1958年生于浙江黄岩，毕业于中国美院（原浙江美院）77级油画系。1984年始任教于中国美院油画系。1986年随国际著名壁挂艺术大师万曼. 瓦尔班诺夫筹建了万曼艺术壁挂研究所。期间参与发起“85新潮”重要团体的“85新空间”。1989年赴美举办画展并定居纽约。2012年获聘南昌大学艺术与设计学院教授。现居纽约工作与生活。
Born in Huangyan, Zhejiang Province in 1958, graduated from the 77th Grade Oil Painting Department of China Academy of Art (formerly Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts). In 1984, he began to teach in the Oil Painting Department of China Academy of Art. He worked first as an assistant professor, then as the assistant of the artist Maryn Varbanov at the Varbanov Tapestry Studio in 1986. During that time, Xu co-founded the " '85 New Space" group that became an important part of the " '85 New Wave" movement. In 1989, he went to the United States to hold an art exhibition and settled in New York. In 2012, he was hired as a professor at the School of Art and Design of Nanchang University. Lives and works in New York.
个展 Solo Exhibition：
2024 潮，海尚艺术中心，南京，中国
2019 万物有灵，东画廓，上海，中国
2018 别梦依稀，西溪艺得美术馆，杭州，中国
2018 在梦中呼吸Breath in Dreams，Grady Alexis Gallery，纽约，美国
2018 对.话，宁波美朮馆，宁波，中国
2017 迸发Scintillation，MKTG，纽约，美国
2016 星晨破晓，西五艺术中心，北京，中国
2013 在梦幻与梦魇之间，M50上大美院99创意中心，上海，中国
2010 纽约.纽约，静泉画廊，波士顿，美国
2008 生与死，虹庙画廊，上海，中国
2008 徐进纸上作品展，苏州美术馆，苏州，中国
2007 纽约地铁故事，静泉画廊，波士顿，美国
群展 Group Exhibition：
1989 现代艺术展，北京，中国
获奖 Award：
1987 法国艺术家协会授予“1987年法国艺术对话奖”
