Xie Sichong
Born1991 in Xi'an, China, Lives and works in Los Angeles.
EDUCATION
2018
Full Fellowship at the Artist Residency, Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, Skowhegan, MA
2017
Post-M.F.A. in Fine Arts, Bath Spa University, Bath, United Kingdom
M.F.A. in Photography and Media / Integrated Media, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2014
B.F.A. in illustration / Minor in Fine Arts, Columbus College of Arts & Design, Columbus, OH
2013
New York Studio Residency Program (Exchange Program) School of Visual Arts, New York
2012
B.F.A.(equivalent) in Painting, Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts, Xi'an, China
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
Xie Sichong: Elephant in the Dark, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA
2021
Xie Sichong: Memory Structure, Scaffold Series, Wende Museum Garden, Culver City, CA
2020
Xie Sichong: Lake Lonely, Elephant Art Space, Los Angeles
2019
Xie Sichong: With The Notes Of Far-Away Song Floating From The Other Shore, Automata Arts Gallery, Los Angeles
2018
Xie Sichong: When The Peaks Of Our Washing Sound Come Together, My Tree House Will Have A Roof (Durational Performance), Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles Gallery, Los Angeles
Xie Sichong: Washing Day: Losing and Re-collecting Memories (Site-Specific Performance/Installation), AR Projects, Los Angeles
2017
Xie Sichong: Walking With The Disappeared (Durational Performance), Hauser & Wirth Somerset Gallery, Bruton, United Kingdom
Xie Sichong: We Know We Could Go To Jail, D300 Gallery, Valencia, CA
Xie Sichong: Do Donkeys Know Politics & A Story (Film Screening), Bijou Theatre, Valencia, CA
2016
Xie Sichong: You Can't Take That Away From Me, L Shape Gallery, Valencia, CA
2015
Xie Sichong: Do Birds Know Politics, Beaton Gallery, Columbus, OH
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Fine Arts Work Center Visual Arts Fellows Exhibition, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA
2022
Renew - A Recent Survey in Chinese Contemporary Photography, Eli Klein Gallery, New York
2021
Conflict Point, McColl Center, Charlotte, North Carolina
The Drawing Center Viewing Program, The Drawing Center, New York
Poetic Research Bureau, Los Angeles
Memory Walk, Automata Arts, Los Angeles
2020
Inverse Performance Art Festival, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and The Momentary, Bentonville, Arkansas
We Are Here, University of Southern California Pacific Asia Museum, Los Angeles
Distant Future, Vermont Studio Center, Gallery II, Vermont
Opera Povera, Open Form Opera: The Pink Moon, Los Angeles
2019
The Medea Insurrection, Wende Museum, Los Angeles
Irrational Exhibits 11: Placemaking and Social Memory, Track 16 Gallery, Los Angeles
Becoming - Experimental Video Works, Eli Klein Gallery, New York
Limited Access 8 Festival, Tehran, Iran
The 57th Ann Arbor Film Festival, The Michigan Theatre, Ann Arbor, MI
4TH WALL: HER.E I SEE LOTUS, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
The Boat Has Sailed, Hasn't It?, Coaxial Art Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
2018
Mapping the City: A Vision of History and City, Chengdu OCT Contemporary Art Terminal, Chengdu, China
Noctem Diaboli, The Living Gallery Outpost, New York
Skowhegan Book Meet, Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculptures NY Space, New York
Mapping the City: A Vision of History and Xi'an, Xi'an OCT Contemporary Art Terminal, Xi'an, China
5-Nine Variations, The Reef Artist Residency, Los Angeles
The 2018 New Genre Arts Festival, Living Arts of Tulsa Gallery, Tulsa, OK
The Gifts of the Spirits, The Broad Museum (Ron Athey's performance project), Los Angeles
2017
See What You Mean, Getty Museum (Harry Gamboa Jr.'s Performance Group "Slipping Into Something More"), Los Angeles
Tracing Memory With The Disappeared, Automata Arts Gallery (Two Artists Exhibition), Los Angeles
Clothing Optional, Night Gallery, Los Angeles
Discovering Watermill Day, The Watermill Center for Performance, Long Island, NY
Irrational Exhibits 10th Anniversary: Mapping the Divide, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles
The 2nd Changjiang Photo & Video Biennale Exhibition, Changjiang Art Museum, Chongqing, China
Sounds of Central Valley, Bijou Theatre, Valencia, CA
Far Bazaar, Alternative Art Fair and Art Collective Festival, Cerritos College Fine Arts Galleries, Norwalk, CA
GLAMFA Exhibition, Cal State Long Beach Art Galleries, Long Beach, CA
2016
The Watermill Center for Performance GALA: House of Madness, The Watermill Center for Performance, Long Island, NY
Discovering Watermill Day, The Watermill Center for Performance, Long Island, NY
Photo LA, The Reef Art Galleries, Los Angeles
The 3rd Photo Independent Art Fair, Raleigh Studios Hollywood, Hollywood, CA
Always A Body, Glass Box Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
Ecologies, Photo LA Art Fair, Los Angeles
Nothing To See, D300 Gallery, Valencia, CA
2015
HumanUfactory Workstyles, Sullivan Gallery, Chicago
Dancing Tables, Mildred's Lane Gallery, Narrowsburg, NY
2014
YOUNG HEARTS III, Sean Christopher Gallery, Columbus, OH
En Massse, or sameness, Skylab Gallery, Columbus, OH
2013
Curate NYC 2013, Chashama Gallery, New York
Contemporary Art Fair, New York Convention Center, New York
Dumbo Art Festival, Dumbo Art District, New York
Sweet Breads, New York Studio Residency / AICAD, New York
AOI Show, Rivet Gallery, Columbus, OH
Rotating Exhibit, Universal Green House Gallery, Columbus, OH
Columbus College of Art & Design Art Fair, Columbus, OH
Diverse, Beacon Gallery, Columbus, OH
2012
Mapping the City, Beaton Gallery, Columbus, OH
I AM, The Canzani Center Gallery, Columbus, OH
2011
The 100th Xi'An Academy of Fine Arts Annual Exhibition, Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts, Xi'an, China
2009
The 98th Xi'An Academy of Fine Arts Annual Exhibition, Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts, Xi'an, China
ARTIST-IN- RESIDENCE / FELLOWSHIPS
2023
Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE
Fine Arts Work Center Fellowship, Provincetown, MA
The Watermill Center Alumni Retreat Residency, Long Island, NY
2022
MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH
Zentrum fur Kunst und Urbanistik, Berlin
Vermont Studio Center Fellowship, Johnson, VT
Marble House Project, Dorset, VT
2021
Camera Obscura Art Lab Residency, Santa Monica, CA
McColl Center for Art + Innovation, Charlotte, NC
2020
ZK/U Artist Residency, Berlin (Forthcoming)
McColl Center for Art + Innovation, Charlotte, NC
Vermont Studio Center Artist Residency, Jonhnson, VT
2019
The Corporation of Yaddo Artist Residency, Saratoga Springs, NY
The Studios at MASS MoCA Residency, North Adams, MA
Dirt & Debt Residency at Residency Unlimited, New York
Salmon Creek Farm Artist Residency, Albion, CA
2018
Armory Center for the Arts Teaching Fellowship, Los Angeles
Skowhegan Summer Residency, Madison, ME
The Reef Artist Residency, Los Angeles
2017
The Reef Artist Residency, Los Angeles
Hauser & Wirth Somerset Exchange Residency, Bath, United Kingdom
Watermill Center Summer Residency, Long Island, NY
Venice Biennale CalArts "The Pavilions" Residency, Venice, Italy; Kassel, Germany; Munster, Germany
2016
Watermill Center Summer Residency, Long Island, NY
2015
Da Li International Photography and Film Festival Visiting Artist in Residence, Dali, China
2014
Mildred's Lane Summer Fellowship Residency, HumanYingWork Styles Session Participant, Narrowsburg, NY
2013
New York Studio Residency Program/AICAD, New York
TEACHING
2021
Spring, Instructor, Video Art, Armory Center for the Art, Los Angeles
2020
Spring, Instructor, Video Art, Armory Center for the Art, Los Angeles
2019
Summer, Instructor, Clay Studio, Armory Center for the Art, Los Angeles
Spring, Instructor, Dreamscape, Field Trip Classes, Armory Center for the Art, Los Angeles
2018
Fall, Instructor, Dreamscape, Field Trip Classes, Armory Center for the Art, Los Angeles
Summer, Lecturer, Visiting Artist Lecture: Sichong Xie, Art Practice, Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts, Xi'an, China
Spring, Instructor, How To Trace Memory, Performance and Drawing Workshop, New Genre Arts Festival, Tulsa, OK
2017
Spring, Teaching Assistant, Undergraduate Critique, Harry Gamboa Jr.’s class in Photography and Media Department, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2016
Fall, Teaching Assistant, Artist As Writer, Harry Gamboa Jr.’s class in Photography and Media Department, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
Summer, Lecturer, New Genre and Experimental Art, New Media Art Department, Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts, Xi'an, China
Summer, Lecturer, Time Based Media and Interdisciplinary Art, Fine Art Department, Xi'an Ouya College, Xi'an, China
Summer, Lecturer, New Genre and Experimental Art, Photography and New Media Department, Xi'an Ligong University, Xi'an, China
PRESENTATIONS, ARTIST TALKS AND PANELS
2023
Artist Talk and Lecture on Zoom, Smith Art Department at Smith College + Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA
Artist Talk and Broadcast on Zoom, Memory Structure, Scaffold Series, Prospect Art, Los Angeles
2022
Artist Talk, You Can’t Take That Away From Me, Zentrum fur Kunst und Urbanistik, Berlin
2021
Panelist, The Arts: Dreaming of a Shared Humanity, Horasis Asia Meeting 2021, Singapore
Visiting Artist, Approaches to Making, Parsons School of Art, The New School, New York
2020
Artist Talk and Panel Discussion, Art - Past - Present, Wende Museum, Culver City, CA
Artist Talk, Durational Performance, The Momentary and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR
Artist Talk, Durational Performance: A Meditation on Time, The Inverse Summer Residency Laboratory Series, Cuesta College, Los Angeles
Artist Talk on Zoom, Contrasting Body and Place, McColl Center for Art + Innovation, Charlotte, NC
Visiting Artist, Design Media Arts, MFA Program, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Artist Talk on Zoom, Do Donkeys Know Politics, Scaffold Series I, University of Southern California Pacific Asia Museum, Los Angeles; Interdisciplinary Art and Theory Program, New York
Artist Talk and Panel Discussion, History, Cultures, Identities, Wende Museum, Culver City, CA
2019
Visiting Artist, Integrated Media, Art and Technology MFA Program, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
Artist Talk, We Know We Could Go To Jail, The 57th Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor, MI
2018
Presenter, The Boat Has Sailed, Hasn’t It, invited by Andrew Freeman, Photography and Media, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
Guest Speaker, The Boat Has Sailed, Hasn’t It, Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Xi'An Art Conversations, Xi'an OCT Contemporary Art Terminal, Xi'an, China
2017
Artist Talk, Walking With The Disappeared, The Watermill Center, Long Island, NY
2016
Artist Talk, We Know We Could Go To Jail, The Watermill Center, Long Island, NY
Visiting Artist Talk, You Can’t Take That Away From Me, Summer Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts, Xi'an, China
Visiting Artist Talk, You Can’t Take That Away From Me, Visiting Artist Lecture Series, D.P. Art Space, Xi'An, China
2015
Panelist, Performance Art, Photography and New Media Department, Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts, Xi'an, China
SELECTED AWARDS
2022
MAP Fund Award
2021
Artadia Los Angeles Award
2020
Visual Artist Grants Award, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, New York
2016
2nd Place at the Chiquita Canyon Awards, Received a $2,500 scholarship/grants, held at California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2013
1st Place at the AOI Illustration Contest & Exhibition, Held at Rivet Gallery, Columbus, OH
President List Scholarship, Columbus College of Art & Design, Columus, OH
2012
2nd Place, They Draw & Travel, Columbus, OH
President List Scholarship, Columbus College of Art & Design, Columus, OH
2011
President List Scholarship, Columbus College of Art & Design, Columus, OH
PUBLICATIONS
2023
Lake Lonely. The Chengdu International Photography Festival Exhibition Catalog, Chengdu, China
2020
"The Medea Insurrection at the Wende Museum." Page #60-63, In Carla Magazine, Issue 19
2019
Becoming- Experimental Video Works. Eli Klein Gallery Exhibition Catalog, New York
2018
The Ship Has Sailed, Hasn’t It?. Self-Published Artist Book
Leaning On. Self-published Artist Book
"Dancing Tables." Page #18-20, The 2nd Changjiang Photo & Video Biennale Exhibition Catalog
2017
"Minsheng's Photographs of People's Lives in Hong Kong." Page #36, Picturing Humanism
2016
"Summary on Hagar Cygler." Page #85-96, Reconsiderations
"You Can't Take That Away From Me." Page #28, In Whitefish Review Magazine, issue “CHANGE”
2013
"The Eternal Palace of Youth, The Magical Machine, A Girl with Trees." Page #13-15, In Katharine. Richards, AOI book
2012
"Chinese Ancient Cultural Map." Page #37, In Nate. Padavick, Salli. Swindell, They Draw and Travel
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2019
New Media Arts, group exhibition, curator, TBD – Xi'an, China
2017
We Know We Could Go To Jail, D300 Gallery, solo exhibition, curator, Valencia, CA
2016
You Can't Take That Away From Me, Shape Gallery, solo exhibition, curator, Valencia, CA