Xie Lei

Xie Lei (b. 1983, Huainan, Anhui Province, China) lives and works in Paris. Xie Lei received a BA from the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing (2006) and an MA from the Beaux-Arts de Paris (2010), attended the Painting Research Programme at the Royal College of Art, London (2014), and completed a practice-based PhD in Visual Arts at the Beaux-Arts de Paris and the École normale supérieure (2016).

Recent solo exhibitions include Nachtgesänge, Caprii, Düsseldorf (2024); Fleur de Peau, Meessen De Clercq, Brussels (2024); Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris (2023); Victim, Lyles & King, New York (2023); Nachleben, Kandlhofer, Vienna (2023); and Chant d’Amour, Semiose, Paris (2022). Group exhibitions include Le jour des peintres, Musée d’Orsay, Paris (2024); Sonámbulo, a two-person show with Charlotte Moth, Galería Marta Cervera, Madrid (2023); and Laberinto del ramaje, Galería Marta Cervera, Madrid (2021). Residencies include the Casa de Velázquez, Madrid (2020–21) and the Boghossian Foundation, Villa Empain, Brussels (2022).