Dann Xiao is a multidisciplinary artist based in London who works between fine art and experimental theatre. Dann holds a MA degree at the Royal College of Art in Contemporary Art Practice. She is currently studying MA Performance: Design and Practice at Central Saint Martins.
Dann’s practice creates a scenography that reinterprets the nature of nature, and the meaning of objet trouvé, providing solutions to certain problems that may cause more problems.
Dann was part of My Room is Another Fishbowl (2024) at the Westbourne Grove Church, curated by Sunjoo Jung. Where she showed a diverse collection of sculptures, performance, poems and drawings. Other selected group programs including All Fish Are Dead Fish (2023, RCA), About Time (2024, Swan Fall Art), Ruthin International Arts Festival (2024, Ruthin) and Wasteland Art Week (2025, ART Zhongshan-Impression Qijiang). She has co-curated programs including Wáng: a group exhibition for art school students. She also works in various fields like styling/makeup design, album design, art direction, and movement direction. Her works have been delivered as part of mixed programs at Tate Modern (2023) and the Prince Charles Cinema (2023).
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