artistic resume An Xiao looks at the Internet and the 21st century using a creative approach that is one part visual/conceptual and one part Zen. Recently listed in The Guardian’s “who’s who” of the Twitter art world, she has shown her award-winning photography and digital media in publications and galleries internationally, including the Brooklyn Museum, Yale/Haskins Laboratories, The New York Times and ARTNews. She founded and directs @Platea, a global online public art collective, and blogs on art and social media technology for Art21. more…
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PRESs and media highlightS An Xiao and her work have been featured extensively in both print and online media, including the Brooklyn Museum online, The New York Times, The Guardian, ARTNews, NYFA Current, Art21 blog and others. She’s been named part of the “who’s who” of the Twitter art world (Ruth Jamieson for The Guardian) while being called a “triple threat” for the way she blends poetry, photography and Zen in her work (Sarah Todd for Tricycle). more…
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Poetry bio 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” is prounounced ‘Ann Shao’ and means “Little Peace”. She is based in New York, with regular visits to Los Angeles. Where is she now?