Sophia Jiaqi Xu 徐嘉琦 (born in Canton, China) is a photographer based in Amsterdam. Her practice interweaves photography and printed matter, exploring the materiality and temporal conditions of images.


Also part of:  group | matter  
Contact: sophia.jiaqi.xu@gmail.com
Commissions: exhibition & project documentation



EDUCATION


2021-2024     Photography BA, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam (NL)
2020-2021     Photography BA, Willem de Kooning Academie, Rotterdam (NL)


PUBLICATIONS

2025      
Untitled (lines)
/ edition of 58

2024      
Variations / ISBN 9789090386195, edition of 285, self-published
because an original is a copy / ISBN 9789083416588, published by bring your own book, edition of 50

2023      
From the Edge / first print of 30, reprint edition of 30 in 2025

2022    
Dreamscape
/ edition of 14

Time Square Calling / edition of 28
The Shallows / edition of 6, collaboration with Miles Schleifer, Mabel Ranselli, Sybren Tieleman, Rodrigo Munnecom, and Vincent Zedelius

2021      
DAYS
/ edition of 14
 
Winter in the Netherlands
/ edition of 30

2020      
Evidence
/ first print of 30, reprint of 30



EXHIBITIONS

2025      
· Zomer in zwart-wit, group exhibition, July 4 - August 7, at Schietbaan, Marineterein Amsterdam
· Contemporary artist’s books, group exhibition, October 8 - 31, at Le Plac’Art Photo, Paris
· Athens Art Book Fair, Collective display, October 3-5, at Stoa Tristrato, Athens

· All Access Archive, group exhibition, at De Bouwput and Enter Enter, Amsterdam

2024      
· Graduation Show, July 3-7, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam

2023      
· Shadowplay, solo exhibition, August 26-October 1, at IRIS, Arles

2022      
· Rietveld Uncut: The Shallows, group exhibition, March 23-26, at Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
· Green Chaud!, group exhibition, at Rietveld Fedlev, Amsterdam


BOOKFAIRS

2025      
· DRUK, November 30, at Paradiso, Amsterdam (with DIABP)
· Offprint Paris, November 13-16, at Césure, Paris (with DIABP)
· Super Books 6, November 3-4, at Haus der Kunst Munich, Germany (with DIABP)

· Printed Matter’s NY Art Book Fair, September 11-14, at MOMA PS1, New York (with DIABP)

· Between Books Kunsthalle Düsseldorf Art Book Fair, September 19-21, Germany (with DIABP)
· Miss Read Art Book Fair, June 13-15, Berlin, Germany (with DIABP)
· GLUE, ICA Art Book Fair, September 13-14, London (with group | matter)
· A Bigger Book Fair, May 16-18, at Peckham24, London (with group | matter)
· Gent Art Book Fair, May 3-4, at Kunsthal Gent, Belgium (with Sprout Publish)
· bring your own book fair, October 10-11, at Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam (with Sessssion)

· Summer Book Market, August 30, at Paradise, Den Haag

2024      
· Breaking even! Art Book Fair, December 14, at Rijksakademie, Amsterdam (with DIABP)

· SPREAD zinefest, September 29, at Het Resort, Groningen
· Brutus Winter Market, December 8, at Brutus, Rotterdam
· It’s A Book, March 23, at the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig, Germany (with byob)
· bring your own book fair, May 10, at Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam

2023      
· bring your own book at Enter Enter, September 14-October 14, Amsterdam
· bring your own book fair, May 25-26, at Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
· Polycopies, November 8-12, Paris (with Rietveld Photography)

2022      
· The Other Book Fair, May 27-29, at Quartair, Den Haag
· bring your own book fair, May 19-20, at Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
· Unseen Book Market, September 15-18, at Westergas, Amsterdam (with Rietveld Photography)

2021
· Unseen Book Market, September 17-19, at Westergas, Amsterdam (with Rietveld Photography)