Xuan
Video Projections
Xuan is a new media artist, filmmaker, and pianist working at the intersection of music, visual art, and technology. A trained classical pianist with a passion for “visual music,” she actively develops innovative, cross-disciplinary projects that broaden the scope of new music and performance.
She has collaborated with artists such as Glenn Kotche, Pierre Jodlowski, Ben Wendel, Nina Shekhar, Annika Socolofsky, Bec Plexus, Eighth Blackbird, Third Coast Percussion, Anzû Quartet, Akropolis Reed Quintet, ~Nois, Parhelion Trio, Rubiks Collective, and Ensemble Garage—which have led to live performances at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, the Smithsonian Museum of Art, the Baryshnikov Art Center, Constellation Chicago, SF Jazz, Le Poisson Rouge, Ad Astra Music Festival, the Mizzou International Composers Festival, CAP UCLA’s Tune In Festival 2021, and the Ojai Music Festival 2024.
Xuan was selected to create projections for Art on the MART (2021), the largest permanent digital art projection in the world on the 2.5-acre façade of the Merchandise Mart in Chicago, in collaboration with GRAMMY-winning ensemble Eighth Blackbird and world-renowned composer Michael Gordon. Her interactive installations have been exhibited at the ErsterErster Gallery in Berlin, DE, ibug Festival in Reinchenbach, DE, and Design Biennale 2019 in Zürich, CH, the RESCUE Residency in Santo Stefano di Magra, Italy, Sound Forms 2021 in Hong Kong, and at the Rail Yards in Albuquerque, as part of OneBeat’s 10th Anniversary celebration in 2022. She was an Artist-in-Residence at the 2023 Digital Graffiti Festival at Alys Beach, the 2023 ibug Festival for urbane Künst in Leipzig, and the ATLAS B2 space at CU Boulder in 2024, where in collaboration with composer Annika Socolofsky, created a 270 degree immersive sensory projection piece with 48 ambisonic speakers and live trombone choir.
A passionate advocate for cross-disciplinary collaboration and education, she has been invited to give lectures and workshops at The New School, Carnegie Mellon University, CU Boulder, USC, RIT, ASU and UNC Chapel Hill. Xuan is a graduate of The Eastman School of Music in piano performance and has studied Media Spaces at the BTK University of Art and Design in Berlin. She is honored to be a fellow of OneBeat 9 and the Blackbird Creative Lab 2018.
