{"id":15350,"date":"2025-03-19T08:30:28","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T12:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=15350"},"modified":"2025-03-19T08:30:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T12:30:28","slug":"rei-xiao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/rei-xiao\/","title":{"rendered":"Rei Xiao"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1916\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-15350-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2025\/ReiXiao.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2025\/ReiXiao.mp3\">https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2025\/ReiXiao.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15352 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/B6BD5019-74C5-4A09-84AA-E56589AA6F05_1_102_a-907x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/B6BD5019-74C5-4A09-84AA-E56589AA6F05_1_102_a-907x1024.jpeg 907w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/B6BD5019-74C5-4A09-84AA-E56589AA6F05_1_102_a-266x300.jpeg 266w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/B6BD5019-74C5-4A09-84AA-E56589AA6F05_1_102_a-768x867.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/B6BD5019-74C5-4A09-84AA-E56589AA6F05_1_102_a-1361x1536.jpeg 1361w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/B6BD5019-74C5-4A09-84AA-E56589AA6F05_1_102_a-696x786.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/B6BD5019-74C5-4A09-84AA-E56589AA6F05_1_102_a-1068x1206.jpeg 1068w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/B6BD5019-74C5-4A09-84AA-E56589AA6F05_1_102_a.jpeg 1669w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/reixiao.com\/\">Rei Xiao<\/a> was born in Istanbul, Turkey, and earned her BFA at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts, with additional study at Central Saint Martins at the University of Arts, London, United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>She has exhibited her works in shows in Istanbul, London, Boston, and New York City and has held artist residencies at ChaNorth, Vermont Studio Center, and The Macedonia Institute.<\/p>\n<p>Her first solo exhibition, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/fragment.gallery\/exhibitions\/72-the-flea-and-the-acrobat-rei-xiao\/overview\/\">The Flea and the Acrobat<\/a>,&#8221; was shown in Fragment Gallery in 2025. She is also a recipient of the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant and a finalist for the Bennett Prize.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15353\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15353\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15353 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/cycln-copy-2-1024x574.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/cycln-copy-2-1024x574.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/cycln-copy-2-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/cycln-copy-2-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/cycln-copy-2-1536x861.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/cycln-copy-2-2048x1147.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/cycln-copy-2-696x390.jpg 696w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/cycln-copy-2-1068x598.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/cycln-copy-2-1920x1076.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15353\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CYCLONE V10 ABSOLUTE, 2024 Oil on linen 24 x 42 in | 60 x 106 cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15354\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15354\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15354 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/it-was-dark-inside-the-wolf--1024x821.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/it-was-dark-inside-the-wolf--1024x821.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/it-was-dark-inside-the-wolf--300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/it-was-dark-inside-the-wolf--768x615.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/it-was-dark-inside-the-wolf--1536x1231.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/it-was-dark-inside-the-wolf--2048x1641.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/it-was-dark-inside-the-wolf--696x558.jpg 696w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/it-was-dark-inside-the-wolf--1068x856.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/it-was-dark-inside-the-wolf--1920x1539.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15354\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">IT WAS DARK INSIDE THE WOLF, 2022 Oil on canvas 48 x 60 in | 121 x 152 cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15355\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15355\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15355 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ball-andchain-1024x799.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ball-andchain-1024x799.jpg 1024w, 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