About  US




Who we are?
Unit XL is a contemporary arts collective based in Scotland, dedicated to revitalising historic gallery spaces and championing emerging local artists.

Rooted in curation, publishing, and cultural programming, Unit XL creates meaningful experiences that reconnect people, place, and practice.






Le Liu

Liu's dramatic canvases, adorned with vibrant acrylics and impasto oils in a myriad of hues, exude lavishness that echoes the fantastical mythologies inspiring their subjects. Drawing inspiration from classical mythology, Liu pays homage to artistic traditions while reimagining these classical themes through a contemporary lens. Departing from strict realism, his daring twist in colour and vibrancy uncovers overlooked elements, deviating from the expected focal points. Notably, his artistic choice to remove the heads of figures in these scenes adds a thought-provoking dimension. Liu's work invites us to reconsider the timeless narratives with a fresh perspective, embracing the interplay between tradition and innovation.

He takes on traditions of nudity comes from the queer perspective of person of colour from a non-Western artistic tradition. His upbringing in China was full of shame about nudity, and the human body. For him, depicting bodies without heads both unveils, and depicts then simultaneously reduces that shame. Subsequently, his artistic choice to remove the heads of figures in these scenes to add a thought-provoking dimension' focussing on the taboos of nudity






Xinyi Yang
Xinyi Yang (b. 1999) is a Chinese artist living and working in Scotland. 

Her paintings explore themes such as dreams, death, identity, and boundaries. She uses figurative and abstract metaphoric symbols to convey critical and thought-provoking narratives. From her asian female perspective, her art often appears intense, melancholic, or ambiguous.  

Through years of studying art in both China and the UK, her works reflect a blend of division and fusion, shaped by the contrasting influences of both cultures. This cultural intersection has made her an outsider and observer, using her unique perspective to explore and question the meanings.
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