“Memory cannot be defined, yet it defines mankind.”
————Ghost In The Shell
Video by Xilin Wei,
Portland, ME, 2018.
My debut in Chicago!
Nov 2024
One of the joys of painting on the street is meeting all kinds of people: police officers, proposing couples, lively high school students, and talented photographers from all over the world.
Creative Portland: Time & Temperature
2024-2025
"Christmas Eve" enters the gallery!
Portland Press Herald: Let's Put Him Up
September 2023
Am I famous?
Encounters: Immersive Art Exhibit
August 1st - September 1st, 2023
My first job after graduation: working for the Encounters team as an exhibiting artist and Docent.
Graduation
2023 Summer
Xilin and MECA&D President Laura Freid at the 2023 MECA&D Graduation Ceremony.
“Behind the Scenes”: Graduation Project
2023 Summer
Xilin's graduation exhibition enters the countdown to installation
Studio Photo
2023 Summer
Xilin took his last and only photo of himself with the studio a few days before leaving the academy.
Natural light: Painting Outside
2023 Summer
Xilin goes to the beach to paint from life with his new friend Grace Maybury.
“Behind the Scenes”: Metal Art
Students in the sculpture department, armed from head to toe, are pouring hot aluminum metal into sand molds
