lives and works in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
reachable on sophia.jiaqi.xu@gmail.com
EDUCATION
2021-2024 Photography BA, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam (NL)
2020-2021 Photography BA, Willem de Kooning Academie, Rotterdam (NL)
2017-2018 Shanghai Publishing and Printing College, Shanghai (CN)
2014-2017 Shenzhen Art High School, Shenzhen (CN)
INVOLVEMENT & WORK EXPERIENCE
2025-present
group | matter
2024-present
DIABP - Dutch Independent Art Book Publishers
2024-present
Enter Enter - A Space for Books, Amsterdam
exhibition host
2024-present
Freelance photographer
(available for commissions and collaborations
see portfolio for commissioned photography )
2023-2024
Public & Projects, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
photographer
2023-2024
bring your own book
Previous projects included: bring your own book fair 4th edition (Gerrit Rietveld Academie, 2024 May); BYOB invities! Be our guest: A symposium on publishing (Rietveld Academie, 2023 December); bring your own book at ENTER ENTER (2023 September - October); W139 hosts... bring your own file (2023 September); bring your own book fair 3rd edition (Rietveld Academie, 2023 May)
2017
e Museum of Contemporary Art, Shenzhen, China
exhibition host
EXHIBITIONS, PROJECTS AND BOOKS
2025
` Untitled, lines, publication, edition of 58
` From the Edge, publication, reprint edition of 30
` Untitled, lines showcased at All Access Archive at De Bouwput, 6-8 March, Amsterdam
` Variations and The Shallows publication showcased at AAA at Enter Enter, 20-24 May, Amsterdam
` Zomer in zwart-wit, group exhibition, 4 July - 7 August, at Schietbaan, Marineterein Amsterdam
2024
` Graduation Show, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
` Variations, publication, ISBN 9789090386195, self-published, edition of 285
` because an original is a copy, publication, ISBN 9789083416588, published by bring your own book, edition of 50
2023
` Shadowplay, solo exhibition, IRIS ARLES, August-October, France
` From the Edge, publication, first edition of 30
2022
` Rietveld Uncut: The Shallows, group exhibition, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
` The Shallows, publication, collaboration with Miles Schleifer, Mabel Ranselli, Sybren Tieleman, Rodrigo Munnecom, Vincent Zedelius, edition of 6
` Green Chaud!, group exhibition, Rietveld Fedlev building, Amsterdam
` Dreamscape, publication, edition of 14
` Time Square Calling, publication, edition of 28
2021
` DAYS, publication, edition of 14
` Winter in the Netherlands, publication, edition of 30
2020
` Evidence, publication, first edition of 30, reprint edition of 30
BOOKFAIRS
2025
` Ghent Art Book Fair, with Sprout Publish, in Ghent, Belgium
` A Bigger Book Fair (ABBF), with group | matter, 16-18 May in Peckham, London
` Thousandfold Photobook Fair, with DIABP, 17-18 May in Cologne, Germany
` Miss Read Berlin, with DIABP, 13-15 June
2024
` Breaking Even! Art Book Fair at Rijksakademie Amsterdam, with DIABP
` SPREAD zinefest, Het Resort, Groningen
` Brutus wintermarkt, Rotterdam
` bring your own book fair 4th edition, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
` It’s a book, Leipzig, with bring your own book
2023
` Polycopies, Paris, with bring your own book x Gerrit Rietveld Academie Photography Department
` bring your own book at ENTER ENTER, Amsterdam
` bring your own book fair 3rd edition, Rietveld Pavilion, Amsterdam
` Miss Read Berlin, with bring your own book
` Fanzineist Vienna, with Sprout Publish
2022
` Unseen book market, Amsterdam, with Gerrit Rietveld Academie Photography Department
` The Other Book Fair, Den Haag
` bring your own book fair 2nd edition, Rietveld Pavilion, Amsterdam
2021
` bring your own book fair 1st edition, Rietveld Pavilion, Amsterdam
` Unseen book market, Amsterdam, with