Rei Xiao’s practice explores trauma and multiplicity, informed by their Chinese-Turkish lineage, childhood isolation, and displacement. Self-portraiture, memory, and metaphysical elements shape liminal spaces where human, animal, and object intersect as hybrid beings in their work. Xiao earned a BFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University (2019–2023) and studied at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London (2022). Recent exhibitions include the solo exhibition The Flea and the Acrobat (2025) at Fragment Gallery, New York, and group exhibitions at September Gallery, Kinderhook, NY; The Macedonia Institute, Ghent, NY; the Muskegon Museum of Art as part of The Bennett Prize 4: Rising Voices; and A Collector’s Story: Taviloğlu Collection (2024) in Istanbul, Turkey.