Sophia J. Xu 徐嘉琦
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)



WORK EXPERIENCE

2024-now      
Freelance Photographer

2023-2024     Photographer at Public&Projects, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, NL

2023-2024       bring your own book
2024 May                Bring your own book fair 4th Edition, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
2024 March               It’s a book, Leipzig
2023 December    
   BYOB invites! Be our guest: A symposium on publishing, Amsterdam
2023 November       Polycopies, Paris
2023 Sep-Oct           Bring your own book at ENTER ENTER, Amsterdam
2023 September      Miss Read, Berlin
2023 September      W139 hosts... bring your own file, Amsterdam
2023 September      Snacks Amsterdam - Taartje van Tonya, bring your own book
2023 May                 Bring your own book fair 3rd Edition, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam


2017                     Internship, e Museum of Contemporary Art, Shenzhen


EXHIBITION

2024               Graduation Show 2024, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
2023               Shadowplay, solo exhibition, IRIS ARLES, France
2022               Rietveld Uncut: The Shallows, group exhibition, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
2022               Green Chaud!, group exhibition, Fedlev building, Amsterdam


PUBLICATION

2024               Variations, ISBN 9789090386195, self-published, 285 copies
2024               because an original is a copy, ISBN 9789083416588, published by bring your own book, 50 copies
2023               From the Edge, 30 copies
2022               Dreamscape, 14 copies
2022               Time Square Calling, 28 copies
2022               The Shallows, collaboration with Miles Schleifer, Mabel Ranselli, Sybren Tieleman, Rodrigo Munnecom, Vincent Zedelius, 6 copies
2021                DAYS, 14 copies
2021                Winter in the Netherlands, 30 copies
2020                Evidence, 60 copies



OTHERS

2024                Berlagefonds