Emily Xie: links
Selected bibliography and resources documenting Emily Xie's practice, with emphasis on interviews, critical writing, exhibitions, and institutional contexts.
In the AB[500]: Art Blocks
Memories of Qilin (1,024 editions) was released on 21 March 2022 through Art Blocks Curated and remains the artist's most widely recognized project.
Art Blocks collection page ↗Interviews
Emily Xie discusses her transition from software engineering to full-time generative art and the six-month development process behind Memories of Qilin.
In Conversation with Emily Xie ↗Emily Xie reflects on childhood, career milestones, and the conceptual role of the qilin in a wide-ranging profile published on Substack.
The Curiosity and Ambition of Emily Xie ↗Xie speaks with LACMA's Unframed about the aesthetic influence of ukiyo-e and Chinese brushwork on her generative approach to mythology.
Remembrance of Things Future conversation ↗Press and criticism
Artnet reports on Xie's Interwoven project, a generative reinterpretation of a 100-year-old quilt from the LACMA collection released in collaboration with Cactoid Labs.
Artnet news on Interwoven ↗Observer covers the 2024 Lumen Prize and notes Xie's finalist status for both Memories of Qilin and Interwoven.
Observer Lumen Prize interview ↗Museums and institutions
Art Blocks published a reflective essay by curator Jean-Michel Pailhon examining the quiet wonder and cultural bridging achieved in Memories of Qilin.
Reflection on Emily Xie's Memories of Qilin ↗LACMA's Unframed platform hosted an extended conversation situating Xie's blockchain experiments within broader questions of memory and technology.
LACMA Unframed conversation ↗Galleries and exhibitions
Glitch Gallery presented a solo exhibition of Memories of Qilin prints in Marfa, Texas, in 2023, testing the works at large scale within a desert context.
Every 30 Days exhibition ↗Standard Vision curated a site-specific showcase of selected Memories of Qilin outputs in 2025, exploring architectural-scale presentation.
StandardVision artist showcase ↗Proof of Concept gallery in Singapore featured Xie in a group presentation of generative and NFT-based artists.
Proof of Concept exhibition ↗Essays, talks and podcasts
Avant Arte published an essay exploring Xie's use of generative algorithms to construct new forms of digital materiality rooted in textile traditions.
Emily Xie: Plastic Code ↗TASCHEN's 2024 collector's edition ON NFTs includes an essay on Memories of Qilin by Tyler Hobbs alongside Xie's own contribution.
ON NFTs catalogue ↗SquiggleDAO produced a video conversation tracing Xie's path from software engineer to visual artist working with code and computation.
S2E7 Emily Xie interview ↗An Apple Podcasts episode examines Xie's emotive approach to AI and computational image-making.
Emotive Creations podcast ↗Auctions and catalogues
Sotheby's offered Memories of Qilin #1010 in its Digital Art Day Sale, documenting secondary-market engagement with the collection.
Sotheby's Digital Art Day Sale lot ↗Artnet maintains an auction archive page for Memories of Qilin #1010, recording price history and provenance details.
Artnet auction record ↗MutualArt tracks multiple Memories of Qilin lots and notes percentage performance relative to estimates.
MutualArt artist auction data ↗Profiles and archives
Verse.works maintains a dedicated artist page documenting Xie's New York-based practice and key projects.
Verse artist profile ↗Le Random provides a concise profile emphasizing Xie's interest in organic textures generated through algorithmic means.
Le Random artist profile ↗Proof.xyz hosts an artist profile highlighting Xie's background in engineering and her focus on lifelike forms.
Proof.xyz artist profile ↗OpenSea published a profile framing Xie as a generative artist fusing code, myth, and textile traditions.
OpenSea blog profile ↗AskArt maintains a biographical entry noting Xie's birth year and New York residence.
AskArt biography ↗Art Blocks artist directory entry summarizes Xie's algorithmic approach and cultural references.
Art Blocks artist page ↗