Chinese Folk Modern Paper Cut Art
Solo Exhibition
2024
“Chaos and Belief” Solo Exhibition at Artego Gallery, NewYork.
“Infinite Melodies” Solo Exhibition at CityArts gallery, Orlando Florida
2023
“Paper Poetry—Xin Song / Marigo Kassi, Two person show at
Grand Arsenal—Center for Mediterranean Architecture, Chania Greece
“Xin Song / Maria Stabio,Two person show at Kristen Lorello Gallery, NYC
2022
“Paper Tiger” Solo show, Red Zone art gallery, Frankfurt Germany
“Invented Sea-Porto and New York” two person show at Rampa art center, Porto Portugal
2021
“Vessels” Solo exhibition, “HangYang art gallery, Hangzhou China.
2019
“Dagao International Art Exhibition”, solo show, Changde China
2018
“Transformations & Reflections” Solo show Wheaton Arts center, The Gallery of Fine Craft, Millville, NJ
“Aether space”solo show, XiHai art center, Beijing China.
"Sparkling" solo show,Pearl River Mart, 395 Broadway,NYC
2017
“Of the Map” SG gallery, two person show at Scuola International de Grafica, Venice, Italy.
2012
“Cutting Dreams”, site-specific public arts installation, Prow Art Space, Flatiron Building, Oct 2012-Feb 2013, NYC
2010
“Song Xin: Contemporary Palimpsest”, Cheryl McGinnis Gallery, New York, NY
2009
“Breaking Lines: Hu Bing & Xin Song”, two person sow at Cheryl McGinnis Gallery, New York, NY
2008
“Song Xin: New Bloom”, Tao Water Gallery, Provincetown, MA
“Song Xin”, Fine Art Work Center Gallery. Provincetown, MA
2001
“Song Xin: Dream and Life”, AmerAsia Bank Gallery, Public Space, New York, NY
Public Art Project
2024
“New Start New Hope”, 135 lanterns hanging on Broadway between 36-39 street for one year, NYC .Project with Garment district alliance,DOT and City of New York.
“The Golden Door” Emma Lazarus High School outdoor permanent mural project, 100 Hester street,NYC
2023
“Alice on the Wall” Stuyvesant High School outdoor permanent mural project, 345 chambers street NYC
2020
“OASIS” ChaShaMa’ s space Connect: Fordham Plaza 2020 Window Exhibition: Bronx, NYC
2019
Ice Cream Shop Permanent Window Design Unveiled, Chinatown, New York
“Dagao International Art Exhibition”, iron plate sculpture become a outdoor permanent installation in the Dagao art district. Changde China
2015
“The World Garden” Site-specific public permanent arts installation, PS170K, Brooklyn, Public Art for Public School Program, NY.
2013
Participate “Cut out the darkness” Panasonic launched a project to deliver solar lanterns and shades to non-electrified regions based on the designs contributed from all over the world.
On Paper/Grand Central at 100,MTA arts for Transit and Urban Design, Grand Central Terminal Dining Concourse, Lower Lever. Sep 2013-Sep 2015. NYC.
“Five Elements”, site-specific public arts installation, Broadway Plaza, between 41-36street. July 2013-Feb 2014, NYC.
2012
“Cutting Dreams”, site-specific public arts installation, Prow Art Space, Flatiron Building, Oct 2012-Feb 2013, NYC
“Peekskill Project V”, site-specific public arts installation, guest curator Cheryl McGinnis through the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art.
2011
“Ocean Fantasy”,The Fashion Center Space for Public Art, New York, NY
2010
“Tree of Life” MTA Permanent Arts for Transit: Bay Parkway Landmark Station, D Line, Brooklyn, NY, Design for Laminated Glass Work, Public Art (awarded in 2010), highlighted on PBS program, Treasures of New York
SELECTED EXHIBITION
2023
“Tip Off” Anya and Andrew Shiva Gallery,The John Jay College of Criminal Justice, NYC
“TEA_Time Technology Environment Art, Museum Wave Seoul, South Korean
“Art on Paper” 2023 Artego Gallery,NYC
“Holding—Kristen Lorello and VanDoren Waxter Pressent, Krister Lorello and VanDoren Waxter gallery, NYC
“Sight Line” Space Gallery Association, Shanghai China
“New York Peony” Gallery Artego, NYC
“The Rabbit Party” The Phillips and Chambers Fine Art, NYC
2022
“45 Rock Art Exhibihion: A View from the mountain top” organize by Rockefeller Capital Management partnership with nonprofit service organization New York Foundation of the Arts (NYFA). 45 Rockefeller center NYC
“Good Bye 2022,Hi Light Exhibition” Paris Koh Fine Arts, NJ NY
“EverGreen” Art Mora Gallery NJ, NY
“Still Life series” Art Paris, Red Zone Art, France
“Occupy Project #3—Networks” Consulate General of France in NYC. NY
2021
“140 Objects— Staten Island Museum collection celebrate 140 years anniversary show, Staten Island Museum. NY
“Wave Series” West Bund Art and Design, HangYang Art gallery, Shanghai, China
“Super Fusion—2021 Chengdu Biennale” Chengdu Museum of Contemporary Art and Tianfu
Gallery in Chengdu,China
“Weaving Justice” Anya and Andrew Shiva Gallery,The John Jay College of Criminal Justice, NYC
2020
”Tribute to Tradition-Touring Exhibition of Contemporary Art Work on Paper: Today Art Museum, Lu Xun Art Museum, Jiangsu Museum of Modern Art, Shandong Art Museum. China
“Forefront 2020” Cynthia Reeves Gallery, Mass MoCa.
“Occupy project” the Consulate General of Greece in New York
“Cut Up/Cut Out” Carnegie Arts Center in Turlock, CA
“Cut Up/Cut Out” the Lamont Gallery in Exeter, NH
2019
“Sitelines” Villageone Venue, SoHo NYC
“Cut Up/Cut Out” the Art Museum of West Virginia University in Morgantown, VA
“On Paper.Supreme” Exhibition in Shenzhen Value Factory museum, China
“On Paper.Supreme” Exhibition in Hohhot, China
“Cross-culture practice:recent work by Chinese artists in New York”, New York City college of technology, New York.
“Cut Up/Cut Out” Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, WI
2018
“Paper Moon” Contemporary Art Museum of Crete at Rethymnon, Greece.
“The 7th Ulsan International Woodcut Festival”, Ulsan culture & arts center, Korean.
Live performance participate in “The Gallery” project curates by Wang Xin at Armory Show 2018,March 7th,(VIPs preview day) at Pier 92-94,NYC
"On Paper - Supreme" Exhibition, Qingdao Tiantai Art Center, China
"Blurred Boundaries"Recent works by Chinese Artist in New York, New York school of interior design gallery, NYC
“Beyond Tradition: Contemporary Reflections in East Asia”, The Carolyn M. Wilson Gallery,
University of South Florida,Tampa.
“Cut UP/Cut Out” Foosaner Art Museum at the Florida Institute of Technology, FL
“Cut UP/Cut Out” Ellen Noel Art Museum, TX
“Cut UP/Cut Out” Pensacola Museum of Art, FL
“Cut Up/Cut Out” Huntsville Museum of Art, AL
2017
“Fun House” Galerie Protege, Chelsea NY.
“Cross-border” Paper Art exhibition－Beijing International Design Week”, XiHai Art Center.
Beijing China.
“Cut Up/Cut Out” Bellevue Arts Museum in Bellevue, Washington.
"Embrace or Rebel? Traditional Asian Art Techniques in Contemporary Practice.”Amelie A.
Wallace Gallery SUNY College at Old Westbury, NY.
“Cut Up/Cut Out” Bedford gallery, Lesher Center for the Art, CA
2016
“In Perspective” Chambers Fine Art, NY
“Infinite Compassion: Avalokiteshvara in Asian Art” Staten Island Museum, NY.
“Intimate Transgressions” Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall Mei-Ling Hall & Pick Jade Hall,
TaiWan.
“Boundaries” Gallery d’Arte, NY.
Fog Art+design fair, invited by Pop 21"cut out" show and live paper cut performance. San Francisco.
“Intimate Transgressions” Hangzhou modern Library, Hangzhou China.
2015
“Little Things Mean A Lot” Wookchio Gallery, NY.
“A-Tradition Re-Interpreted” New Work by Contemporary Chinese Artist, Cleveland State
University Art Gallery, OH.
“Intimate Transgressions” Inter Gallery, Beijing, China.
“Intimate Transgressions” White Box Art Center, NY.
“Exploring Harmony with Nature” Flushing Town Hall, NY.
Art Athina 2015, Athens Greece.
2014
Salon Art 2014, National Society of Fine Arts, Carrousel de Louvre, Paris.
“Finding new realities” Pace University, NewYork.
The “Asia Art Fair” Asia art week, NewYork.
“Art Beijing” Zhanzhou international, Beijing, China
2013
“Darkness visible”, Chinese and American Artist Group Show, National Art Museum of China, curator Richard Vine, Beijing.
“Living in a Material World”, Featuring renowned Chinese and Chinese-American contemporary artist, SUNY Orange, New York.
2012
“Routes: Spiritual Odyssey of 12 Chinese Artists”, produced by JL Global Entertainment Inc. and sponsored by Chase Bank, traveling exhibition with documentary of the same title.
“Hindsight-Foresight”, February 6 – March 10, Cheryl McGinnis Gallery, NY
“Witchy Women”, June 1 - July 13, 73 Dee Gallery, Montclair, New Jersey
“Every Pictures Tells A Story”, Amy Simon fine Art, Westport, CT.
2011
“The Point At The Infinity Of The Circle”, Red Zone Gallery , Switzerland, Geneva.
“2011 Paper Art Biennial National Art Gallery”, Sofia, Bulgaria.
“Inter-Mediate: Selected Contemporary Chinese-American Art”, Sarnoff Museum, The College of New Jersey.
2010
“Cut It Up! Contemporary Paper cutters Exhibition”, Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, NY
“Push/Pull”, Dumbo Arts Festival, New York Foundation for the Arts, The Mentoring Program for Immigrant Artists
“The Last Loft Show”, Puffin Room Gallery, Not-for-Profit, New York, NY
2009
“Trans-formation”, Art Next Gallery, New York, NY
“Seeds of the Wild”, Puffin Room Gallery, Not-for-Profit, New York, NY
2008
“Coney Island, Maybe?” Puffin Room Gallery, Not-for-Profit, New York, NY
“Touched by Women’s Hands”, Lin Yan Guest Curator, Catalogue, Cheryl McGinnis Gallery, New York, NY
“Visual Art Fellow Group Exhibition”, Provincetown Art Association and Museum (PAAM), Provincetown, MA
2007
“Touched by Women’s Hands”, Lin Yan Curator, Flushing Town Hall, Smithsonian Affiliate, Flushing, NY
2006
“Going Underground”, Art at Large, New York, NY
“Home Room”, Asian American Women Artist Alliance Gallery (AAWAA), Brooklyn, NY
2005
“EAT ART 8”, Asian American Women Artist Alliance Gallery (AAWAA), Brooklyn, NY
“Tunnels & Bridges”, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY
“Beijing Spring”, Song Xin Curator, Puffin Room Gallery, Not-for-Profit, New York, NY
2004
“Talking Hand”, AIR Gallery, New York, NY
2003
“Accumulative Efforts”, Phoenix Gallery, Not-for-Profit, New York, NY
“Treaders in the Snow”, Installation, Puffin Room Gallery, Not-for-Profit, New York, NY
2002
“Ruffled Feathers”, Puffin Room Gallery, Not-for-Profit, New York, NY
“Warm Days, Blue Skies” – Asian American Women Artist Alliance, Yan Kong Curator, Installation for Manhattan Borough President, C. Virginia Fields Offices, New York, NY
“WAR”, Puffin Room Gallery, Not-for-Profit, New York, NY
“Leaps and Bounds”, Phoenix Gallery, Not-for-Profit, New York, NY
2001
Group Exhibition, Phoenix Gallery, Not-for-Profit, New York, NY
“Song Xin’s Dreams”, Qingping Teahouse Gallery, Boston, MA
“EAT ART” Group Exhibition, Asian American Women Artist Alliance (AAWAA) AIR Gallery, NYC
1998
“China’s Future”, The Hilton, Beijing, China
1996-1997
Bar owner, “Here and Now”, live band performances include: Cui Jian, Dou Wei, Fayewang, Cobra, Catcher in the Rye, Under baby, Brain Failure and many others, Beijing, China.
1995
Invited by the Chinese Ministry of Culture to participate in The China Art Exposition. Work was selected for publication in accompanying catalogue and received an Honor’s Certificate.
BIBLIOGRAPHY/ PUBLICATIONS
2022 Asian Art and Aesthetics December: "Song Xin and the Transformation of Her Traditional Paper-cutting" by Patricia Eichenbaum Karecki, Oskar Munsterberg Chair of Asian Art, Bard College, USA
2020 interviews with “meet soul"
2018 Designed a paper-cut window design for hot pick Ice Cream Shop in Chinatown, New York, interviewed by SinoVision English Channel
2018 Nasdaq big screen introduction contemporary paper-cut artist Xin Song advertising poster in Time square NYC
2018 "Europe China" Journal Interview, European Research Project, Columbia University
2018 Interview with “LADY” Magazine, March issue
2018 “Sparkling” interview with New York Channel 1, Pearl River Department Store Gallery Space
2017 "Cross-Border Art Exhibition" interview with Xinhua News Agency, September
2017 "Pre-Game Magazine" May period magazine interviews artists
2017 "Art Perspective-Similarity and Dissimilarity" SinoVision Television
2016 "Greetings from Barcelona-Song Xin Paper Cutting", Barcelona TV
In 2014, the permanent work of the subway station “Tree of Life" was included in the "New York's Underground Art Museum", MTA Art and Design book.
Interview with “WETALK”, SinoVision English Channel on cable 63, May 2014
30 minute documentary interview “In Focus”, SinoVision Channel on cable channel 73, Jan 2014
XinSong’s paper architecture at Grand Central station, Installation magazine issue 34, 2013
Xin Song: On Paper, Grand Central at 100, New York Post, Oct 1, 2013
Xin Song: Grand Central at 100, World Journal, New York, Oct 12, 2013
Xin Song: Grand Central at 100, China Press, New York, Oct 12, 2013
Xin Song: Grand Central at 100, China News Agency, Oct 12, 2013
Xin Song: Five elements, The Columbia Journalist, 2013
Xin Song: Five Elements, China News Agency, July 12, 2013
Xin Song: Five elements, World Journal, New York, July 12, 2013
Xin Song: Five elements, China Press, New York, July 12, 2013
Xin Song: Five elements, WWD News, 2013
Xin Song: Five Elements, DNA info, 2013
Cutting Dream: Asian Art News review issue June. Robert C Morgan.2013
Xin Song: Cutting Dream, World Journal, New York, Dec 06, 2012
Xin Song: Cutting Dream, China Press, New York, Nov 30, 2012
Cutting Dreams: Xin Song Lights Up New York with Chinese Folk Motifs, Tina Seligman, Art of the Times fall/winter issue, 2012
Treasures of New York, MTA Arts in Transit, PBS WLIW ( Channel 21) – June 27, 2012 at 7pm; WNET (Channel 13) – July 5, 2012 at 8:30pm
Femininity in Contemporary Asian Women Artist Works from China,Korea and USA---If the Shoe Fits, by Art Historian, Patricia Karetzky, 2012
China Press, New York, May 7, 2012
Ming Bao Newspaper, New York, May 7, 2012
What Art in New York?, Beijing news, 2/19 2012 China
New China, New Art, Richard Vine, Prestel USA; Revised edition (September 30, 2011)
Artist of the Month: XinSong, Revisiting the Garden of Eden, by Michèle Vicat, 3dotswater.com.October 2010.
Rock, Paper, Scissors: Breaking Lines, Joe Bendick, Chelsea Clinton News, New York, NY, May 28, 2009
Review of Breaking Lines at Cheryl McGinnis Gallery, Sing Tao Daily, New York, NY, May 20, 2009
Dream and Fish, Book Cover image for Provincetown Writing Fellow, 2008
BeiJing Spring, interview with World Journal Newspaper, New York, NY 2005
BeiJing Spring, interview with China Press Newspaper, New York., NY 2005
BeiJing Spring, interview with Ming Bao Newspaper, New York., NY 2005
Role of Women Artist Immigrants, WBAI 99.5 radio interview with AAWAA panel, New York, NY 2002
Leaps and Bounds, interview with XingDao Daily News, New York, NY 2002
Ruffled Feathers, Interview with World Journal Newspaper, New York, NY 2002
Eat Art, interview with World Journal Newspaper, New York., NY 2001
Song Xin’s Dreams, interview with the Xing Dao Daily News, New York, NY 2001
Song Xin’s Dreams, interview with World Journal News, New York., NY 2001
Modern Paper Cutting, interview with Culture Monthly, Beijing, China, 1995
With A Backward Glance, Illustrated Scotland poems book cover taken from "Dream and Life" series., 2005
Modern Paper Cut, published by Beijing China Today Company, 1992
Feng Sheng Yan Yi ,Traditional Chinese Story Book, Illustration, Nong Cun Du Wu Publishing Company, Beijing, China.
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2021EFA North Fork Residency at The Potato Farm Project.
2021 Award from the New York Foundation for the art, City Artists Corps Grants.
2014 Percent for Art, Public art for public school program, Ps170K. Brooklyn.
2013 “Five Elements”, award by Garment district site-specific public arts installation, Broadway Plaza, between 41-36street. July 2013-Feb 2014, NYC.
2013 MTA Art for Transit: On Paper/ Grand central 100. Grand central terminal dinning course, lower level.
2012 MTA Arts for Transit: 6 Line, Bronx NY, Finalist with Honorarium for Design for Ironworks
2012 MTA Arts for Transit: M Line, Brooklyn NY, Finalist with Honorarium for Design for Ironworks
2010 MTA Permanent Arts for Transit: Bay Parkway Landmark Station, D Line, Brooklyn, NY, Design for Laminated Glass Work
2010 MTA Arts for Transit: D Line, Brooklyn NY, Finalist with Honorarium for Design for Ironworks
2010 Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Studio Center, New York, NY
2010 The Mentoring Program for Immigrant Artists, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
2007 Puffin Foundation for art Grant
2007-2008 Provincetown Fellowship, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA
TEACHING ARTIST RESIDENCIES AND WORKSHOPS
2012 Visiting Artist Lecture, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
2012 Chinese Paper Cutting Techniques, 150th Anniversary Event for Flushing Town Hall, Smithsonian Affiliate, Flushing, NY
2010 Artist-in-Residence, Art E, Art Enlightenment for Children, Cheryl McGinnis, New York, NY
2010 Shadow Puppet Workshops, Flushing Town Hall, Smithsonian Affiliate, Flushing, NY
2010 Shadow Puppet and Paper Cutting Workshop, P.S. 166
2009 Shadow Puppets and Paper Cutting Workshop, Calhoun private school, New York, NY
2008 Shadow Puppets and Paper Cutting Workshop, Public School 26205Q, Bayside, NY
2008 Kids Art Partners in Education, 6-week Program, Fine Art Work Center, program.6 week workshop
2008 Shadow Puppets and Paper Cutting Workshop, Puffin Grant, 4-week workshop, SoHo, Chinatown, New York, NY
2006-2007 Shadow Puppet Workshops, Brooklyn students and Brooklyn Public Libraries, NYC Dept of Cultural Affairs and the Ford Foundation/Brooklyn Art Council
2001 English Bridge, Featured artist & instructor for Chinese paper cuts, program on China Central Television.
EDUCATION
1994 Graduated Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
1990 Beijing Haidian Art Vocational School, Major: Fine Art, Beijing, China