Photography An Xiao grounds her street photography in the aesthetics of haiku and Henri Cartier-Bresson, as she seeks the Zen of the present moment in the hustle and bustle of busy city streets. She refined her tastes for city imagery while living in New York, Los Angeles and Manila.
Her award-winning work has appeared in publications and galleries internationally and throughout the New York City area, including Hun Gallery International 2006, the dual-continent Circular Exhibition with Hun Gallery and Gallery Ho in Seoul, the Asian Contemporary Art Fair with Tenri Gallery, and shows juried by MoMA P.S.1’s Antoine Guerrero and the legendary photographer Roy DeCarava. more…
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Haiku Moments, Busy Streets: Artist Statement Mine is not the stereotyped life of a practitioner of traditional Japanese poetry and aesthetics. Though my ancestors worked on farms in the hills of the Philippines, I grew up in highly urbanized sections of Manila and Los Angeles, received my education in Washington, DC, and now fly back and forth between New York and Los Angeles. Mine has been a world of busy streets, pollution, filth, beauty and anything but peace and quiet. more…
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Poetry An Xiao grounds her photography in the poetry of the everyday, particularly via short Japanese verse forms such as haiku and tanka. A skillful poet in her own right, she writes just like she photographs, capturing quiet moments in the city, both from her own voice and the voice of others. Her work has appeared in a number of publications and anthologies, and she has featured at numerous venues in New York City. more…
An Xiao divides her time between New York and Los Angeles.