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==Exhibition==
The gallery space was inaugurated by a grand group exhibition, ''Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)'', which featured a roster of artists from China and abroad, including Liu Wei, Liang Yuanwei, [[Cheng Ran (artist)|Cheng Ran]], [[Chen Wei (artist)|Chen Wei]], [[Gabriel Lester]], and Sun Xun.<ref>"Group Exhibition: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)." ''Asia Art Archive''. Asia Art Archive, n.d. Web. 26 July 2013. <http://www.aaa.org.hk/WorldEvents/Details/18555 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808052822/http://www.aaa.org.hk/WorldEvents/Details/18555 |date=2014-08-08 }}>.</ref>
Subsequent exhibitions included a series of solo exhibitions by young Chinese artists, such as [[Cheng Ran (artist)|Cheng Ran]] (''Cheng Ran: What Why Now''), [[Chen Wei (artist)|Chen Wei]] (''Chen Wei: More''), [[Liu Chuang (artist)|Liu Chuang]] (''Liu Chuang: Works #16-21)'', Michael Lin (''Michael Lin: Shanghai Daily''), [[Cui Jie]] (''Cui Jie''), and [[Guo Hongwei]] (''Guo Hongwei: Editing'').
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==Off-site projects==
Leo Xu Projects also collaborates with other institutions and organizations on off-site projects, including ''Voyage: Recent Videos by Young Chinese Artists'' at ShContemporary Art Fair 2011, ''ArtistTalk: Apichatpong Weerasethakul''<ref>"ARTIST TALK: APICHATPONG WEERASETHAKUL." ''Rockbund Art Museum''. Rockbund Art Museum, n.d. Web. 26 July 2013. <http://www.rockbundartmuseum.org/en/en_activityDetail.asp?id=279{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}>.</ref> and ''Artist Talk: Timespace'' by Gabriel Lester<ref>"ARTIST TALK: TIMESPACE." ''Rockbund Art Museum''. Rockbund Art Museum, n.d. Web. 26 July 2013. <http://www.rockbundartmuseum.org/en/en_activityDetail.asp?id=314 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130914034411/http://www.rockbundartmuseum.org/en/en_activityDetail.asp?id=314 |date=2013-09-14 }}>.</ref> at Rockbund Art Museum in Shanghai, and ''Shanghai Surprise'', a project realized through the collective effort of Leo Xu and Azure Wu that comprises two parts: a group exhibition featuring young Chinese and expat authors who boast a close affiliation with the city in either geographical or cultural terms, and a mobile library that captures Shanghai’s transforming cultural landscape.<ref>"「上海」上海惊奇：一场关于上海当代艺术的群展." ''豆瓣''. Douban.com, n.d. Web. 26 July 2013. <http://www.douban.com/event/18328876/>.</ref>
Leo Xu Projects also contributed to Michael Lin's solo exhibition ''Model Home: A Proposition by Michael Lin'',<ref>[http://www.rockbundartmuseum.org/en/en_exhibitions_exhibitionDetail.asp?id=155 ''Model Home: A Proposition by Michael Lin''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325230816/http://www.rockbundartmuseum.org/en/en_exhibitions_exhibitionDetail.asp?id=155 |date=2012-03-25 }}</ref> mounted at Shanghai Rockbund Art Museum in the spring of 2012.<ref name="ModelHome">"Model Home: A Proposition by Michael Lin." ''Rockbund Art Museum''. Rockbund Art Museum, n.d. Web. 26 July 2013. <{{cite web |url=http://www.rockbundartmuseum.org/en/en_exhibitions_exhibitionDetail.asp?id=155 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-04-01 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325230816/http://www.rockbundartmuseum.org/en/en_exhibitions_exhibitionDetail.asp?id=155 |archivedate=2012-03-25 |df= }}>.</ref> The exhibition was intended as a response to the Bauhaus contention that architecture should serve as a vehicle through which multiple forms of art, including architecture, painting and sculpture, are combined and integrated as a single unity.<ref name="ModelHome"/> The show was realized through the collective effort by Michael Lin and several other artists. [[Cheng Ran (artist)|Cheng Ran]] produced a ten-channel video installation that incorporates a documentary of the making of Lin's Model Home, as well as footage on the architectural environment and people.<ref name="ModelHome"/> Dutch artist [[Gabriel Lester]] gave a talk on the relationship between time and space as part of the exhibition program.<ref name="ModelHome"/> Leo Xu curated a sound project that extended the exhibition into a subtle soundscape that further facilitates the philosophical rumination over the dynamics between architecture, people, and urban landscape.<ref name="ModelHome"/>
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