XUE LU (Shelly)

Winter Landscape, 2006/7
Kiln-formed glass
15.8cm diameter

This series of work is inspired by the natural landscape in the UK. The ideas and methods that applied to create these pieces were also informed by the traditions of Chinese ink painting and Qing dynasty Chinese glass.

Most of my works have elegant simple forms and reveal opal quality of the glass material, which echoes the cultural history of Chinese art and craft.

Biography pdf

Xue Lu filler

Selected Biography

EXHIBITIONS
2007 - present: Visiting Lecturer and set up glass studio at Shanghai Institute of Visual art.
2006 - present: PhD Student - Glass Art, School of Art and Design, University of Wolverhampton, UK.
2004 - 2005: Master of Art (Glass), School of Art and Design, University of Wolverhampton, UK.
2003 - 2004: Master Study in Glass Art, Fine Arts College, Shanghai University, China.
1999 - 2003: BA(Hons) - Environment Design, Fine Arts College, Shanghai University, China.

EXHIBITIONS
2008: The Third Annual Modern Hand-crafted Art Exhibition, Shanghai Twocities Gallery, China.
2007: ‘Refraction’ , Shanghai Twocities gallery, China.
2007: New Designers, London Business Design Center, UK.
2007: ‘Parallels and Connections - A Ceramic and Glass Research Student Conference Exhibition’ , Sunderland University, UK.
2006: ‘New Wave: Studio Glass Now’ , Shanghai Twocities gallery, China.
2006: ‘Shanghai Art Fair Emerging Artists Exhibition 2006’ , China.
2006: ‘In the name of material’ , HSS Art Centre, Shanghai, China.
2005: ‘Materialise’ – MA Exhibition 2005, University of Wolverhampton.
2005: ‘Objects of Desire - The Art of Collecting’ , show of Chinese artists in the UK, Royal International Pavilion, Llangollen, Wales, UK.
2004: ‘The 10th National Exhibition of Arts - Art and Design works’ , Shanghai Art Museum, China.

AWARDS
2004: Work ‘Rain No.1’ won the First Prize Award in the exhibition of ‘2004 Art Glass in China’ , Beijing, China

COLLECTIONS
‘Vessel Series 1’ collected by Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung, Munchen, Germany.
‘Vessel Series 2’ collected by Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung, Munchen, Germany.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2008: Xue, L. The Practical methods of Chinese glass in the Qing Dynasty and Contemporary Periods. Journal of Shanghai Arts & Crafts, 1(95), pp.97-99. (Chinese Version)
2008: Xue, L. Contemporary Chinese Glass in Academia. In Wang, D.W. (eds) The Third Annual Modern Hand-crafted Art Exhibition Paper. Shanghai: Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House, pp.60-64. (Chinese Version)
2007: Cummings, K. 玻璃艺术之窑制技法 [Techniques of Kiln-formed Glass] (X. Cheng, and L. Xue, trans). Beijing: China Technology of Architecture Press.