Xu Xiaowei: Spacing Memories

About Joshua Gong

Xu Xiaowei is a highly successful professional photographer from China. Over the last ten years he has worked with well-known fashion brands such as Bazaar Elle LOfficiel Modern Weekly Life Magazine and Self. At the same time he has pursued his artistic passion as an artist (he initially trained as an oil painter) and collaborated with some of the most prominent contemporary Chinese artists. He also created a series of photography-based artworks that stood out from his fashion photography. He won Gold in Press/Fashion at the Prix de la Photographie Paris and Award of Excellence at Communication Arts magazine in 2017. Dr Joshua Gong is a leading expert on contemporary Chinese art. He was a recipient of the Young Scholar Grant Tate Modern 2015.