Xie Sichong
Born in 1991 in Xi'an, China, lives and works in Los Angeles.
EDUCATION
2018
Fellowship Award Skowhegan, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, MA, US
2017
M.F.A. in Photography and Media + Integrated Media, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2014
B.F.A. in Fine Arts, Columbus College of Arts & Design, Columbus, OH
2012
B.F.A.(equivalent), Xi’An Academy of Fine Arts, Xi’An, China
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
Trampoline House: Memory Drawing Series, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
2023
Elephant in the Dark, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA
2021
Memory Structure, Scaffold Series, Wende Museum Garden, Culver City, CA
2020
Lake Lonely, Elephant Art Space, Los Angeles, CA
2019
With The Notes Of Far-Away Song Floating From The Other Shore, Automata Arts Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2018
When The Peaks Of Our Washing Sound Come Together, My Tree House Will Have A Roof, Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Washing Day: Losing and Re-Collecting Memories, AR Project, Los Angeles, CA
2017
Walking With The Disappeared, Hauser & Wirth Somerset Gallery, Bruton, UK
We Know We Could Go To Jail, D300 Gallery, Valencia, CA
Do Donkeys Know Politics & A Story, Bijou Theatre, Valencia, CA
2016
You Can’t Take That Away From Me, L Shape Gallery, Valencia, CA
2015
Do Birds Know Politics, Beaton Gallery, Columbus, OH
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
Collective Memory, Camera Obscure Art Lab, Los Angeles, CA
Film Screening, USC School of Cinematic Arts, SCI 106 Theater, Los Angeles, CA
iMAPPING, Soundstage Four, Los Angeles, CA
2024
Irrational Exhibit 13: Juxtaposing Terrains, Monte Vista Projects, Los Angeles, CA
David Hammons, Frize LA, Los Angeles, CA
Beyond Personal, Cypress College, Cypress, CA
iMAPPING, Soundstage Four, Los Angeles, CA
2023
The Sail From The Red Sea, 2023 MexiCali Biennale, Calexico, CA, USA and Mexicali, Mexico
Fine Arts Work Center Visual Arts Fellows Exhibition, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA
Collective Memory Installation, The Grand Park, Los Angeles County Department of Arts & Culture, Los Angeles, CA
Irrational Exhibits 12: Body, Materiality and Systems, Monte Vista Project, Los Angeles, CA
2022
Renew - A Recent Survey in Chinese Contemporary Photography, Eli Klein Gallery, New York, NY
The Sail From The Red Sea, Zentrum fur Kunst und Urbanistik, Berlin, Germany
The 1st Chengdu International Photography Festival, Chengdu Contemporary Art Museum, Chengdu, China
2021
Conflict Point, McColl Center, Charlotte, NC
The Drawing Center Viewing Program, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
Poetic Research Bureau, Los Angeles, CA
Memory Walk, Automata Arts, Los Angeles, CA
2020
Inverse Performance Art Festival, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and The Momentary, Bentonville, AR
We Are Here, USC Pacific Asia Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Distant Future, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Full Pink Moon: Opera Povera in Quarantine, Opera Povera, Los Angeles, CA
2019
The Medea Insurrection, Wende Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Becoming-Experimental Video Works, Eli Klein Gallery, New York, NY
Irrational Exhibits 11: Placemaking and Social Memory, Track 16 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
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
The Gifts of the Spirits, The Broad Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Skowhegan Book Meet, Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculptures NY Space, New York, NY
Noctem Diaboli, The Living Gallery Outpost, New York, NY
Mapping the City: A Vision of History and City, OCAT Museum offline, OCT, Chengdu, China
Mapping the City: A Vision of History and Xi’An, OCAT Art Museum, Xi’An, China
5-Nine Variations, The Reef Artist Residency, Los Angeles, CA
The 2018 New Genre Arts Festival, Living Arts of Tulsa Gallery, Tulsa, OK
2017
See What You Mean, Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Discovering Watermill Day, The Watermill Center for Performance, Long Island, NY
Irrational Exhibits 10th Anniversary: Mapping the Divide, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA
GLAMFA Exhibition, Cal State Long Beach Art Galleries, Long Beach, CA
The 2nd Changjiang Photo & Video Biennale Exhibition, Changjiang Art Museum, Chongqing, China
Sounds of Central Valley, Bijou Theatre, Valencia, CA
Tracing Memory With The Disappeared, Automata Arts Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Clothing Optional, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Far Bazaar, Alternative Art Fair and Art Collective Festival, Cerritos College Fine Arts Galleries, Norwalk, CA
2016
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, CA
Always A Body, Glass Box Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
Nothing To See, D300 Gallery, Valencia, CA
The 3rd Photo Independent Art Fair, Raleigh Studios Hollywood, Hollywood, CA
Ecologies, Photo LA Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA
2015
HumanUfactory Workstyles, Sullivan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Dancing Tables, Mildred’s Lane Gallery, Narrowsburg, NY
2014
Young Hearts III, Sean Christopher Gallery, Columbus, OH
En Masse, or Sameness, Skylab Gallery, Columbus, OH
2013
Curate NYC 2013, Chashama Gallery, New York, NY
AOI Show, Rivet Gallery, Columbus, OH
Rotating Exhibit, Universal Green House Gallery, Columbus, OH
Diverse, Beacon Gallery, Columbus, OH
Contemporary Art Fair, New York Convention Center, New York, NY
Dumbo Art Festival, Dumbo Art District, New York, NY
Sweet Breads, New York Studio Residency, New York, NY
Columbus College of Art & Design Art Fair, 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
SELECTED AWARDS
2025
The Center for Ethnographic Media Arts Fellowship Award, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
2024
The Center for Ethnographic Media Arts Fellowship Award, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
2023
The Sinatra Award, University of Southern California, School of Cinematic Arts, Los Angeles, CA
2022
MAP Fund Award, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Howard Foundation, and Mellon Foundation, New York, NY
2021
Artadia Los Angeles Award, Marciano Art Foundation Award, ARTADIA, Brooklyn, NY
United States Artists Fellowship Award Nomination, Chicago, IL
2020
Visual Artist Grant, Center for Cultural Innovation, Los Angeles, CA
Visual Artist Grants Award, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, New York, NY
2015 - 2017
Dean’s Grant, California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles, CA
2016
2nd Place at the Chiquita Canyon Awards, Rivet Gallery, Columbus, OH
2013
1st Place in the AOI Illustration Contest & Exhibition
2012
Second Place, They Draw & Travel, Columbus, OH
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE / FELLOWSHIP
2025
I-Park Foundation, East Haddam, CT
Pollinator Pilot Artist Program, Virtual
2024
Lucid Art Foundation, Inverness, CA
Joshua Tree Highland Artist Residency, Joshua Tree, CA
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
Vermont Studio Center Artist Residency, Jonhnson, VT
ZK/U Artist Residency, Berlin
Automata Arts Residency, Los Angeles, CA
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, NY
Salmon Creek Farm Artist Residency, Albion, CA
2018
Armory Center for the Arts Teaching Fellowship, Los Angeles, CA
Full Fellowship at the Artist Residency, Skowhegan, MA
Skowhegan Summer Residency, Madison, ME
The Reef Artist Residency, Los Angeles, CA
2017
Hauser & Wirth Somerset Exchange Residency, Bath, UK
Watermill Center Summer Residency, Long Island, NY
Venice Biennale CalArts "The Pavilions" Residency, Venice, Italy; Kassel, Munster, Germany
2016
Watermill Center Summer Residency, Long Island, NY
2015
Da Li International Photography and Film Festival Visiting Artist in Residence, Da Li, China
2014
Mildred's Lane Summer Fellowship Residency, HumanYingWork Styles Session Participant, Narrowsburg, NY
2013
New York Studio Residency Program, New York, NY
PUBLICATIONS
2025
L.A. (So) The Story Goes - LA Artists on Fiction, Identity, and Transformation, Prospect Art, Los Angeles, CA
2023
Lake Lonely. The Chengdu International Photography Festival Exhibition Catalog, Chengdu, China
2020
The Media Insurrection at the Wende Museum. Carla Magazine, Los Angeles, CA
2019
Becoming- Experimental Video Works. Eli Klein Gallery Exhibition Catalog, New York, NY
2018
The Ship Has Sailed, Hasn’t It?. Self-Published Artist Book
Leaning On. Self-Published Artist Book
Dancing Tables. The 2nd Changjiang Photo & Video Biennale Exhibition Catalog, Chongqing, China
2017
Minsheng's Photographs of People's Lives in Hong Kong. Picturing Humanism
2016
Summary on Hagar Cygler. Reconsiderations
You Can't Take That Away From Me. Whitefish Review Magazine, Whitefish, MT
2013
The Eternal Palace of Youth; The Magical Machine; A Girl with Trees Page. Katharine,
Richards, AOI book
2012
Chinese Ancient Cultural Map. Nate. Padavick, Salli. Swindell, They Draw and Travel.
PRESENTATIONS, ARTIST TALKS, AND PANELS
2025
Artist Presenter, Reimagining Space, Identity, and Movement, University of Southern California Annenberg Symposium, Los Angeles, CA
2024
Visiting Artist Talk, CalArts School of Art, Valencia, CA
2023
Artist Lecture on Zoom, Art Department at Smith College + Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA, USA
Artist Talk and Broadcast on Zoom, Memory Structure, Scaffold Series, Prospect Art, Los Angeles, CA
2022
Artist Talk, You Can’t Take That Away From Me, Zentrum fur Kunst und Urbanistik, Berlin, Germany
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, NY
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, CA
Artist Talk on Zoom, Contrasting Body and Place, McColl Center for Art + Innovation, Charlotte, NC
Visiting Artist, Design Media Arts, MFA Program, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Artist Talk on Zoom, Do Donkeys Know Politics, Scaffold Series I, USC Pacific Asia Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Presenter on Zoom, Do Donkeys Know Politics, curated by Danny Greenberg,
Interdisciplinary Art and Theory Program, New York, NY
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, OCAT Art Musuem, 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
TEACHING
2023
Visiting Lecturer, Sound and Vision in collaboration with Sharon Lockhart, Xi’an
Academy of Fine Arts, China
2021
Instructor, Video Art, Armory Center for the Art, Los Angeles, CA
2020
Instructor, Video Art, Armory Center for the Art, Los Angeles, CA
2019
Instructor, Clay Studio, Armory Center for the Art, Los Angeles, CA
Dreamscape, Field Trip Classes, Armory Center for the Art, Los Angeles, CA
2018
Dreamscape, Field Trip Classes, Armory Center for the Art, Los Angeles, CA
Lecturer, Visiting Artist Lecture: Sichong Xie, Art Practice, Xi’An Academy of Fine Arts, Xi’An, China
Instructor, How To Trace Memory, Performance and Drawing Workshop, New Genre Arts Festival, Tulsa, OK
2017
Teaching Assistant, Undergraduate Critique, Harry Gamboa Jr.’s class in Photography and Media Department, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2016
Teaching Assistant, Artist As Writer, Harry Gamboa Jr.’s class in Photography and Media Department, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
Lecturer, New Genre and Experimental Art, New Media Art Department, Xi’An Academy of Fine Arts, Xi’An, China
Lecturer, Time Based Media and Interdisciplinary Art, Fine Art Department, Xi’An Ouya College, Xi’An, China
Lecturer, New Genre and Experimental Art, Photography and New Media Department, Xi’An Ligong University, Xi’An, China