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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

  • 2023 – Solo Exhibition “Rye Above the Sea” Yiwei Gallery, Los Angeles, California

  • 2022 – Group Exhibition “Pingyao International Photography Festival”, Pingyao, China

  • 2021 – Group Exhibition “We all like small things v.4, Filter Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

  • 2020 – Group Exhibition “Hello”, Ban Shan Gallery, Ningbo, China

  • 2019 – Magnum Photos Workshop Group Exhibition, Magnum Photos, Paris

  • 2019 – 16x16x16 Midwest College Group Exhibition

  • 2019 – Solo Exhibition, Iowa City, Iowa

  • 2018 – Solo Exhibition "The Order in the Chaos", Ningbo, China

  • 2018 – Group Exhibition "Nothing to See, here", Iowa City, Iowa

SELECTED AWARDS

  • 2021 – Lucie Award Notions of Home, Finalist

  • 2020 – International Photography Awards, Honorable Mentions

  • 2018 – International Photography Awards, Honorable Mentions

  • 2017 – Nominee in Street Hunters Monthly competition

  • 2016 – First Place in International students' photography competition, The University of

Iowa

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • 2021 – 2022 Curatorial Assistant, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL

  • 2018 – 2019 Journalist Photographer, Daily Iowan, Iowa City, IA

WORKS PUBLISHED

  • Glass Man Magazine Oct Issue Faces of today Oct 2023

  • Fengzhao (Lucas) Xu Lens of Resilience on Ability Magazine Oct 2023

  • CHIP Foto-Video August 2023 Issue – A Dialogue with visual poet Fengzhao Xu Aug 2023

  • Fengzhao Xu: 5 Things I wish Someone Told me When I First Became an Artist - Medium May 2023

  • We like small things v.4 @Filter Space by f-stop Magazine Aug 2021

  • Postcards from the Pandemic, Skylark Editions Dec 2020

  • "Within or Without", Ban Shan Online Magazine Jun 2020

  • "Director of Avengers Talks Marvel" for The Daily Iowan Apr 2018

  • "To save the life" for the Daily Iowan Apr 2018

  • Away from Home" for Ashe of Time Online Magazine May 2015

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

  • Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL Sep 2019 – May 2022

    M.F.A Photography

  • The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA Aug 2014 – May 2019

    B.F.A Studio Art, Photography

    B.A Psychology

Artist Talk & Interview

  • Jake’s Take Podcast: Lucas Xu Episode 228:Lucas Xu Talks Photography & First US exhibit

  • AntsPhoto 2023/7/29 Artist Talk – Bye Bye Photography

  • Too Opinionated Interview: Lucas Xu On Apple Podcast

  • Fengzhao Xu on The360MAG.com