BIOGRAPHY
1966 Born in Guangdong, China
1988 Bachelor of Architecture, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
1991 Master of Arts, Central Academy of Arts and Design, Beijing, China
1991-1992 Assistant Professor, Shantou University, Guangdong, China
1996 Master of Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, USA
1996-1997 Visiting Artist, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington, USA
1999-2005 Assistant Professor, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
2002 Commissioned by U.S. General Services Administration's Art-in-Architecture Program, Federal Building and U. S. Courthouse, Davenport, Iowa, USA
2004-2006 Co-curator of Misleading Trails travelled to six universities around USA
Co-curator of Regeneration: Contemporary Chinese Art from China and the US travelled to nine universities around USA
2006-2009 Associate Professor, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
2007-2009 Chair, Department of Art & Art History, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
2009- Paul L. & Phyllis Wattis Professor in Art, Department of Art & Art History, Stanford University, California, USA
Present Lives and works in Palo Alto, California and Beijing, China
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
Xie Xiaoze: The Archaeology of Knowledge, Alisan Atelier, Hong Kong
Ashes of Memory, Stanford Art Gallery, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
Amber of History: Reimagining the Library Cave at Dunhuang, Pingshan Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
2022
Flammable Ideas, Fragile Objects, East Asia Library, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
Heretical Knowledge, C.V. Starr East Asian Library, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
Panorama of Eternal Night, Anglim/Trimble Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA
Library Paintings, Art Basel Online Viewing Room, USA
2021
New Paintings from the Library Series, online exhibition, Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2020
Out of the Dark, online exhibition, Department of Art & Art History, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
2019
Objects of Evidence, Asia Society, New York, USA
2018
Confrontation and Disruption, Stanford in Washington Art Gallery, Washington DC, USA
2017
Eyes On, Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA
Nocturnes, Anglim Gilbert Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA
2016
Xiaoze Xie: Albums, Prints and Photographs, Stanford Art Gallery, California, USA
2015
Subtexts, Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Libraries, Moatti Masters/Contemporary, London, UK
2012
Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, California, USA
Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2011
Resistant Archeology, Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA
Transient Memories, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, Texas, USA
Theatre of Power, Mesaros Galleries, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
2010-2012
Amplified Moments (1993-2008), Samek Art Gallery, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania; Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, Tennessee; Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon; Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston, Maine, USA
2010
Gaain Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Rhythm of Time, Corridor of Memory: A Site-specific Installation by Xie Xiaoze, Mada s.p.a.m. Architectural Studio Office, Shanghai, China
Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, California, USA
2009
Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2008
Quotidian Truths, Morono Kiang Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA
Both Sides Now, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, USA
2007
Xiaoze Xie: Photographs, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, USA
Disposable Views, Waterworks Visual Arts Centre, Salisbury, North Carolina, USA
Legacy, Gaain Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Transient Memories: Works on Paper by Xie Xiaoze, dARTex, Danish Cultural Centre, Beijing, China
Xiaoze Xie: Works on Paper, Modern Chinese Art Foundation, Ghent, Belgium
2006
The MoMA Library, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, USA
2005
Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2003
History: A Microscopic View, China Art Archives and Warehouse, Beijing, China
Davidson Galleries, Seattle, Washington, USA
2002
Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, USA
2000
Order: An Installation and Paintings by Xiaoze Xie, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
1998
Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA
1997
Davidson Galleries, Seattle, Washington, USA
1996
Puppet, New Talent Gallery, Irving Arts Centre, Irving, Texas, USA
The Library Paintings, Gallery 414, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
1995
Mosaics Series, Dallas Visual Art Centre, Dallas, Texas, USA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
Village Retreat :Philosophical Thoughts and Expression, After Hill Art Centre, Guangzhou, China
ART SG, Alisan Fine Arts, Sands Expo & Convention Centre, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
2022-2023
Wuhan Biennale, Wuhan Art Museum; Qintai Art Museum; He Art Museum Wuhan, China
After Hope: Videos of Resistance, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco; Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, USA
2020-2021
Future History 2020, Art Museum of School of Fine Arts, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
2020
Art Monthly 45th Anniversary Cover Project Exhibition, Art Museum of Nanjing University of Arts, Nanjing, China
Where the Heart Is: Contemporary Art by Immigrant Artists, Palo Alto Art Centre, Palo Alto, California, USA
2019-2020
Aliens: An Exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Art in The San Francisco Bay Area, Gallery Elite, Carmel, California, USA
2nd Sculpture Projects Ping Yao, Ping Yao, China
2019
Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture, Shenzhen, China
Global Conversations: Contemporary World in Dialogue, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, USA
Ink at Current: 10th International Ink Art Biennial of Shenzhen, Shenzhen Fine Art Institute; OCT Art & Design Gallery, Shenzhen, China
On Paper: Collaborations in Print and Pulp from Wildwood Press, Walton Arts Centre, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA
IN INK: Current Trends of Ink Art, Nan Hai Gallery, Millbrae, California, USA
Napoleon Special Exhibition, Dialogue between Contemporary and Tradition, Himalayas Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Future Progress: Invitational Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Art, 6th Guangzhou Triennial, Zini Town of Art, Guangzhou, China
Framework: Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Painting, the College of Art, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
2018
Industry 4.0: Power of Transformation, Hubei Museum of Art, Wuhan, China
Chen Jing: Contemporary Art Invitational Exhibition, No. 1 Wanjiang Art Museum, Dongguan, Guangdong, China
Visual Anthology: Artworks & the Book, Anglim Gilbert Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA
2017
Vision and Voice, Art Ark Gallery, San Jose, California, USA
Anren Biennale, Chengdu, China
2016
Fragmentary Narratives, Stanford Art Gallery, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, USA
Dallas Art Fair, Dallas, USA
2015
Liberating the Past from the Present: Contemporary Art in China, Shengzhi Space, Beijing, China; Modern Art Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
What can California art be?, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, California, USA
Fragmentary Narratives, Changsha City Museum, Changsha, China
A Record of Architectural Transformation, 9th Songzhuang Culture and Art Festival 2015 Theme Exhibition, G-Dot Art Space, Beijing, China
2014
1st China Xinjiang International Arts Biennale, Urumqi International Exhibition Centre, Urumqi, China
Beyond Architecture, Long Art Museum, Shanghai; Times Cultural Complex Art Centre, Guangzhou, China
Now Read This: Contemporary Art from the Collection of Driek and Michael Zirinsky, Idaho Centre for the Bok, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho, USA
Deep Reading, Euphrat Museum of Art, De Anza College, Cupertino, California, USA
Mirrored and Obscured: Contemporary Texas Self-Portraits, Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, Texas, USA
Chroma, Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Yuan Unfu & Tsinghua Fine Art Group, East Exhibition Hall, National Centre for Performing Arts, Beijing, China
CVAD Alumni Showcase, UNT ArtSpace Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA
2013
Zero State: 2013, 1st Biennale of Installation Art in China, Museum of Contemporary Art; Xiangshan Art Museum, Beijing, Tianjin Art Museum, Tianjin, China
The Awakening of Intuition, 13th China Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao, Shanxi, China
Living Legacies: The JSMA@80, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA
Mark My Word, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California, USA
ac·qui·si·tions: A Selection from the Past Decade, The Old Jail Art Center, Albany, Texas, USA
We: 1994-2013 The 20th Anniversary Collective Exhibition of Chinese Song Zhuang Artists, Songzhuang Art Center, Beijing, China
Lies that Tell the Truth: Magic Realism in Contemporary Art, University Art Gallery, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
War & Healing, Euphrat Museum of Art, De Anza College, Cupertino, California, USA
The Moment for Ink: Documenting the History of Ink Painting in America, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco; Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco; San Francisco State University; Silicon Valley Asian Art Center, California, USA
2012
Aspects of a New Realism, Roger Arthur Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
2011-2012
Across the Divide, Crossman Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater; Courtyard Gallery, University of Texas, Austin, USA
Library Science, Artspace, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
2011
Book-ish, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California, USA
I Believe – Chinese Contemporary Art in Songzhuang, Song Zhuang Art Center; Shang Shang Art Museum, Beijing, China
2010
Re-Present: Pat Boas, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, Oregon, USA
Memory, Well Art, Shanghai, China
The Message and the Medium: The Library Turns 10, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California, USA
2009-2010
Something Geographical, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago; South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, Illinois, USA
2009
1st Chongqing Biennale for the Young Artists, Chongqing International Convention and Exhibition Centre, Chongqing, China
China Urban: Exploring the Historical and Contemporary Chinese City, Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery, Reed College, Portland, Oregon, USA
2008
Absurd Recreation: Contemporary Art from China, Sweeney Art Gallery, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, USA
2007
Just Words, Morono Kiang Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA
What We Keep: An Exhibition on Books and Memory, Sun Valley Center for Arts, Sun Valley, Idaho, USA
Between Reality and Illusion, Marty Walker Gallery, Dallas, Texas, USA
2006-2008
Shu: Reinventing Books in Contemporary Chinese Art, Curated by Wu Hung, China Institute Gallery, New York; Seattle Asian Art Museum, Seattle; Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, USA
2006
What War?, White Box, New York, USA
Why Lee Shot C: Buzz, she left 'em Vernon!, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, USA
2005-2006
The Daily News, Salt Lake Art Center, Utah; Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, Wyoming; Boise Art Museum, Boise, Idaho, USA
2004-2006
Misleading Trails, China Art Archives and Warehouse, Beijing, China; NIU Art Museum, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb; University of North Texas Art Gallery, Denton; Hanes Art Gallery, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem; Vanderbilt University Art Gallery, Nashville; Boyden Gallery, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, St. Mary’s City; Samek Art Gallery, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, USA
Regeneration: Contemporary Chinese Art from China and the US, Samek Art Gallery, Bucknell University, Lewisburg; David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University, Providence; Slusser Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College of Art & Design, Los Angeles; University of California San Diego Art Gallery, San Diego; Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe; Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown; Ewing Gallery, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; University of Virginia Art Museum, Charlottesville, USA
2004
Texas Vision: The Barrett Collection, Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, USA
2003
The Great Drawing Show 1550-2003, Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA
Cross the Divide, Max L. Gatov and Werby Art Galleries, California State University, Long Beach, California, USA
2001
Sally Packard and Xiaoze Xie, Art League Houston, Houston, Texas; Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, Pennsylvania; Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, USA
2000
Exhibition of Guangdong Contemporary Oil Paintings, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
Recipients of 1999 Arizona Artists Materials Fund Grants, Contemporary Forum, Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona; Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, USA
Rosalyn Richards & Xiaoze Xie, Bucknell University Art Gallery, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
1999
West Looks East, Lew Allen Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
1998
Building for the Millennium: Recent Acquisitions, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
1997
George Segal and Xiaoze Xie, Bruce Gallery, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania,Edinboro, Pennsylvania, USA
1996
1st Texas Annual, Contemporary Art Centre of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
1995
Scott Barber and Xiaoze Xie, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas, USA
McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas, USA
1994
Unity and Diversity, Cora Stafford Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, USA
1993
Centre for the Visual Arts, Denton, Texas, USA
1991
Four Young Artists, Shantou Painting Institute, Guangdong, China
SELECTED AWARDS
2022 Asia Game Changer West Award, Asia Society Northern California, USA
2016 Academic Award in Painting, 3rd Nanjing International Art Festival, Nanjing, China
2013 Painters & Sculptors Grant, Joan Mitchell Foundation, New York, USA
2008 The National Endowment for the Humanities Chair in Humanities, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania (three-year appointment), USA
Interpreting Brooklyn Project Grant, Brooklyn Historical Society, Brooklyn, New York, USA
2003 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York, USA
2001 Lindback Minority Junior Faculty Grant, Christian R. & Mary F. Lindback Foundation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
1995 First Place, Voertman Art Exhibition, University of North Texas Art Gallery, Denton, Texas, USA
1994 First Place, Greater Denton Arts Council Award, 26th Annual Juried Fine Arts Awards Exhibit of North Texas Area Art League, Centre for the Visual Arts, Denton, Texas, USA
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, USA
Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona, USA
Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, Texas, USA
Bates College Museum of Art, Maine, USA
Bucknell University Samek Art Gallery, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Eastfield College, Dallas, Texas, USA
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA
Microsoft Art Collection, Redmond, Washington, USA
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, USA
Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, California, USA
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California, USA
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
Seattle University, Seattle, Washington, USA
The JPMorgan Chase Art Collection, New York, USA
The Old Jail Art Center, Albany, Texas, USA