Zadie Xa

Zadie Xa (born 1983) is a Korean-Canadian visual artist who combines sculpture, painting, light, sound, video, and performance to create immersive multi-media experiences. Drawing inspiration from fields such as ecology, science fiction, and ancient religions, her work explores how beings imagine and inhabit their worlds. Her work is centered on otherness and is informed by personal experience within the Korean diaspora, as well as by environmental and cultural contexts of the Pacific Northwest.

Xa's work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions at numerous galleries in Canada, the United States, and Europe, including Serpentine Gallery in London, UK; Palais de Tokyo, in Paris, France; Polygon Gallery in North Vancouver, British Columbia; and Remai Modern in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, among others. Xa's work is also in the holdings of the permanent collection at The Box, Plymouth (previously the Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery).

In addition, Xa has been a participant in the 58th Venice Biennale in 2019, the 13th Shanghai Biennale in 2020, and Frieze Live 2020.

In 2020, Xa was a recipient of the Sobey Art Award, Canada's largest prize for young Canadian artists. In 2025, she was nominated for the Turner Prize.