Teknikk
Experimental Analogue Photography
Artist statement
-åpent atelier søn 20.sept 2026/open studio 20th of Sept 2026-
Lexy is an artist and researcher, based at Fotoverkstedet, an artist-run darkroom in Bergen. She specializes in analogue photographic techniques, working with textiles, artist’s books, and durational images, viewing photography as a form of performance and action that extends beyond the content of the image.
She is interested in iterative patterns, durational performance, materiality, exploring how time, perception, and repetition can produce a form of visibility and aesthetic experience. She approaches her investigations philosophically, aiming to build a coherent, interconnected, and poetic theoretical framework through her work.
Lexy has developed a craft technique, Silver Mirroring Toning, which restores reflective silver to the surface of silver gelatin materials. This process transforms silver mirroring from a type of photographic degradation into an iridescent effect and aesthetic experience. Her work is included in the permanent collection of Bergen Kommune and has been exhibited widely in Norway and internationally.
More info on her works and workshops is available on her website/ IG @lexylexyxiao.
Besøksadresse
Damsgårdsveien 229
5160 Bergen
Kontakt
Telefon: 40179387
E-postadresse: xiaoliangzi_lexy@126.com
Web: https://www.lexyxiao.com/ongoing-projects
CV
Education
2021 – 2023 MFA Fine Art, KMD, University of Bergen
2020 Minor in Video Arts, exchange at Kyoto Seika University
2018 – 2021 First Class Honours, BA Fine Art Photography, Camberwell College of Arts, UAL
2009 – 2013 BSc Computer Science, Beijing Technology and Business University
Solo Exhibition
2025
>Poetic Decay, Isotop
2023
>Invited by CYAN studio gallery to exhibit in Oslo Negativ Photofestival
2022
>Durational Images, Gallery Taxi, Bergen, Norway
2020
>Making Something from Nothing/ Making Nothing from Something, Online Performance in Zoom Virtual Room (ID: 249 909 0526), Kyoto, Japan
>Untitled (Before departure), Camberwell College of Arts, London, UK
Seleted Group Exhibition
2025
> Resident Landscape, Gamle Munch, Oslo, Norway
> Resident Host in Oslo Negativ, Det Gamle Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo, Norway
2024
> Experiments in Alchemy, The Halide Project, Philadelphia, US
2023
> TRAMA in Bergen, Northing Space, Bergen, Norway (The participate artist, the organizer, the curator and the coordinator)
>Flex Point, Entreé and Northing, Bergen, Norway
>TRAMA, IEFC, Barcelona, Spain
>Nudge it – Kick it – Prod it – Push it –, Bergen Kunsthall, Norway
>Grand Spring Exhibition, Gyldenpris Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway
2022
>Floccus Wool Week Stroud 2022, Stroud, UK
>MFA 1 Exhibition, Bergen Kjøtt, Bergen, Norway
>KMD: TEXTILES, Tekstilindustrimuseet, Salhus, Norway
2021
>Open Studio, Camberwell College of Arts, London, UK
>Linger | 待, 11 Truman Brewery, London, UK
>Impermanent Shadows (Lumen Mural), YouTube Livestream Online
Show, London, UK, collected in MyceliumCollective
2020
>DON’T PANIC, Southwark Park Galleries// Dilston Gallery, London, UK
2019
>New Camberwell Art, Camberwell College of Arts,London, UK
Permanent Collections
> Silver in the Fire series, Fana Brannstasjon and Bergen Kommune, Norway
> Portraits of Photographic Chemicals series, 5 pieces, Fana Brannstasjon and Bergen Kommune, Norway
> Anonymous 6-2, Camberwell College of Arts Darkroom, London, UK
Published Articles
2024
> Alternative Silver Mirroring Toning, available at
https://www.alternativephotography.com/alternative-silver-mirroring-toning/
2023
> Self-made activator and stabilizer for Chromoskedasic painting, available at
https://www.alternativephotography.com/self-made-activator-and-stabilizer-for-chromoskedasic-painting/
