Dan Xu immigrated to Canada in the January of 2001 and has lived in Saint John ever since; creating many artworks of landscapes and historic sites during this time. During the five years between 2012 and 2017, she received three NB art grants for her visual art projects. From 2014 to 2017, three exhibitions for the first two grants were made. In 2012 and 2017, the paintings Millidgeville Tucker Park Beach and Uptown of Saint John were purchased by the NB Art Bank. Her paintings mostly present the local landscapes and historic sites from the Greater Saint John area.