Chen Xiao was born in gentlefolk in Zhejiang Province and began his learning tour in different parts of China in 1979. He repeatedly took part in Zhejiang 85 New Space Exhibition, Zhejiang Art Exhibitions and The National Art Exhibitions. In 1986, Chen Xiao began to study abroad in Australia and in 1988 he migrated to New Zealand, and graduated from Academy of Fine Arts in New Zealand Oakland University as Visual arts graduate student. From 1992 to 1998, Chen Xiao has traveled more than 40 countries all over the world, visiting various galleries and museums, giving lectures in many world famous arts colleges for art exchange.

In the process of creating arts, Chen Xiao has been committed to exploring the relationship between oriental elements and artistic spirit of western idealism, and pointed out the local multicultural values of New Zealand, and described the idealism spirit world of the westerners with aesthetic expressionism technique, so as to show the social beliefs, religious beliefs, contemporary thoughts and feelings of New Zealand which is full of multicultural values. His works have won attention and are studied extensively by the mainstream western art critics.