Xie Lei

NACHTGESÄNGE III, 2024

Oil on canvas, 50 x 40 cm

Xie Lei

Born 1983 in Huainan, Anhui Province, China

Lives and works in Paris, France

EDUCATION

2016              PhD (Very Honorable with unanimous Jury Congratulations), Visual Arts, Beaux-Arts de Paris and Ecole normale supérieure (PSL), Paris, France

2014              Painting Research Programme, Royal College of Art, London, UK

2010               MA (Jury Honors), Beaux-Arts de Paris, Paris, France

2006              BA, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China

AWARDS

2016                Prix Fondation Colas, Boulogne-Billancourt, France

2012                Prix Alphonse Cellier, Institut de France, Paris, France

2011                 Prix Nicolas Feuilliate, France

2010                Bourse de la Mairie de Paris pour l’art contemporain, Paris, France

2008                Bourse Colin-Lefrancq, Hunter College, New York

2003                Drawing Award CAFA, China

RESIDENCIES

2024               Villa Médicis, Académie de France à Rome, Rome, Italy

2022               Boghossian Foundation, Villa Empain, Brussels, Belgium

2020-2021      Casa de Velázquez, French Academy in Madrid, Spain

2012                Fondation Yishu 8, Beijing, China

2011                Saline Royale, Arc-et-Senans, France