Artist Curriculum Vitae
Bio
Xuan-Hui Ng is from Singapore and currently lives in Japan. Her work is represented by Koslov Larsen gallery in Houston, Texas. Her solo exhibitions include “Interludes” (2021) and “A Gracious Breath” (2023) at Koslov Larsen and “Transcendence: Awakening the Soul” (2023) at the Griffin Museum of Photography.
She is a Critical Mass Top 50 Finalist in 2024 and a Top 200 Finalist in 2021, 2022 and 2023. Her work has been juried into exhibitions at the Davis Orton Gallery, Southeast Center for Photography, Texas Photographic Society and New York Center for Photographic Art. She is the winner of both series and single image in the Nature category at the 20th Julia Margaret Cameron Award. She has been an artist lecturer at the Griffin Museum of Photography, Nobechi Creative, Artquest Photo Workshops and various camera clubs. Publications of her work have been featured in What Will You Remember?, fotoMAGAZIN, PetaPixel, ON landscape, forum naturfotografie, Dodho Magazine, CURIOUS Photo blog, Float Magazine, Feature Shoot, Popular Photography (China) and Fraction Magazine.
In 2022, she was recently interviewed by BBC World Service’s Cultural Frontline on “Creativity and Mental Health”. She is a regular contributor to ELEMENTS landscape photography magazine and an instructor for Santa Fe Workshops.
She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Solo Exhibitions
2023 – “Transcendence: Awakening the Soul”, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
2023 (online) – “A Gracious Breath”, Koslov Larsen Gallery, Houston, TX
2021 – “Interludes”, Koslov Larsen Gallery, Houston, TX
Group Exhibitions
2023 – Head On Photo Awards Festival, Bondi Beach Promenade, Australia
2023 – Atlanta Airport Exhibition, juried by Brian Piper PhD, Atlanta, GA
2023 – “One”, juried by Paula Tognarelli, New York Center for Photographic Art, NY
2023 – “Fotofest reviewed”, Kolga Tbilisi Photo, Zurab Tsereteli Museum of Modern Art, Tbilisi, Georgia
2023 – “Inland / Outward”, Foto Relevance Gallery, Houston TX
2022 – “TPS 30: The International Competition”, juried by Liz Wells, Center for Contemporary Arts, Abilene, TX
2021 – “27th Juried Exhibition”, juried by Arnika Dawkins, Griffin Museum, Wincester, MA
2021 – “7th Annual Group Show”, juried by Paula Tognarelli, Davis Orton Gallery, Wincester, MA
2021 – “Flora”, juried by Wendi Schneider, SE Center for Photography, Greenville, SC
2021 – “Diptych”, juried by Kevin Tully, A. Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX
2021 – “Life”, juried by Alyssa Coppelman, A. Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX
Awards / Juried Exhibitions
2024 - Critical Mass Photo Awards, Photolucida Finalist (Top 50)
2023 – Head On Photo Awards Landscape Finalist
2023 – Critical Mass Photo Awards, Photolucida, Finalist (Top 200)
2023 – 20th Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers, juried by Elizabeth Avedon, Ann Jastrab and Elizabeth Krist
Nature – single images, Winner
Nature – series, Winner
2022 – Dodho Color Awards 2022
2022 – Critical Mass Photo Awards, Photolucida, Finalist (Top 200)
2022 – 18th Pollux Awards, juried by Julio Hirsch-Hardy and FotoNostrum curators
Landscapes & Seascapes - single images, Honorable Mention
Nature - single images, Honorable Mention
Nature - series, Honorable Mention
2021 – 17th Pollux Awards, juried by Julio Hirsch-Hardy and FotoNostrum curators
Landscapes & Seascapes - single images, Honorable Mention
Nature - single images, Honorable Mention
Nature - series, Honorable Mention
2021 – Critical Mass Photo Awards, Photolucida, Finalist (Top 200)
2021 – 16th Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers, juried by Barbara Davidson and Elisabeth Biondi
Nature (series), 2nd place
Landscapes & Seascapes (single image), 2nd place
Landscapes & Seascapes (single images), Honorable Mention
Landscapes & Seascapes (series), Honorable Mention
Interviews and Artist Talks
2025 – “Transcendence”, Garden Club of Darien, CT, USA
2024 – “Ephemeral Encounters”, Find Your Voice, UK
2024 – “Ephemeral Encounters", Garden Club of America, NY, USA
2024 – “In Nature’s Embrace”, Lehigh Valley Photography Club, PA, USA
2023 – “In Nature’s Embrace”, Berks Photographic Society, PA, USA
2022 – “Creativity and Mental Health”, BBC Cultural Frontline
2022 – “Life is Beautiful”, Artquest Photo Workshops, Moncton, Canada
2022 – “Chasing the Elements”, Lakeshore Camera Club, Montreal, Canada
2022 – “Metamorphosis”, Griffin Museum, MA, USA
2021 – “February Chat Chat”, Griffin Museum, MA, USA
Publications
2024 – ELEMENTS magazine: Issue 43 – “Special Fall issue - How it was shot”
2024 – Fraction Media, Issue 179 – “The Elusive Diamond Dust”
2024 – The Southern Review: Winter 2024 issue
2023 – ELEMENTS magazine: Issue 28 – “Preconceptions, Rediscovery, Covid”
2023 – Popular Photography: “Transformed by Photographing Nature” 大众摄影: 摄影开启人生
2023 – Feature Shoot: “Navigating Loss & Sadness Through Cherry Blossom Photography”
2023 – Float Magazine: Portfolio Feature
2022 – What Will You Remember: “Stardust”
2022 – CURIOUS Photo blog: December 2022 – “In Harmony”
2022 – ELEMENTS magazine: Issue 20 – “Remembrance”
2022 – forum naturfotographie: Issue 3/2022
2022 – Dodho magazine: Issue 22 – “Metamorphosis”
2022 – ELEMENTS magazine: Special Fall issue 19
2022 – ON landscape magazine: Issue 263 – “Portrait of a Photographer”
2022 – PetaPixel: 4/2022 – “Metamorphosis”
2022 – ELEMENTS magazine: Issue 14 – “Metamorphosis”
2022 – What Will You Remember: “LACP Highlights - Part II”
2021 – fotoMAGAZIN: EDITION 9/2021
2021 – fotoMAGAZIN: Issue 7/2021
2021 – What Will You Remember: “The New Dawn Blooms”
2021 – What Will You Remember: “A Spectrum of Exposure”
Collaborations
2021 – Artwork for Haruki, a music compilation in honor of the Japanese writer and author Haruki Murakami, featuring Luca Longobardi, Marie Awadis, Mathieu Karsenti, Violeta Barreña Vicci, Glowwormand Doug Thomas
Workshops
2024 – Santa Fe Workshops “Nature’s Embrace” (in-person)
2023-2024 – Santa Fe Workshops “In Nature’s Embrace” (online)