Vera Xia 夏靖宜
Photography
la petite mort (2022-2025)
Days of Judgement (2022)
The Nocturnal (2020-2021)
Untitled Movies (2019)
In the Mood for Love (2018）
Vera Jingyi Xia
Website:veraxiajingyi.com
Email: vera.xia.art@gmail.com
Instagram: @vera.xia
Education:
2017-2021 Bard College, New York, USA, Bachelor of Arts, Photography
2021-2022 Beijing Film Academy, Beijing, China, Certificate Program, Cinematography
Group Exhibitions:
2025 “Goodbye Hometown” Photographic Art Show, Ware and Wear, Hunan, China
2023 Women Artists Biannual, Beijing Contemporary Art Museum, Beijing, China.
2022 Kong Kong Dong, Kong Kong, White Temple (Bai Miao) Art District, Chaobai River, Beijing, China.
2020 The Song of Morning and Dawn, HAKUCHI Third Anniversary Photography Exhibition, Chongqing, China.
2020 Hide&Seek Photography Show Vol 6, Banshan Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2020 Dirty House Art Exhibition, Changsha, China.
2020 Pankumenta: Multi-Media Art Festival Berlin, Germany.
2019 Photography Moderation Show, Woods Studio, Bard College, New York, USA
2019 Whitney Houston/ Every Woman Biennial New York, USA
2019 Open Call Art Show, Woods Studio, Bard College, New York, USA.
Solo Exhibition
2022 Vera Xia Photography Exhibition Consciousness Wandering in Quantum Field,@hā Art Space, Changsha, China.
2022 The Nocturnal, Tofu Collective Online Solo Exhibition, Denmark.
2019 Untitled Movies Solo Exhibition on HAKUCHI.com
Awards
2024 ARFF Film Festival, Best Documentary Finalist, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. 2021 Chiri Photography Festival, 798 Enjoy ART Museum, Beijing, China, Winner of the Special Recommendation Award by Lin Zhipeng (aka No.223). 2021 Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao, Xi'an, China. Winner of the "KunPeng Award”.
Publications
2023, Obscurities Photography Poetry Collection, available at Printed Matter.
2022, Esquire Fine's "What are Those young people Doing at the Crossroads of West Tucheng/ Midnight Street" photography feature
2021, China Photographer Magazine, Visual Diary of Nocturnal Animals ---- Interview with young photographer Xia Jingyi.
2020, "THE NOCTURNAL" matchbox photography book, and "Phantom 《幻人》 photography book.