ARTIST

 

Zhuang Xiaowei

Art is nearly the strongest concept in the world. It brings in cultural exchange, and it ushers in every revolution in thought that follows it. A society with art can have an everlasting memory. Art is so crucial that most myths recording the origins of art attribute it to the gods, such as the Muses in Greek mythology. Early in time, humanity realized that great thoughts and important history were worth remembering, and they passed them on orally. Art worked with writing to record the thoughts, feelings, and events that needed to be preserved, and it led to the first explosion of communication in human history:even today in the age of computers, we still have not found a better symbol than a picture.

Education & Teaching (Selected)

NowProfessor - 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
1998-2000Master degree, School of Art & Design, University of Wolverhampton, England
1985-1987Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts, Hangzhou
1980-1981Central Academy of Arts & Design, Beijing
1976-1979Shanghai Arts and Crafts School, Shanghai


Awards / Grants (Selected)

2011Master of Chinese Glass Art
2005The First Chinese Academy Exhibition of Modern Arts and Crafts: Award of Academy (First Place)
1998Shanghai Science and Technology Awards(Third Prize)


Exhibitions (Selected)

2015The 17th Biennial Ausglass Conference, the JamFactory Craft and Design Centre Adelaide, Australia
2014Ahead 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.
2013Cheongju International Craft Biennale 2013, Cheongju International Craft Biennale Committee, Cheongju, South Korea
2011Contemporary 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
2006Exploration 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