“Protest”, “Gathering” joined “Bearing Witness”
In these works, artists across Asia and its diasporas address history and social change, transforming the body, language and visual traditions into forms of resistance.
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This is why I decline Geoff Raby
“Radio Free Asia” reported: Dissatisfied with collector Geoff Raby’s whitewashing of the CCP, Chinese artist Xiao Lu refused to attend the Sydney Art Exhibition. Reported link: https://bit.ly/3S3RLD9 This is a letter I wrote to Steven Alderton, CEO of the National Art School in Sydney, told him why I decline Geoff Raby. This is why I decline …
“The Space of Negotiation: My Art across Borders”
Speaker: Xiao Lu Host: Sarah E Fraser Hosted by CATS of University Heidelberg, Germany. Time: July 6, 2026, 18:15PM, CATS Auditorium R. 010.01.05
“15 Gunshots…From 1989 to 2003” joined “The China Moment” in Kasseler Germany
“15 Gunshots…From 1989 to 2003” joined “The China Moment” in Kasseler Germany
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22 / Mar / 2026
“The China Moment” explores the developments of Chinese contemporary art since the late 1970s, a period of profound social, political, and cultural change.
“Dialogue” showed at Half the Sky: Women in Chinese Art
“Dialogue” showed at Half the Sky: Women in Chinese Art
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09 / Sep / 2024
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the University of Oregon’s Center for the Study of Women in Society (CSWS), the museum has organized a special exhibition entitled Half the Sky: Women in Chinese Art, referencing by Chairman Mao Zedong’s 1968 quotation “Women hold up half the sky,” meaning that they are the equal of men.
In Dialogue with Xiao Lu
On February 29, 2024, Xiao Lu’s solo exhibition “The Dignity of Remembering” opening at the MARS Gallery in Melbourne, Australia.
Xiao Lu’s solo show “JUNK” open at passage gallery in Sydney
Opening on June 14th, between 6PM-8PM is renowned performance artist Xiao Lu’s latest installation and performance ‘JUNK’ at passage Gallery in Sydney.
Dignity of remembering
On February 29, 2024, Xiao Lu’s solo exhibition “The Dignity of Remembering” opening at the MARS Gallery in Melbourne, Australia. The opening ceremony started at 6 pm, and some Hong Kong people posted Stickers next to three photos of Hong Kong’s “return in progress” in 2019.
“Money Laundering”, “Polar” Joined “ IV Festival De Artist As Chinas 2023” in Mexico
“Money Laundering”, “Polar” Joined “ IV Festival De Artist As Chinas 2023” in Mexico
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22 / Oct / 2023
Curator: Elizabeth Ross
Location: Morelos Theater, Cuernavaca, Mexico
Time: 17 Oct. 2023 – 22 Oct
Lecture: Xiao Lu with Her works
Location: Morelos Contemporary Art Museum, Mexico
Lecture: Dialogue XIAO LU
Location: Koret Room, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco
Lecture: Art as chance encounter with me
Whenever I look back at my works, it is like going back to a certain moment of that former me. The overlapping of past and present, the collision of time and life intertwined together, can always find traces of survival in the crevices of the works.
“15 Gunshots…from 1989 to 2003” showed at “20th-Century Galleries Collection 1960s-2000”
“15 Gunshots…from 1989 to 2003” showed at “20th-Century Galleries Collection 1960s-2000”
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20 / Aug / 2023
“15 Gunshots…From 1989 to 2003” (2003) is being exhibited at “20th-Century Galleries Collection 1960s-2000” in Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia.
Time and Tides: Xiao Lu’s Recursive Art, 1989-2019
The inescapable focus of any commentary on the art of Chinese-born female artist Xiao Lu is the action of her firing a gun into her installation Dialogue 对话 (1988-89).
“Dialogue”, “Polar”, “Coil” joined exhibition “Stepping Out !” in Denmark
“Dialogue”, “Polar”, “Coil” joined exhibition “Stepping Out !” in Denmark
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12 / Mar / 2023
In Stepping Out! you’ll get a unique insight into China’s contemporary art scene through 80 works by 26 prominent female artists. The exhibition includes performance, video, photography, sculpture, ink drawings and oil paintings, offering a surprisingly rich range of themes, approaches and perspectives.
“One” showed at “China-The Past is Present”
The original idea of “Dialogue” stems from personal despair. The work shows a man and a woman making a call; the phone line hangs in the middle, proving the impossibility of such a dialogue. In this contradictory state of mind lies the original idea of the installation “Dialogue”. The last gunshot was a roar out of suppressed emotions.
Xiao Lu participated in Sheng Qi’s “Contempoary Chinese Artists Autobiography”
Xiao Lu participated in Sheng Qi’s “Contempoary Chinese Artists Autobiography”
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23 / Jan / 2023
On February 23, 2023, Xiao Lu participated in “Contempoary Chinese Artists Autobiography”, organized by Sheng Qi, an artist living in London. The first article “Xiao Lu: The Avenger’s Bullet”. This event was conducted by Sheng Qi in London via Zoom with the artist, and then linked to YouTube.
“Open Fire” joined exhibition “Empowerment”
On September 9, 2022, at the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg in Germany, a four-month exhibition on women in the world named “Empowerment” kicked off.
“Dialogue”, “Polar”, “Soil” join exhibition “Stepping Out ! ” in Norway
“Dialogue”, “Polar”, “Soil” join exhibition “Stepping Out ! ” in Norway
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16 / Oct / 2022
“Getpping Out! Female Identity in Chinese Contemporary Art” Exhibition hold at Lillehammer Art Museum, Norway. My works “Dialogue” performance video (1989), “Polar” performance video (2016), “Coil” performance video (2018) join this exhibition.
“Polar” join the exhibition “Sensitive Content” in Unit London, UK
“Polar” join the exhibition “Sensitive Content” in Unit London, UK
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16 / Oct / 2022
My work “Polar” (2016) participated in the group exhibition “Sensitive Content” at UNIT LONDON Gallery in London, UK. Exhibition period: September 13 to October 16, 2022.
For Iran, For Freedom, For Feminism / Sydney Rally
1 October 2022 at 4:00PM. For the freedom of Iran, for the freedom of women. In BELMORE PARK, ON EDDY AVENUE, CENTRAL STATION, Sydney, Australia. We are together.
“Skew” and “Tear down this wall” join the “Bald Girls-Chain Reaction” in Germany
“Skew” and “Tear down this wall” join the “Bald Girls-Chain Reaction” in Germany
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06 / Aug / 2022
On March 3, 2012, the exhibition “Bald Girsl” curated by Juan Xu opened at “Iberia Contemporary Art Center” in Beijing. Artists Xiao Lu, Li Xinmo, and Lan Jing shave their heads at the opening ceremony, announcing the establishment of “Bald Girls”.
Xiao Lu’s work “Tides” join at “ARRA Video Art Project No.2”
“ARRA Video Art Project No.2” Curator: Nasim Nasr Opening Guest: Anne Marsh Artists: Xiao Lu, Wendy Yu, Gabriella Mangano & Slivana Mangano. Opening: May 7, 2022. 4PM. Exhibition：May 7 – 31 August, 2022. Address: 13 Smith Street, Fitzroy, Melbourne, Australia.
“Love in the Dream” 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong
Artists: Anothermountainman ( Stanley Wong )、Bui Cong Kanh、Cang Xin、Chan Dany、Serge Clement、Dinh Q. Le、Atul Dodiya、Nandan Ghiya、Gu Benchi、Maya Hewitt、Htein Lin、Huang Rui、Marques de Jadraque、Ko Siu Lan、Sutee Kunavichayayont、Carol Lee Mei Kuen、Frog King Kwok、Li Wei、Liang Hao、Hung Liu、Ma Desheng、Manit Swriwanichpoom、Gered Mankowitz、Laurent Martin “Lo”、Ken Matsubara、Tuan Andrew Nguyen、Pan Jian、Rong Rong & Inri、Julian Schnabel、Shi Guorui、Wang Keping、Xiao Lu、Xiao Zheluo、Shao Yinong & Muchen、John Young Zerunge、Jessica Zoob.
Mexican Artist & Curator Elizabeth Ross talk about Artist Xiao Lu‘s work
Mexican Artist & Curator Elizabeth Ross talk about Artist Xiao Lu‘s work
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26 / Oct / 2021
Speaker：Mexican Artist & Curator Elizabeth Ross Honored Guest: Artist Xiao Lu Time：October 26 at 16:00PM Mexico time, 10:00AM Sydney time. Mode: Through Zoom. First Elizabeth Ross intruce Xiao Lu’s work, after they have a dialogue. Organization: The Arts Faculty of Baja California University, in the border with the USA.
Claire Roberts conversation Xiao Lu
Host: Claire Roberts Artist: Xiao Lu Theme: Art + Courage, CoVA Creating Futures Seminar series Sponsor: The University of Melbourne Time: 2021.10.23 Mode: Online from Zoom Adelaide / Sydney Translator: Liu Wanling Coversation video online link: https://sites.research.unimelb.edu.au/…/dia…/art-courage Claire Roberts: Hello Xiao Lu, it is great to have this opportunity to talk about your thoughts …
The Realm of Existence: An Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Art
Xiao Lu takes part in this exhibition: “15 gunshots…From 1989 to 2003” (2003); “Parlor” (2006); “Suspension” (2017)
Xiao Lu Dialogue with Whiskey Chou on Zoom
Conversation between Whiskey Chow and Xiao Lu, China’s foremost feminist performance artist, reflecting on inter-generational performance practice alongside sharing video documentation of their past work. Supported by the Centre for Contemporary East Asian Cultural Studies (CEACS), University of Nottingham. (Chinese with English translation).
Guan Kan: Thinking with Contemporary Chinese Art Online
Design School of UWA “Guan Kan: Thinking with Conemporary Chinese Art”
Xiao Lu: 15 Gunshots…from 1989 to 2003
On 5 February 1989, two gunshots were fired at Dialogue, an installation art work in the exhibition China/Avant-Garde at China’s National Art Gallery in Beijing. This event was the first officially sanctioned exhibition of ‘unofficial’ art held in post-Mao China.
