Artist Curriculum Vitae

Bio

Xuan-Hui Ng is from Singapore and currently lives in Japan. Her solo exhibitions include “Interludes” (2021) at the Koslov Larsen Gallery in Houston and “Transcendence: Awakening the Soul” (2023) at the Griffin Museum of Photography in Boston. Her works were recently featured in Houston Center for Photography’s group exhibition “Rapt in Wonder” (2025).

She is a Critical Mass Top 50 Finalist in 2024 and a Top 200 Finalist in 2021, 2022 and 2023. Her work has been juried into exhibitions at the Davis Orton Gallery, Southeast Center for Photography, Texas Photographic Society, and Fotonostrum’s 17th and 18th Pollux Awards. She is the winner of both series and single image in the Nature category at the 20th Julia Margaret Cameron Award. She has been an artist lecturer at the Griffin Museum of Photography, Artquest Photo Workshops and various camera clubs. Publications of her work have been featured in What Will You Remember?, fotoMAGAZIN, PetaPixel, ON landscape, forum naturfotografie, Dodho Magazine, CURIOUS Photo blog, Float Magazine, Feature Shoot, Popular Photography (大众摄影）and The Southern Review.

In 2022, she was interviewed by BBC World Service’s Cultural Frontline on “Creativity and Mental Health”. She is a contributor to ELEMENTS landscape photography magazine and an instructor for Santa Fe Workshops.

She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Upcoming Exhibitions

  • 2027 – Center for Photographic Arts, Carmel, USA

  • 2026 – Curated by Naoko Ohta for Nobechi Creative at Hotel Otowa-No-Mori

Solo Exhibitions

  • 2023 – “Transcendence: Awakening the Soul”, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA

  • 2023 (online) – “A Gracious Breath”, Koslov Larsen Gallery, Houston, TX

  • 2021 – “Interludes”, Koslov Larsen Gallery, Houston, TX

Group Exhibitions

  • 2025 – “Rapt in Wonder”, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX

  • 2025 – Atlanta Airport Exhibition, juried by Dr Sarah Kennel, Atlanta, GA 

  • 2025 – Critical Mass Top 50 Exhibition, Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta, GA

  • 2023 – Head On Photo Awards Festival, Bondi Beach Promenade, Australia

  • 2023 – Atlanta Airport Exhibition, juried by Brian Piper PhD, Atlanta, GA 

  • 2023 – “One”, juried by Paula Tognarelli, New York Center for Photographic Art, NY

  • 2023 – “Fotofest reviewed”, Kolga Tbilisi Photo, Zurab Tsereteli Museum of Modern Art, Tbilisi, Georgia

  • 2023 –  “Inland / Outward”, Foto Relevance Gallery, Houston TX

  • 2022 – “TPS 30: The International Competition”, juried by Liz Wells, Center for Contemporary Arts, Abilene, TX

  • 2021 – “27th Juried Exhibition”, juried by Arnika Dawkins, Griffin Museum, Wincester, MA

  • 2021 – “7th Annual Group Show”, juried by Paula Tognarelli, Davis Orton Gallery, Wincester, MA

  • 2021 – “Flora”, juried by Wendi Schneider, SE Center for Photography, Greenville, SC

  • 2021 – “Diptych”, juried by Kevin Tully, A. Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX

  • 2021 – “Life”, juried by Alyssa Coppelman, A. Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX

 

Awards / Juried Exhibitions

  • 2024 – Critical Mass Photo Awards, Photolucida Finalist (Top 50)

  • 2023 – Head On Photo Awards Landscape Finalist

  • 2023 – Critical Mass Photo Awards, Photolucida, Finalist (Top 200)

  • 2023 – 20th Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers, juried by Elizabeth Avedon, Ann Jastrab and Elizabeth Krist

    • Nature – single images, Winner

    • Nature – series, Winner

  • 2022 – Dodho Color Awards 2022

  • 2022 – Critical Mass Photo Awards, Photolucida, Finalist (Top 200)

  • 2022 – 18th Pollux Awards, juried by Julio Hirsch-Hardy and FotoNostrum curators

    • Landscapes & Seascapes - single images, Honorable Mention

    • Nature - single images, Honorable Mention

    • Nature - series, Honorable Mention

  • 2021 – 17th Pollux Awards, juried by Julio Hirsch-Hardy and FotoNostrum curators

    • Landscapes & Seascapes - single images, Honorable Mention

    • Nature - single images, Honorable Mention

    • Nature - series, Honorable Mention

  • 2021 – Critical Mass Photo Awards, Photolucida, Finalist (Top 200)

  • 2021 – 16th Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers, juried by Barbara Davidson and Elisabeth Biondi

    • Nature (series), 2nd place

    • Landscapes & Seascapes (single image), 2nd place

    • Landscapes & Seascapes (single images), Honorable Mention

    • Landscapes & Seascapes (series), Honorable Mention

Interviews and Artist Talks

  • 2025 – “Transcendence”, Garden Club of Darien, CT, USA

  • 2024 – “Ephemeral Encounters”, Find Your Voice, UK

  • 2024 – “Ephemeral Encounters", Garden Club of America, NY, USA

  • 2024 – “In Nature’s Embrace”, Lehigh Valley Photography Club, PA, USA

  • 2023 – “In Nature’s Embrace”, Berks Photographic Society, PA, USA

  • 2022 – “Creativity and Mental Health”, BBC Cultural Frontline

  • 2022 – “Life is Beautiful”, Artquest Photo Workshops, Moncton, Canada

  • 2022 – “Chasing the Elements”, Lakeshore Camera Club, Montreal, Canada

  • 2022 – “Metamorphosis”, Griffin Museum, MA, USA

  • 2021 – “February Chat Chat”, Griffin Museum, MA, USA

 

Publications

 

Collaborations

 

Xuan’s Workshops / Tours

  • 2026 – Nobechi Creative “Autumn Odyssey in Central Hokkaido” (in-person)

  • 2026 – Santa Fe Workshops “Capturing Ephemeral Moments with Nature’s Toolkit” (in-person)

  • 2025 – Nobechi Creative “Spring in Central Hokkaido” (in-person)

  • 2024 – Santa Fe Workshops “Nature’s Embrace” (in-person)

  • 2023-2026 – Santa Fe Workshops “In Nature’s Embrace” (online)