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Xiao Lu was born in Hangzhou, China in 1962. She graduated from the High School Affiliated to the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing in 1984. In 1988, she graduated from the Oil Painting Department of Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts (now China Academy of Art) in Hangzhou, China. She currently lives and creates art in Beijing, China and London, UK.

As a practitioner of Chinese Contemporary art from the 1980s to the present, Xiao Lu uses an intuitive perspective, experiential coordinates, and perceptual awareness to record her sensitive and opinionated observations of the world within the specific context of her life. Her works encompass performance, installation, photography, and painting.

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As a practitioner of Chinese Contemporary art from the 1980s to the present, Xiao Lu uses an intuitive perspective, experiential coordinates, and perceptual awareness to record her sensitive and opinionated observations of the world within the specific context of her life. Her works encompass performance, installation, photography, and painting.

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At this moment, I stand in the Bonn Women's Museum, amidst a patch of weeds, breathing in and out, conveying the unbreakable bond of life between us, while simultaneously confronting the value divide we cannot communicate with.
At this moment, I stand in the Bonn Women's Museum, amidst a patch of weeds, breathing in and out, conveying the unbreakable bond of life between us, while simultaneously confronting the value divide we cannot communicate with.

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Perfromance

Rubble from Melbourne construction site was placed in the exhibition space at Mars Gallery, using a photo of Xin Jian  villages in Beijing at the end of 2017 to symbolize this historical witness of the cleaning away the have-not end of the  population.
Rubble from Melbourne construction site was placed in the exhibition space at Mars Gallery, using a photo of Xin Jian  villages in Beijing at the end of 2017 to symbolize this historical witness of the cleaning away the have-not end of the  population.

Installation

Installation

Ink drawing
Ink drawing

Drawings

Drawing

Street shot
Street shot

Photography

Photography

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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.
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.
“Protest”, “Gathering” joined “Bearing Witness”

NGV, Australia

2026.4.18 – 8.30

Artists: Ju Ji, Tian Longyu, Meng Site, Jin Shan, Li Wei, Samson Young, Liu Dahong, Huang Yongping, Xu Lei, Feng Mengbo, Jin Feng, Liu Ding, Xiao Lu, Chen Zhe, Wang Yuyu, Peng Yun, Chen Lingyang, Yan Lingyang Cuo Chunning, He yinping, He Yunchang, Ai Weiwei, Zhu Yu, Xu Zhen, Wu Chen, Ju Anqi, Song Yongping
Artists: Ju Ji, Tian Longyu, Meng Site, Jin Shan, Li Wei, Samson Young, Liu Dahong, Huang Yongping, Xu Lei, Feng Mengbo, Jin Feng, Liu Ding, Xiao Lu, Chen Zhe, Wang Yuyu, Peng Yun, Chen Lingyang, Yan Lingyang Cuo Chunning, He yinping, He Yunchang, Ai Weiwei, Zhu Yu, Xu Zhen, Wu Chen, Ju Anqi, Song Yongping
“Dialogue” joined “The Hooligans”

The White Rabbit Gallery

2025.12.19 – 2026. 5.17

Artists: Ai Weiwei, Cai Fei, Cai Yu, Chen Chunmu, Chen Haiyan, Chen Wei, Gen Jianyi, Guo Jian, He Yanyu, Li Binyuan, Lin Ke, Lin Yilin, Liu Xi, Lu Pingyuan, Lu Yuan, Luo Yongjin, Miao Ying, Nabqi, Ni Weihua, Pixy Liao, Pu Yingwei, Ren Hang, Shang Liang, Shi Xinning, Song Dong, Tamen+, Tao Siqi, Wang Haiyang, Wang Jinsong, Wang Jiuliang, Wang Tuo, Wang Ziquan, Xiao Lu, Xu Bing, Xu Zhen, Xi Yadie, Yang Fudong, Yang Yongliang, Zhang Huan, 
Artists: Ai Weiwei, Cai Fei, Cai Yu, Chen Chunmu, Chen Haiyan, Chen Wei, Gen Jianyi, Guo Jian, He Yanyu, Li Binyuan, Lin Ke, Lin Yilin, Liu Xi, Lu Pingyuan, Lu Yuan, Luo Yongjin, Miao Ying, Nabqi, Ni Weihua, Pixy Liao, Pu Yingwei, Ren Hang, Shang Liang, Shi Xinning, Song Dong, Tamen+, Tao Siqi, Wang Haiyang, Wang Jinsong, Wang Jiuliang, Wang Tuo, Wang Ziquan, Xiao Lu, Xu Bing, Xu Zhen, Xi Yadie, Yang Fudong, Yang Yongliang, Zhang Huan, 
“Dialogue” joined “Forever Tomorrow: Chinese Art Now”

Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand

1 May – 23 August, 2026

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.
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.
“Protest”, “Gathering” joined “Bearing Witness”

NGV, Australia

2026.4.18 – 8.30

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In 1988 I was a student in the 1988 graduation class of the Oil Painting Department of the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts (now the China Academy of Art)1 and had embarked on the tense period of creating my graduation work.
In 1988 I was a student in the 1988 graduation class of the Oil Painting Department of the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts (now the China Academy of Art)1 and had embarked on the tense period of creating my graduation work.
Xiao Lu: Explanation of the work Dialogue that was shot in 1989 in the National Art Museum of China, Beijing

 

February 2004, first version, Hangzhou, China

2024 revised version, Sydney, Australia

Speaking on the basis of its lack of an avant-garde directing theory, the China/Avant-Garde Exhibition does not have an avant-garde character.
Speaking on the basis of its lack of an avant-garde directing theory, the China/Avant-Garde Exhibition does not have an avant-garde character.
Two Gunshots: The Curtain Call of the New Wave in Art!

This article pubilished on “Fine Arts in China”, 1989.No. 11

By Li Xianting

This is why I decline Geoff Raby
This is why I decline Geoff Raby
This is why I decline Geoff Raby

By Xiao Lu
16th January 2024 in Sydney

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.
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.
Art work as chance encounter with life

By Xiao Lu

14 June, 2023 in Sydney

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