Biography
Shae Xu is a Shanghai-born, New York-based artist and filmmaker working across photography, video, and film. Blending narrative and documentary approaches, her practice explores gender fluidity, diasporic identity, and transnational experience.
She has held solo exhibitions at MoCA Shanghai, MUD Gallery, and Tong Gallery+Projects. Her films have been supported by Indian Paintbrush Productions and the Robert Gore Rifkind Foundation, and have screened at renowned festivals including Cannes, Rhode Island IFF, and Outfest. Xu is the 2020 recipient of the Directors Guild of America Student Film Award for Best Woman Director, an alumna of Talents Tokyo, and holds an M.F.A. in Film Directing from Columbia University.
许以，1989年生于上海，现居纽约。她的影像创作通过文化差异、隔代冲突，探讨跨国语境中的亚裔身份认同。当代艺术语境中，她曾于上海当代艺术馆艺术亭台、泥轩空间及 Tong Gallery+Projects 举办影像艺术个展。作为独立电影人，她的项目得到 Indian Paintbrush Production 和 Robert Gore Rifkind Foundation 等基金会支持，影片屡次入围具奥斯卡竞争资质的电影节的国际电影节，包括戛纳、罗得岛国际电影节、Outfest等等。她先后于美国加州大学艺术历史系取得学士学位、哥伦比亚大学电影导演系取得硕士学位。曾获美国导演工会学生奖最佳女导演、参与柏林电影节东京训练营 Talents Tokyo。
Curriculum Vitae
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Only a Tree Remains in Time, MUD Gallery, Shanghai, China
2017 Absence, MoCA Pavilion - Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China
Daybreak, July Space, Shanghai, China
2016 Still Life Portraiture, Tong Gallery+Projects, Beijing, China
个展
2024 时间只剩下一棵树，泥轩空间，中国上海
2017 缺口，MoCA艺术亭台 － 上海当代艺术馆，中国上海
破晓，七月空间，中国上海
2016 静物肖像，Tong Gallery+Projects，中国北京
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Vanishing Shore, HOW Art Museum, Shanghai, China
2023 Dare Like Frida, Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China
Vanishing Landscape, Sullivan+Strumpf, Singapore
2021 Sheng Zhang, Long Art Museum, Shanghai, China
2018 Inspiration in Focus, Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China
2017 Shanghai Dandy, Don Gallery, Shanghai, China
2016 Quartet, Cipa Gallery, Beijing, China
Jiangnan Narriation - Young Expression, Keyi Art Museum, Nanjing, China
BLAST!, Caffè Internazionale Art Space, Palermo, Italy
2015 Asia Now, BLAST! curatorial program presented by Art in the City, Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris, France
Changjiang International Photography & Video Biennale, Changjiang Museum of Contemporary Art, Chongqing, China
On Your Mark, Gallery Cafe, Shanghai, China
群展
2024 消失的海岸，昊美术馆，中国上海
2023 我，无可定义，上海当代艺术馆，中国上海
隐逸的风景，Sullivan+Strumpf，新加坡
2021 生长，龙美术馆，中国上海
2018 影像成诗，上海当代艺术馆，中国上海
2017 上海丹迪，东画廊，中国上海
2016 影像四重奏，希帕画廊，中国北京
江南叙事之青年表达，可一美术馆，中国南京
BLAST!，Caffè Internazionale 艺术空间，意大利帕勒
2015 Asia Now，艺术都市策展项目BLAST!，皮尔卡丹中心，法国巴黎
是非，首届长江国际影像双年展，长江当代美术馆，中国重庆
各就各位，旮旯咖啡，中国上海
SCREENINGS
2023 23rd Santa Fe Film Festival, Santa Fe, NM
30th Mardi Gras Film Festival, Ritz Cinemas, Sydney, Australia
2022 10th Reel China Biennial, New York University, New York, NY
Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival, Philadelphia, PA
Toronto Indie Filmmakers Festival, Toronto, Canada
34th Columbia University Film Festival, Lenfest Center for the Arts, New York, NY
Tokyo International Short Film Festival, Tokyo, Japan
Too Black Too Queer, Scala Cinema, London, UK
2021 35th Braunschweig International Film Festival, Universum Filmtheater, Braunschweig, Germany
Perlen - Queer Film Festival, Kino im Künstlerhaus, Hannover, Germany
NewFest - 33rd New York LGBT Film Festival, SVA Theatre, New York, NY
Aesthetica Short Film Festival, National Centre for Early Music, York, UK
Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival, Premiere Cinema, Cardiff, UK
CAAMFest 2021, Fort Mason FLIX, San Francisco, CA
Rhode Island International Film Festival (Online Edition)
Columbia University Film Festival (Online Edition)
Damn These Heels Queer Film Festival, Utah Film Center, Salt Lake City, UT
Queersicht Filmfestival, Bern, Switzerland
FilmsOnPhone Festival, London, UK
2020 28th Pan African Film and Arts Festival, Cinemark Rave Theaters 15, Los Angeles, CA
Outfest Fusion LGBTQ People of Color Film Festival, Regal L.A., Los Angeles, CA
Outfest, Los Angeles LGBTQ Film Festival (Online Edition)
Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival (Online Edition)
Urbanworld Film Festival (Online Edition)
NewFest - 32nd New York LGBT Film Festival (Online Edition)
2019 Cannes Film Festival (Cannes XR), Festival Palace, Cannes, France
2018 10th Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival, Asian Arts Initiative, Philadelphia, PA
NewFest - 30th New York LGBT Film Festival, SVA Theatre, New York, NY
17th Asian Film Festival Dallas, Angelika Film Center, Dallas, TX
Hong Kong Arthouse Film Festival, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong, China
2017 13th China Independent Film Festival, Experimental Shorts, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
Short Film Program in German Pavilion, EXPO 2017 Astana, Kazakhstan
Absence Talk and Analysis, Yuz Museum, Shanghai, China
2016 20min|max International Film Festival - Art Role Section, Museum of Concrete Art, Ingolstadt, Germany
2015 12th China Independent Film Festival, Experimental Shorts, Nanjing, China
Video Ground, Shanghai Film Document Library Auditorium, Shanghai, China
24 Frames Screening, New York University-Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Screening of The Seat, Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China
38th Asian American International Film Festival, City Cinema Village East, New York, NY
A Long Week of Short Film, Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai, China
展映
2023 第23届圣达菲电影节，美国圣达菲
第30届 Mardi Gras 电影节，丽思剧院，澳大利亚悉尼
2022 多伦多独立电影人影展，加拿大多伦多
第34届哥伦比亚大学电影节，Lenfest 艺术中心，美国纽约
东京国际短片电影节，日本东京
Too Black Too Queer，Scala 剧院，英国伦敦
2021 第35届布伦瑞克国际电影节，Universum 剧院，德国布伦瑞克
Perlen 酷儿电影节，Künstlerhaus 剧院，德国汉诺威
NewFest – 第33届纽约LGBT电影节，SVA剧院，美国纽约
美学短片电影节，国立古代音乐中心，英国约克
Iris Prize 英国虹膜奖，英国卡尔迪夫
旧金山国际亚裔媒体中心电影节，福特梅森中心，美国旧金山
Damn These Heels 酷儿电影节，犹他电影中心，美国盐湖城
罗德岛国际电影节（线上）
哥伦比亚大学电影节（线上）
2020 第28届泛非裔电影节，Cinemark 15 剧院，美国洛杉矶
Outfest Fusion 洛杉矶LGBTQ电影节，Regal L.A. 影院，美国洛杉矶
Outfest 洛杉矶LGBTQ电影节（线上）
Iris Prize 英国虹膜奖（线上）
纽约都市国际电影节（线上）
NewFest – 第32届纽约LGBT电影节（线上）
Wicked Queer – 第36届波士顿LGBT电影节（线上）
2019 戛纳电影节 XR 单元，戛纳影节宫，法国戛纳
2018 第10届费城亚美电影节，费城亚裔文化中心，美国费城
NewFest – 第30届纽约LGBT电影节，SVA剧院，美国纽约
第17届达拉斯亚裔电影节，安吉利卡电影中心，美国达拉斯
香港艺术馆电影节，香港艺术中心，中国香港
2017 第13届中国独立影像展，实验短片主竞赛单元，北京师范大学，中国北京
德国国家馆短片项目，阿斯塔纳世博会 EXPO 2017，哈萨克斯坦
缺口 赏析及对谈，余德耀美术馆，中国上海
2016 第13届 Another Hole in the Head 旧金山独立短片电影节 ，美国旧金山
20min|max 国际电影节－艺术片单元，具象艺术美术馆，德国英戈尔斯塔特
2015 第12届中国独立影像展，“广阔天地”展映单元，中国南京
影像现场，上海影视文献图书馆放映厅，中国上海
24 Frames 电影社放映，上海纽约大学，中国上海
位置 放映，上海当代艺术馆，中国上海
第38届亚美国际电影节，Village East东村剧院，美国纽约
世界短片电影周，民生美术馆，中国上海
AWARDS
Winner - 2022 Indian Paintbrush Production Grant, as Co-Producer of SHADE AND HONEY
Winner - 2021 Robert Gore Rifkind Queer Grant, as Writer/Director of THE PARROT
Nominee - 2021 Marion Carter Green Award, as Writer/Director of DUET
Nominee - 2021 Nation Board of Review Student Film Grant, as Writer/Director of DUET
Nominee - 2021 Adrienne Shelly Award for Best Female Director, as Writer/Director of DUET
Winner - 2021 Jury Honor - Columbia University Film Festival, as Writer/Director of DUET
Winner - 2020 Best Female Director - Student Film Awards, Directors Guild of America, as Writer/Director of DUET
奖项
获奖 - Indian Paintbrush Production Grant 基金会奖（2022）《影蜜》联合制片
获奖 - Robert Gore Rifkind Queer Grant 基金会奖（2021）《鹦鹉》作者/导演
提名 - 美国国家电影评论协会学生奖（2021）《二重奏》作者/导演
提名 - Marion Carter Green 基金会奖（2021）《二重奏》作者/导演
提名 - 最佳女导演 - Adrienne Shelly 基金会奖（2021）《二重奏》作者/导演
获奖 - 评审荣誉 - 哥伦比亚大学电影节（2021）《二重奏》作者/导演
获奖 - 最佳女导演 - 美国电影导演工会学生奖（2020）《二重奏》作者/导演