Poise & Disarray: Chickenfart’s Study of Inner Chaos
GalileOasis Gallery is pleased to present Poise & Disarray (阴阳调和), the debut solo exhibition by Chinese visual artist Chickenfart (鸡屁), on view from October 17 to November 16, 2026. The exhibition will open with a reception on October 17 from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM.
Drawing from the ancient philosophy of Yin-Yang, Poise & Disarray examines the unstable tension between social order and inner chaos. In Chickenfart’s new series of textile banner paintings, “Poise” represents social norms, rationality, and outward composure, while “Disarray” embodies repressed impulses, disorder, and untamed human instinct. Rather than approaching Yin-Yang as a pursuit of harmony or equilibrium, the exhibition focuses on the friction between these opposing forces. Chickenfart explores the constant, electric tension between social domestication and primitive instinct, translating this conflict into bold textile works that uncover a raw, unruly beauty within the struggle. Here, order and chaos do not resolve one another, but remain locked in an uneasy exchange.
Born in 2001 in Quanzhou, China, Chickenfart is a visual artist working across multiple mediums. Steeped in a grotesque, American-vintage visual language, her practice explores the pressures of social conformity and the instincts that resist it. Her work often draws attention to the tension between what is socially acceptable and what lies beneath the surface; between outward composure and the impulses that remain hidden.
A 2024 Biology graduate of Xinjiang University, Chickenfart brings her scientific background into her artistic practice, using it as a framework for exploring invisible forms of psychological biology. Internal trauma, suppressed desires, and other intangible emotional states become subjects that she attempts to map and materialize through art, giving form to experiences that scientific language alone cannot fully describe. In Poise & Disarray, this interest manifests through a visual language that brings the internal and external into confrontation, questioning how much of human instinct can truly be contained by the structures of society.
Her unconventional artist name, Chickenfart, comes from an equally unconventional personal story. As she explains: “It was a nickname my old friends gave me. They said I ran like a little chicken, and they once heard me let out a really loud fart. So that’s how Chickenfart came about.”
