Top 25% at the Brooklyn Museum

An Xiao’s work has been selected for the top 25% at Click!, a crowd-curated exhibition run by the Brooklyn Museum. You can see the results online at her page on the online exhibition. She is grateful to Shelley Bernstein and the Brooklyn Museum for organizing such a fascinating exhibition and highly recommends everyone stop by to learn more about the show and the theory behind it.

Alphabet Scoop and StreetHaiku Ice Cream

An Xiao will be showing her popular Coney Island photos, including one from her new Coney Island Snow series, at Alphabet Scoop, a homemade ice cream store in Alphabet City. Her work will be shown alongside that of Chico, the legendary East Village artist whose murals can be found all over the Lower East Side.The opening will be held the evening of Thursday, June 26. All attendees will receive a 10% discount on ice cream, and Alphabet Scoop will feature a special StreetHaiku flavor, named after An Xiao’s photography.

An Xiao @ Alphabet Scoop
543 E. 11th St., b/w A & B
Thursday, June 26, 8 pm

All proceeds will benefit the Father’s Heart Ministries, an established outreach service based in Alphabet City. For more information about Alphabet Scoop and the Father’s Heart Ministries, please visit http://www.fathersheartnyc.com/programs-alphabetscoop.php.

Objects of Desire II and Artists Talk on Art

An Xiao’s work is showing at Objects of Desire II, an art auction and gala benefit co-chaired by Kim Foster (director of her eponymous gallery), Peter Trippi (editor of Fine Art Connoisseur) and Elga Wimmer (director of her eponymous gallery), along with the 16-person Auction Committee.

Objects of Desire II
@ Sundaram Tagore Gallery
Monday, May 12
6:00 - 9:00 pm
547 W 27th St. (b/w 10th and 11th)
New York, New York

The event benefits the important Artists Talk on Art program and its goal to finish the preservation of its historic 33-year archives. Once again, An Xiao is grateful to Dr. Mari Morimoto for donating the work.

Pen and Brush Photography Exhibition Juried by Roy Decarava

Polar Bears (Coney Island)
Polar Bears (Coney Island), 2008

Juror Roy Decarava, 2006 National Medal of Arts recipient and groundbreaking photographer, has selected two of An Xiao’s Coney Island photos for Pen and Brush’s annual photography exhibition.

2008 Photography Exhibition and Awards Ceremony
@ Pen and Brush
Saturday, May 10
3:00 - 5:00 pm
16 E. 10th St. (b/w 5th and University Pl.)
New York, New York

This is a great honor for An Xiao, due to Mr. Decarava’s long esteem as a photographer and Pen and Brush’s prestigious, 114-year history as a champion of women artists. She is showing Island Coney (2007) and, from her newest Coney Island Snow series, Polar Bears (2008).

Richard Tsao at Art Link Fine Art Gallery (Seoul)

Richard Tsao Evite

An Xiao’s dear friend Richard Tsao is having a solo show in Seoul this Wednesday, April 9, at Art Link Fine Art Gallery. The show is curated by Inhee Iris Moon, with a catalog edited by Mary-Elizabeth Mitchell and designed by An Xiao. An also contributed select photos of Richard’s paintings and Flood Room studio, which appear in the catalog and a video played during the opening (also available at http://www.vimeo.com/812315).

Richard Tsao’s Flooding
Art Link Fine Art Gallery
Wednesday, April 9
4:00 - 7:00 pm
http://artlink.co.kr/

She wishes Richard, Iris, Mary-Elizabeth and the gallery all the best for this important show!