occupying space. Whether creating X-Artifacts with rocks and sand, or painting Plein-Air landscapes overlooking a mountainside, my artistic practice explores our dynamic relationship with land."

          Xavier Hardison (b. 1998) better known as X, is an African American Artist & Designer from Germantown, Maryland. He studied painting at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), and received fellowship from Yale Norfolk School of Art in 2019. Hardison has exhibited across the east coast including a solo show at West Elm Inner Harbor and group shows in Washington DC, Bethesda MD, Baltimore MD, Falls Church VA, Highland NY, Norfolk CT, and Providence RI. He currently lives and works in Baltimore, Maryland where he is pursuing his Bachelors of Fine Art from MICA.

xavier hardison contemporary black artist germantown maryland
xavier hardison contemporary black artist germantown maryland
xavier hardison contemporary black artist germantown maryland
xavier hardison contemporary black artist germantown maryland
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