About
Me

About
Me

Confident Young Man in Interior

Louis Xie
Artist’s Statement

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Art Portfolio

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Photograph

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Recognition & Awards

VISUAL

VISUAL

DIALOGUES

DIALOGUES

AN ARCHIVE OF SOCIAL REFLECTIONS AND CRITICAL OBSERVATIONS.

AN ARCHIVE OF SOCIAL REFLECTIONS AND CRITICAL OBSERVATIONS.

AN ARCHIVE OF SOCIAL REFLECTIONS AND CRITICAL OBSERVATIONS.

My work is motivated by the possibility that visual art can make people pause and reconsider experiences that have become easy to ignore. I work across photography, painting, collage, and digital media, and I am especially interested in the relationship between peace and conflict. I have not personally experienced war, but I continually see ordinary people around the world losing homes, families, and futures to it. At the same time, I have become interested in a more personal form of peace: how people maintain attention and emotional stability in a world filled with social media, fragmented information, pressure, and constant stimulation. Whether I am working with a camera, paint, typography, or found images, I try to connect these larger ideas with visual choices that change as viewers spend more time with the work.

Statement

Take, for example, two works I recently exhibited entitled “Ripples Afterglow” and “Glancing Gliding.” These photographs showcase my connection to places through light, water, and quiet movement. In these two works of mine, I was drawn to moments that felt temporary, such as reflections before they disappeared or motion before it settled. I took these images because they allowed me to stay with places that might otherwise pass unnoticed. For me and my audience, their value lies in that pause: a chance to see ordinary spaces as emotional, fragile, and worth remembering.

Award

Juried Student Exhibition | 3rd Place

2025

Timeline

Ongoing Photographic Practice

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Statement

I’m interested in the purposes and reasons behind art making. Such interests allow me to learn specific skills. My painting, Read My Lips, is a typographical work that featured a pair of lips biting down on a bullet. The work was built around the word “peace” which was transcribed in over 40 different languages. Before the first brushstroke, I knew that in order to see the text clearly, the scale of the work would have to be large. Each word had to be positioned in such a way that the text could be shaped and fit into specific areas. To do this, several sheets of mylar were used to map out the text over the bullet and lips. Once positioned in place, carbon paper was used to transfer the typography onto the canvas to build the desired outcome. It was a lesson on the value of process and informed decision making.

Award

BYAA CHINA REGION | Gold Award

2025

Scholastic Art & Writing Awards | Gold Key

2026

Timeline

Late 2025 – Early 2026

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EXPLORE THE WORKS

Statement

Blur, a painting that depicts my passion for Formula One Racing, had a much different plan of attack. To emphasize the speed of this sport, the composition challenged me to use paint in a much more abstract and unorthodox way. The challenge was to maintain the essence of the race car while at the same time, show its speed. This was done by using a strategic dripping method. The canvas was rotated ninety degrees and the acrylic paint was watered down to achieve the effect of a distorted, moving car. The process produced a result was anything but ordinary.

Award

Scholastic Art & Writing Awards | Gold Key

2026

Celebrating Art | Published Work

2025

Scholastic Art & Writing Awards | Silver Medal

2025

Timeline

Late 2025 – Early 2026

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EXPLORE THE WORKS

Statement

Take, for example, two works I recently exhibited entitled “Ripples Afterglow” and “Glancing Gliding.” These photographs showcase my connection to places through light, water, and quiet movement. In these two works of mine, I was drawn to moments that felt temporary, such as reflections before they disappeared or motion before it settled. I took these images because they allowed me to stay with places that might otherwise pass unnoticed. For me and my audience, their value lies in that pause: a chance to see ordinary spaces as emotional, fragile, and worth remembering.

Award

Juried Student Exhibition | 3rd Place

2025

Timeline

Ongoing Photographic Practice

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ENTER THE GALLERY MORE

Statement

I’m interested in the purposes and reasons behind art making. Such interests allow me to learn specific skills. My painting, Read My Lips, is a typographical work that featured a pair of lips biting down on a bullet. The work was built around the word “peace” which was transcribed in over 40 different languages. Before the first brushstroke, I knew that in order to see the text clearly, the scale of the work would have to be large. Each word had to be positioned in such a way that the text could be shaped and fit into specific areas. To do this, several sheets of mylar were used to map out the text over the bullet and lips. Once positioned in place, carbon paper was used to transfer the typography onto the canvas to build the desired outcome. It was a lesson on the value of process and informed decision making.

Award

Scholastic Art & Writing Awards | Gold Key

2026

BYAA CHINA REGION | Gold Award

2025

Timeline

Late 2025 – Early 2026

EXPLORE THE WORKS

EXPLORE THE WORKS

Statement

Blur, a painting that depicts my passion for Formula One Racing, had a much different plan of attack. To emphasize the speed of this sport, the composition challenged me to use paint in a much more abstract and unorthodox way. The challenge was to maintain the essence of the race car while at the same time, show its speed. This was done by using a strategic dripping method. The canvas was rotated ninety degrees and the acrylic paint was watered down to achieve the effect of a distorted, moving car. The process produced a result was anything but ordinary.

Award

Scholastic Art & Writing Awards | Gold Key

2026

Scholastic Art & Writing Awards | Silver Medal

2025

Celebrating Art | Published Work

2025

Timeline

Late 2025 – Early 2026

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If you want to know about my relationship with art, you might want to begin by considering my personal interests. I say this because the times and places that I’m closest to being myself are intimately associated with what I’m passionate about and connected to. 

I’ve been a practicing artist for as long as I can remember. My subject matter is as diverse as the mediums I work with. First and foremost is my relationship to photography, which has a been a self-taught and ever evolving pursuit. My themes vary; at times they’re humanistic, in other settings, I gravitate to urban and atmospheric imagery. I’m interested in the  underlying details of people and places and what I find myself building connections with.