Xin Xiaochang (b. 1982, Singapore) works across art and design, a practice shaped by years in studios, a sustained engagement with materials and making, and a commitment to education and community.

She began her career as a 3D Designer at ModernAge Design & Communications, a Singaporean events and advertising firm, before working with Studio Job, the internationally acclaimed design outfit based in Antwerp, Belgium. Highlights from this period include exhibition work for Milan Design Week 2008 and design collaborations with Royal Tichelaar Makkum, one of the oldest ceramics companies in the Netherlands. These experiences grounded her in the intersection of craft, design, and cultural production.

Her artistic output, primarily ceramics combined with other materials, takes the form of sculptures, installations, and finely crafted mixed-media works. It has been shown in numerous local and international exhibitions and is held in private and corporate collections around the world.

Teaching has been central to her practice since early in her career. She has worked with students from kindergarten through secondary school and has lectured in three-dimensional design and art at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) since 2009. In 2018, alongside colleagues Wendy Chua and Yuki Mitsuyasu, she co-edited The Machinist, a book documenting the life of a lathe machinist and his community in Jalan Besar, Singapore. The project grew out of a design workshop the three held with the machinist to produce an exhibition of hand-machined jewellery, during which they were inspired to highlight the importance of social support networks in creative work.

Xin was inducted into the committee of the Sculpture Society (Singapore) in 2014, a role through which she has actively organised exhibitions and shows, curated works, and taken part in international exchanges. At NAFA, she leads the Special Projects Unit, focusing on talent development, and teaches service design in the BA(Hons) Design Practice programme.

Xin holds a Master of Science in Applied Gerontology from Nanyang Technological University. She is currently exploring how artistic practice and design thinking can contribute meaningfully to the ageing sector and to social care.