1959   
Born in Beijing, China
1982   
Graduated from the Oil Painting Department, the Central Academy of Fine Arts
Now, vice professor of the Central Academy of Drama

Solo Exhibitions
2011
“Soliloquist – Xia Xiaowan Solo Exhibition”, aye gallery, Beijing, China
2010   
"Xia Xiaowan – Three Dimentional", Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing-Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland
2008
“XIA XIAOWAN: Landscapes with Soul”, Dolores de Sierra Gallery, Madrid, Spain    
“Early Spring: New Work by Xia Xiaowan”, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China    
“Early Spring: New Work by Xia Xiaowan”, Aye Gallery, Beijing, China
Installation Project of the Drama <Ming>, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing, China
2006
"Painting from the Inside", Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing-Lucerne, Beijing, China
2004
"Art of Xiaowan", Time Gallery, Qingdao, China
2003
“How do you see with your mind & body? -Xia xiaowan’s works on paper”, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
1998
“Looking Up”, SCHOENI Gallery, Hong Kong, China

Group Exhibitions
2011
“The Evolving Art - The Founding of the Institute of Contemporary Art of Academy of Arts&Design, Tsinghua University/THE Invitation Exhibition of Contemporary Art”, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
2010
“Reshaping History——Chinart form 2000 to 2009”, China National Convention Centre, Beijing, China
“Spirit of the East II - Bridging", Asia Art Center, Beijing, China
“The Tao of Now”, White Rabbit Museum, Sydney, Australia
2009
“The Official Opening of Minsheng Art Museum: Thirty Years of Chinese Contemporary Art 1979-2009”, Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai, China
"Body", Center of Contemporary Art Shangdong, Nanjing, China     
"The State of Things, Brussels/Beijing", BOZAR, Brussels, Belgium
"The State of Things, Brussels/Beijing", NAMOC, Beijing, China
“China’s Revision”, Eastation Gallery, Beijing, China
2008
"The Power of the Universe – the Exbition of Frontier Contemporary Chinese Art", Asia Art Centre, Beijing, China
"2007 Chinese Contemporary Art Document Exhibition", Yonghe Museum; The Wall Art Museum, Beijing, China
"2D-3D – Negotiating Visual Languages", PKM Gallery, Beijing, China
"Hypallage – the Post-Modern Mode of Chinese Contemporary Art", the OCT & Design Gallery, Shenzhen, China
"China’s Revision", Ludwig Museum, Koblenz, Germany
"Pursuing Source and Doctrine – Oil Painting Research Exhibition", the National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
"The Origin, the First Annual Moon River Sculpture Festival", Moon River Museum of Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
2007
"Living in Songzhuang", Songzhuang Art Museum, Beijing, China
"Imagination Becomes Reality", Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe, Germany
“Ecole de Beaux-Arts de la Réunion”, La Réunion, Paris, France
"Vanguardias Chinas", Dolores de Sierra Gallery, Madrid, Spain
"The Portrait of Zero Degree", Aye Gallery, Beijing, China
"The First Today’s Documents 2007", The Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
"85 New Wave – The Birth of Chinese Contemporary Art", Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
2006
"Mahjong – Chinesische Gegenwartskunst aus der Sammlung Sigg", Hamburg Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany   
"Hyper Design – the 6th Shanghai Biennale", Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
"The 2nd Biennale of Austria 2006", Klagenfurt, Austria
"Brush Hour 2", Space ieum, Beijing, China; Korea
2005
"Mahjong – Chinesische Gegenwartskunst aus der Sammlung Sigg", Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland
"Yellow River – A Review of New Chinese Oil Painting", National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
"Hand in Hand with the New Century – The Third Exhibition of Chinese Oil Painting", National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
“Pingyao International Photography Festival”，Pingyao, China
2004
"2004 Asia Contemporary Art Exhibition", Gwangju, Korea
"Posers – Group Exhibition of Courtyard Gallery Artists", Courtyard Gallery, Beijing, China
"Appropriation and Pastiche – Pittura, fotografia e video dalla Cina. Special Project in Gotha VII", Parma, Italiy
2002
"The International Sketch Art", China, England, Australia
"Vigor of the Century – Contemporary Art of Chinese 50 Artists", China Millennium Monument, Beijing, China
2001
"Anxiety: The Drawn Figure", The University of New South Wales College of Fine Arts, New South Wales, Australia     
"Chengdu Biennale", Chengdu, China
2000
"20th Century Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition", National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
1998
“The Mediawave Festival”, Györ, Hungary
1996
"Restarting", the Palace Museum, Beijing, China
"Group Exhibition in Düsseldorf", Düsseldorf, Germany
1995
"The April Exhibition", the Gallery of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, China
1994
"The Annual Exhibition of Works of the artists Nominated by Art Critics", National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
1992
"Chinese New Art Post 1989", Marlborough Gallery, London, UK; Sydney, Australia
1991
"The March Exhibition", the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
"Chinese New Art Post 1989", Hong Kong Arts Center, Hong Kong, China
1988
"An Exhibition of Modern Chinese Art", National Museum of China, Beijing, China
1987
"Towards the Future", Beijing Museum of Art, Beijing, China
1985
"The November Exhibtion", the Palace Museum, Beijing, China

Award
"Martell Artists of the Year 2008", Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou; Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai; Today Art museum, Beijing, China