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Hsiao-Ai Wang is a mixed media artist whose work is a constant study of Chinese culture and the meditative process.
A graduate of the California College of the Arts, Ai has also participated in artist residencies in Finland and the countryside of Japan where she learned the importance of detail and the joy of self reflection when alone. Currently living in Taiwan, she was most recently commissioned for a piece by the prestigious French restaurant Le Lapin in Macau. |
EDUCATION |
2011-2014
California College of the Arts, BFA Jewelry/Metal Arts |
SOLO EXHIBITION |
2014
TEAR FORMATION: College Ave. Galleries, Oakland, CA 2018 Luminous: Zen Center of Sunnyvale, Sunnyvale,CA |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS-Metal |
2012
Ring show 360 Degrees (Invitational): College Avenue Galleries, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA 2013 National Student Exhibition: The 34th Yuma Symposium, Yuma Art Gallery,Yuma, AZ Collateral: The Bank Show (Invitational): College Avenue Galleries, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA Aquatic Mirage: College Avenue Galleries, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA A+ Connection (Student Show): Bioethics to Going Green: The Compound Gallery & Studio,Oakland, CA 2014 ITAMI International Craft Exhibition (Juried, International): The Museum of Arts & Crafts. Itami, Hyogo, Japan What's So Funny: A Show on Humor in Adornment(co-curated by Hsiao-Ai Wang) Isabel Percy West Gallery, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA The White Room: College Avenue Galleries, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA The Mood of Rain: College Avenue Galleries, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA Ring Show: 360 Degrees: College Avenue Galleries, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA Changing Hues (Juried, National): Colors Embraced by Metalsmiths Around the World http://www.ganoksin.com/exhibition/changing-hues 2015 "Exhibition in Print" Moved by Metal: On Beauty as Interaction: The Center for Craft Creativity and Design, Asheville, NC 2016 Shiro Oni Art Residency Exhibition ,Gunma, Japan 2017 Plate Glass (Enamelist Society Conference), Arrowmont School of Art and Crafts, Gatlinburg TN 2018 Plate Glass, Fancy Gallery, Seattle WA Plate Glass, Society of North American Goldsmiths(SNAG), Potland, OR |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS-Painting |
2011
Taiwan and Chongming: Chongming Island Art Gallery, Chongming, China 2014 The Art of Friendship Fulfilling the China Dream: Chongming Museum of Art, Chongming, China |
COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
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2013
SuperMaKids x Hsiao Ai Wang Collaborating with children’s clothing store-SuperMaKid to teach children the basic understanding of Chinese painting and to do the Chinese painting. Exhibited my own Chinese painting with the subject that is approachable to children. 2015 Mom! What should I wear today? x Hsiao Ai Wang Collaborating with children’s fashion book to do illustration Le Lapin Commissioned wall piece Moonlight for French restaurant Le Lapin in Macau. |
ACHIEVEMENTS |
2010
Yuma Symposium of Art traveling grant |
AWARDS |
2015
Niche Award Finalist: Metal, Non-Wearable- Functional |
TELEVISION |
2012
“The Map of Hundred Artisan” DaAi TV, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, July 30,2012 Being featured on this show while being an apprentice at Hong studio. |
PRESS |
2014
Handful of salt: 2014 Best of the ACC http://www.handfulofsalt.com/acc-sf-show-2014-wrap/ 2015 "Exhibition in Print" Moved by Metal: On Beauty as Interaction http://www.snagmetalsmith.org/metalsmith-magazine/exhibition-in-print-archive/ |
SHOW/DISPLAY |
2013
American Craft Council(Juried), San Francisco, CA 2014 American Craft Council(Juried), San Francisco, CA |
ARTIST RESIDENCY |
2016
Shiro Oni Artist Residency,Gunma, Japan 2017 Arteles, Haukijärvi, Finland 2018 Zen Center of Sunnyvale, Sunnyvale, USA |
EXPERIENCES |
Hong Studio, Taiwan
July 2011-August 2011, July 2012-August 2012 Apprentice Nick Dong Studio, California, USA January 2014- May2014 Studio Intern Bo.Lan Pop Up Resturant, New York, USA June 2014 Project assistant PIN Sstudio, Taiwan February 2015-March 2015 Studio Intern/sales |