XIAO TAI

BC770, 2006
Cast glass with copper powder
fused on surface, partly polished
23cm x 12cm x 46cm

BC770 was the initial year of “spring & autumn period” in ancient China. Freedom and war, contention and tolerance were the characters of that period. The material glass is still in cradle in BC770 in China and this work really opens out the spirit of that time and also shows my respect for that period.

The power of our being comes from the harmony between people and nature. As a material, glass can also merge into other materials, like the harmonious connection between my heart and the glass. So the viewpoint to material is not only physical, but also the harmony of the form and the soul.

Creation is the expression of our innermost thoughts, the form is not the whole, life and emotion are the most important, though I have never reached to the deep ocean by myself. Creation can give emotion to the work through the sensation of material itself.

Biography pdf

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Selected Biography

EDUCATION
2003 - 2006: Master of Art (Glass), Fine Arts College, Shanghai University, China.
2001 - 2003: Master Study In Art & Design, Fine Arts College, Shanghai University, China.
1996 - 2000: BA (Hons) - Art Education, East China Normal University, China.

EXHIBITIONS
2007: Refraction: China’s Contemporary Glass, Shanghai Twocities Gallery, China.
2006: “First Generation Chinese Glass Artists”, Shanghai Twocities Gallery, China.
2006: The 1th Chinese International Industry Expo, Shanghai, China.
2005: The 1th National Morden Crafts Exhibition, Beijing, China.
2005: The 17th Japanese -Sino Art Exhibition, Osaka, Japan.
2005: The 1th Exhibition of Studio Glass Art, Beijing, China.
2005: The 2th National Exhibition of Art Glass, Shanghai, China.
2004: The 1th National Exhibition of Art Glass, Beijing, China.

PUBLICATIONS
2008: Essay ”Analyzed Technique Form Through the Tom Patti’s Glass Art”. Published In The Magazine “Sculpture”, 2008, No.2.
2008: Essay ”Glass Printing” Published In The Magazine “Shanghai Art & Crafts”, 2008, No.1.
2008: Essay ”The Revival of Pâte-de-Verre in Glass Art” Published In The Magazine “Zhuangshi”, 2008, No.1
2007: Essay “The Lang. Of Instructive Technique Support In Glass Art” Published In The Magazine “Journal of Shanghai Second Polytechnic University”, 2007, No.4 (55).
2006: “Fishes” Published In The Book “Come Down & Surpass- Chinese Morden Crafts”.
2006: Essay “Liquid Rocks- Studio Glass Art” Published In The Magazine “Fashion Home”, 2006, No.4.
2005: “Harmony “ Published In The Magazine “Art & Design”, 2005, No.7 (147).