ASSOC. PROF.
ZHUANG XIAOWEI

Memory, 2007
Kiln cast glass and polished
40cm x 38cm x 9cm

I aim to blend the seen and the unseen, and put ferocious logic together with a passion to go every which way, as if in a dream which is also an abstract of familiar. There is no such thing as a meaningful work of art that is unrelated to its time and here each glass piece relates to the particular element of its inception. At the same time there is an immense need for a sense of progression: something as different as anything could be from the wayward, empirical, multiple-minded, side-stepping procedure of I. In this way the energy of the work is released, freed for maximum use. I think that some experience, some thing not on the surface, but as deeply embedded in the material as in the artist himself, is the sentiment behind much of this creative endeavour.

Biography pdf

Zhuang Xiawei filler

Selected Biography

EDUCATION
1998 - 2000: Degree by Project, School of Arts & Design University of Wolverhampton.

WORK
2000 - present: Associate Professor, Head of the Glass studio, Fine Arts College of Shanghai University, China.
1991 - 1998: Lecturer in Fine Arts College of Shanghai University, China.
1985 - 1987: Studies in Zhe Jiang Fine Arts College of China.

EXHIBITIONS
2008: ‘the Third Modern Hand-craft Art Exhibition’ hosted by Fine Arts College of Tsinghua University, Nanjing Arts Institute, Fine Arts College of Shanghai University, Xi’an Arts Institute Shandong University of Art and Design, Shanghai Twocities Gallery, China.
2007: ‘Reflection: China Contemporary Glass Art’, Shanghai Twocities Gallery, China
2007: ‘SOFA International Sculpture and Design Art Exposition’ Chicago, USA.
2007: ‘Glass Art Exhibition 2007- sponsored by Shanghai Cultural Development Foundation’ and hosted by Shanghai LiuLi Museum.
2007: ‘Shanghai Contemporary Arts and Crafts Exhibition’ Shanghai Arts and Crafts Museum.
2006: ‘China Rises’, China Contemporary Glass Art’\’SOFA , Chicago, USA.
2006: ‘Chinese Glass Art in Development’, Hong Kong, China.
2005: ‘Casting the Poetic Quality - Zhuang Xiaowei’s Glass Art’. Hosted by ArtNetworking.com, Rui An Group, Shanghai.
2005: ‘The First Exhibition of Studio Glass’, Fine Arts College of Tsinghua University, Beijing.