Bio
Born
1995Zhongshan, China. Lives and works in New York.
Education
2019University of Pennsylvania, BFA
2018Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Certificate in Painting
Solo Exhibitions
2022Wishful Thinking, Mai 36 Galerie, Zürich, Switzerland
2022Handle with Care, Whaam!, New York
2021Butterfly Kisses, Helena Anrather, New York
2019Places That Are Both Strange and Familiar, Spillway Collective, Philadelphia, PA (with Mark Basco )
Group Exhibitions
2024threads, MAI 36 Galerie, Raemistrasse 37, Zurich
2022Art Basel Miami Beach, Mai 36 Galerie, Miami Beach
2022DRAWING A BLANK, organized by Ben Broome, 14 Wharf Road, London, UK
2021West Bund Art Fair, Capsule Shanghai, Shanghai, China
2020Breeze, Worship Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2020By Yourself With Everyone, Good Mother Gallery, Oakland, CA
2019Vox XV: What Makes That Black?, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA
2019Encounter IRL, 321 Canal, New York, NY
2018Tombogo Pop Up, Kinfolk, Brooklyn, NY
2018Annual Student Exhibition, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2017Idle Hands, Pilot+Projects, Philadelphia, PA
2017Found, Little Berlin Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
20163rd Annual Emerging Talent, Seraphin Gallery, Jenkintown, PA
2016Happiness, Liberty, Life?, Gallery, 128, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, PA
2016Surface Tension, Great Far Beyond, Philadelphia, PA
2016Origins (Juried Exhibition), Crawford Gallery at Chestnut Hill Academy, Philadelphia, PA
2016Future’s Past: Juried Exhibition of Recent Student Artwork and Annual PAFA Fellowship Prize
20162016 Philly Art Schools Annual Student Exhibition, Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2015It’s the Thought that Counts (Juried Exhibition of Small Work), Gallery 128, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, PA
2015Philly Art Schools Group Exhibition, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2015Been There, Done That (Returning 2014-15 Students: Juried Exhibition), Gallery 128, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, PA
2015Feels 3 – Wine and Bowtie, American Steel Studios, Oakland, CA
2015Boundless Heights, Tombogo Pop Up Shop & Gallery
2014Now, Look Here, Gallery 128, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
2014Essential Variations, Gallery 128, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Awards
2016John Galassso Memorial Prize
2016James P. Bonelli, Jr., Memorial Prize
2016The Mindel Caplan Kleinbard Award
2015Louis B. Sloan Landscape or Still Life Prize, Special Notice
2012Congressional Art Competition, 3rd Place Winner
Exhibitions
12 May–30 Jun 2021
Leon Xu
11 Oct–15 Oct 2023
Leon Xu
25 May–28 Jun 2023
Leon Xu