Born in 1970 in Harbin, China, Cui graduated from the Fine Arts Department of Northeast Normal Uni- versity in 1990 and afterwards from the Oil Painting Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts in 1996. Her works appeared in solo exhibitions like "Cui Xiuwen" (2005, Italy; China & 2006, Los Angeles); "Angel: Cui Xiuwen's Solo Exhibition" (2007, Milan); "Quarter: Cui Xiuwen's Solo Exhi- bition" (2007, Florence Museum, Italy). She also attended numerous group exhibitions like "Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China" (2005, London); "Women in A Society of Double-sexuality" (2006, Bangkok, Thailand); "To- day's Documents" (2007, Beijing); "China - Facing Reality" (2007, Vienna, Austria); "China Comes" (2007, Naples, Italy).