Tingting Xiao
About Me.
Bio
Tingting Xiao is a London-based handweaver, visual artist, weaving facilitator, and a member of Young Craft Citizen. Her practice explores the emotional and spiritual dimensions of Asian natural yarns through handweaving, natural dyeing, and textile installation. Influenced by her cultural roots, she blends traditional craft with contemporary design, emphasizing material sensitivity and sustainable making. She holds a Master's degree in Textile Design from Chelsea College of Arts and has trained in handweaving and dyeing techniques in Thailand and China. Her work has been featured in London Craft Week (Deptford and Soho), and exhibited at Brick Lane Gallery and Peckham Levels.
education background
Sep 2022-Dec 2023
University of the arts London
Major: Textile Design Degree: Master
Sep 2014- Feb 2019
York University
Major: Financial Economics Degree: Bachelor of Arts
experience
Jan 2024 - Feb 2024
Studio assistant
FaiSorKam Studio
May 2023 - Sep 2023
Research Assistant
UAL X Karighor Archive, Chelsea College of Art, University of the Arts London
Apr 2020 - Nov 2021
Product manager assistant / kids’ qipao designer
Jingsheng (Shenzhen) Cultural Creative Aesthetics Co., Ltd, shenzhen
Mar 2019 - Sep 2019
Fashion designer assistant
Kira & Yanng Shenzhen Misi Vintage Clothing Co., Ltd, shenzhen
exhibition
2025
October - 2026 Jan(upcoming) ARTwear, Visions Museum of Textile Art, San Diego, California
What Holds, What Drifts, 3x3 Art space, Tokyo
The Softness Outside of Me (London Craft Week), 19 Beak Street
Resonance: Echoes of Material and Memory (London Craft Week), Deptford Market Yard —
2024
Playground, Bargehouse, OXO Tower Wharf, London
Window show at Window 135 gallery space, London
Stranger. outsider. wander, ST.Art Gallery, London
Form follows__? collective exhibition at Pecham levels, London
The edge of the 9 heavens, Putney library, London
2023
MA design show at Millbank Tower Podium, london
ual MA textile design interim show in camberwell college of arts, london
karighor archive exhibition, The lab E20, london
2022
TheForm Dyeing & Weaving Studio student work show, hangzhou
