Education & Teaching (Selected)
Now | Professor - Director of Glass Studio, Ph.D. supervisor, Fine Arts College of Shanghai University, China Honorary Professor - University of Wolverhampton, England Director of Culture & Arts Branch - Shanghai Overseas Returned Scholars Association, China |
1998-2000 | Master degree, School of Art & Design, University of Wolverhampton, England |
1985-1987 | Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts, Hangzhou |
1980-1981 | Central Academy of Arts & Design, Beijing |
1976-1979 | Shanghai Arts and Crafts School, Shanghai |
Awards / Grants (Selected)
2011 | Master of Chinese Glass Art |
2005 | The First Chinese Academy Exhibition of Modern Arts and Crafts: Award of Academy (First Place) |
1998 | Shanghai Science and Technology Awards(Third Prize) |
Exhibitions (Selected)
2015 | The 17th Biennial Ausglass Conference, the JamFactory Craft and Design Centre Adelaide, Australia |
2014 | Ahead of the Curve:New China from China, Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, UK The International Exposition of Sculpture Objects & Functional Art (SOFA), Chicago, U.S.A. |
2013 | Cheongju International Craft Biennale 2013, Cheongju International Craft Biennale Committee, Cheongju, South Korea |
2011 | Contemporary Art Glass in Asia, Hong Kong International Glass Association, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kon Poetics of the Handmade:Contemporary Glass by Xiaowei Zhuang, National College of Art & Design (NCAD Gallery), Dublin, Ireland travelling to CIT Crawford College of Art & Design (Wandesford Quay Gallery), Cork, Ireland |
2006 | Exploration amid Excitement:Exhibitions of Personal Works by Zhuang Xiaowei, Galerie VEE, Wellington Center, Hong Kong, China |
Collections (Selected)
2015 Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, UK
2015 Wagga Wagga Art Museum, Australia
2012 University of Wolverhampton, UK
2011 Cork City Council of Ireland
2011 National College of Art & Design(NCAD Gallery), Dublin, Ireland
2008 Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung Arts Foundation, Munich, Germany
2007 National Museums Scotland
2005 University of Moscow, Russia
2000 Embassy of the People’s Republic of China, UK