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Rei Xiao was born in Istanbul, Turkey, and earned her BFA at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts, with additional study at Central Saint Martins at the University of Arts, London, United Kingdom.
She has exhibited her works in shows in Istanbul, London, Boston, and New York City and has held artist residencies at ChaNorth, Vermont Studio Center, and The Macedonia Institute.
Her first solo exhibition, "The Flea and the Acrobat," was shown in Fragment Gallery in 2025. She is also a recipient of the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant and a finalist for the Bennett Prize.
CYCLONE V10 ABSOLUTE, 2024 Oil on linen 24 x 42 in | 60 x 106 cm
IT WAS DARK INSIDE THE WOLF, 2022 Oil on canvas 48 x 60 in | 121 x 152 cm
BALL AND CHAIN, 2022 Oil on canvas 28 x 36 in | 71 x 91 cm
She has exhibited her works in shows in Istanbul, London, Boston, and New York City and has held artist residencies at ChaNorth, Vermont Studio Center, and The Macedonia Institute.
Her first solo exhibition, "The Flea and the Acrobat," was shown in Fragment Gallery in 2025. She is also a recipient of the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant and a finalist for the Bennett Prize.
CYCLONE V10 ABSOLUTE, 2024 Oil on linen 24 x 42 in | 60 x 106 cm
IT WAS DARK INSIDE THE WOLF, 2022 Oil on canvas 48 x 60 in | 121 x 152 cm
BALL AND CHAIN, 2022 Oil on canvas 28 x 36 in | 71 x 91 cm
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