Artist Registry
The White Columns Curated Artist Registry is an online platform for emerging and under-recognized artists to share images and information about their respective practices. The Registry seeks to create a context for artists who have yet to benefit from wider critical, curatorial or commercial support. To be eligible, artists cannot be affiliated with a commercial gallery in New York City.
To apply to the Registry, click here. Join our mailing list here to receive our open call announcement and other programming updates. For any further questions about the Registry, please contact us at registry@whitecolumns.org.
RESUME
EDUCATION
2023 BFA School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, Boston, USA (Full Scholarship)
2022 Central Saint Martins at UAL, London, UK
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 The Flea and the Acrobat, Fragment Gallery, New York, USA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Wish You Were Here, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, USA
2025 SCHOOL'S OUT, The Macedonia Institute & Ten Barn Farm, Ghent, NY, USA
2025 The Bennet Prize: Rising Voices 4, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, USA
2025 New:Now, CerModern, Ankara, Turkey
2024 A Collector's Story: Taviloğlu Collection, Istanbul, Turkey
2024 Tectonic Memory, Evin Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2024 Katharsis: The Share of the Silent, Martch Art Project, Istanbul, Turkey
2023 Impressions, Presented by Subtitle Labs, London, UK
2023 Fresh Faces, Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, Boston, USA
2022 Archive and Autobiography, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA
2022 Justify The Fish, Piano Craft Gallery, Boston, USA
2019 Mamut Art Project, Istanbul, Turkey
ART FAIRS
2025 VIMA Art Fair, Fragment Gallery, Limassol, Cyprus
AWARDS/RESIDENCIES
2025 The Macedonia Institute Artist Residency
2024 The Bennett Prize 4 Finalist
2024 ChaNorth Artist Residency
2024 Vermont Studio Center (Emily Mason - Wolf Kahn Fellowship)
2022 The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant
2022 Dana Pond Competition — School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University
PRESS/PUBLICATIONS
2025 Hyperallergic: 10 Upstate Art Weekend Destinations Worth the Trip
2025 Praxis Interview Magazine hosted by Yale University Radio: Rei Xiao
2025 Juxtapoz Magazine: Rei Xiao’s "The Flea and the Acrobat"
2024 Hyperallergic: Finalists Selected for The Bennett Prize for Women Figurative Realist Painters
2024 Artsin Square: Meet the Artist: Rei Xiao
2024 Booooooom: Care Book
2023 Tufts Now: Artists Explore the Past Through Family Photos, Dark Humor, and Lots of Hugs
2023 Booooooom: Artist Spotlight: Rei Xiao
2018 212 Magazine, Fall/Winter, 2018-2019 Issue “Eyes”
TALKS
2024 Visiting Artist Panel, Professional Practice Course, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
2023 Moderated Panel with Exhibiting Artists of "Archive and Autobiography," Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, USA