Long Xi Vlessing
longxivlessing@gmail.com
Born 2000, Vancouver, British Columbia
Lives in Montréal, Québec
EDUCATION
2022 BA Specialisation in Communication Studies, Great Distinction, Concordia University, Montréal
2021 Charles Gagnon Award, Department of Communication Studies, Concordia University, Montréal
2018 British Columbia Achievement Award and District Award in Applied Design, Skills and Technologies, Government of British Columbia
SOLO EXHIBITION
2023 A Bag Full of Acorns, A Bag Full of Ashes, Gallery Gachet, Vancouver
2021 ISO, 16 E Cordova, Vancouver
GROUP EXHIBITION
2026 Proof 32, Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography, Toronto
2026 Another Room, Gallery 881, Vancouver
2026 Topographies of Self, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA, USA
2025 Photos on Fridges, Harkawik, New York City, USA
2025 Around Back by the Tracks, 183 Bates, Montréal
2025 无界 Unbounded, Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Xiamen, China
2024 for the love of the game, Céline Bureau / Espace Loulou, Montréal
2024 Lilypad Magazine: F*ck, what’s my job today? Waste Space, London, UK
2024 Wide Open, 32 Rue Beaurepaire, Paris, France
2024 Where I’m From 我的家, Gallery 881, Vancouver
2023 Scorch, Rialto Theatre, Montréal
2023 Head, Dillon Ojo Fest, Montréal
2021 Hauntography, 4th Space Concordia, Montréal
2021 Quarantine Qapsule, Emily Carr University of Art and Design eLibrary, Vancouver
RESIDENCIES
2026 Céline Bureau, Montréal
ARTIST TALKS
2023 Blanket Song / Maternal Instinct, The Polygon Gallery, North Vancouver
CURATION
2026 Concordia Photo Collective exhibition, Eastern Bloc, Montréal
MONOGRAPHS
2026 Half of love is still Love, Hard Liver
2021 ISO, self-published
FILM
Blanket Song, short film, 2021:
2024 Gallery 881, Vancouver
2023 Seattle Asian American Film Festival
2023 Vancouver Short Film Festival
2023 The Polygon Gallery, North Vancouver
2023 Pebbles Underground Film and Video Festival, Toronto
2023 A Living Taste Gallery, Vancouver
2023 Gathering Place Community Centre, Vancouver
2022 Vancouver Chinese Film Festival
2022 Vancouver International Youth Film Festival
2022 Concordia Film Festival, Montréal
2022 International New West Film Fest, New Westminster, BC
2023 Seattle Asian American Film Festival
2023 Vancouver Short Film Festival
2023 The Polygon Gallery, North Vancouver
2023 Pebbles Underground Film and Video Festival, Toronto
2023 A Living Taste Gallery, Vancouver
2023 Gathering Place Community Centre, Vancouver
2022 Vancouver Chinese Film Festival
2022 Vancouver International Youth Film Festival
2022 Concordia Film Festival, Montréal
2022 International New West Film Fest, New Westminster, BC
Portraits d’arbres de Montréal, video collaboration with CitéStudio Montréal, 2019
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2022-2026 SSENSE, Montréal. Fashion Photographer
2022-2025 Cinema Politica, Montréal. Film Programmer
2021-2022 Orphan Film Symposium, New York University & Concordia University, Montréal. Visual Director
SELECTED PRESS / PUBLICATION
2026 Photos on Fridges, Juxtapoz Magazine, San Francisco, USA
2025 Andrew Russeth, Art Galleries to See in December, The New York Times, New York City, USA
2025 Jerry Saltz, The Best Art Shows of 2025, New York Magazine, New York City, USA
2025 Milly Watson, Photos on Fridges, Musée Magazine, New York City, USA
2025 Divine Angubua, Long Xi Vlessing’s Queens of the Night, Liminul Magazine, Toronto
2024 Silver Steak, Wooden Spoon, Community Service Magazine, Montréal
2024 Getting Over My Fear of Balloons, Lilypad Magazine, New York City, USA
2023 Long Xi Vlessing: ISO, Suko Magazine, Montréal
2020 You say you love my waist but that means nothing to me because a body is a body is a body is a body, Aqua Regia Magazine, Vancouver
COLLECTIONS
A Bag Full of Acorns, A Bag Full of Ashes:
2024 Concordia University Visual Collections Repository, Montréal
ISO:
2024 Hard Liver Library, Vancouver
2021 Emily Carr University of Art and Design eLibrary, Vancouver
2021 Canton-sardine Library, Vancouver
2021 Lasalu Art Library, Taipei
2021 British Columbia Quarantine Qapsule