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October Issue 2004
The Art Institute of Charlotte in Charlotte, NC, Features Contemporary Chinese Design Exhibit
Contemporary Chinese Design, an exploration of fine and applied arts, opens its month-long exhibit at The Art Institute of Charlotte Gallery in Charlotte, NC. The exhibit will be on view from Oct. 1 - 29, 2004. This dynamic visual exploration of contemporary Chinese design showcases professional samples of four of China's premier designers and their graphic design, interior design, architecture, industrial design and painting.
"We are delighted to be able to bring this diverse array of creative talent to residents of the Charlotte community," said Elizabeth M. Guinan, AiCH President. "Design professionals and art enthusiasts will find it educating and inspirational to review the works of their Chinese counterparts."
Following its premiere exhibition at The Art Institute of Pittsburgh Gallery in June, Contemporary Chinese Design is touring 20 Art Institutes in the US and Canada through mid-2006. This is its first exhibit in the Southeast. After Charlotte, the exhibit will travel to The New England Art Institute in Boston.
The artists whose works are on exhibit include: Jianguo Liu, who holds a master's degree from the Center Academy of Art and Craft in Beijing. He has worked as an interior designer for the Dachuan Design Company in Suzhou, the Dayuan Decorative Engineering Company in Beijing and the China Package Design Company in Bejing; Huang Gang is a painter and was born in Beijing. After graduating from the China Central Academy of Art and Design, Huang worked as a teacher at the Academy and has produced several award-winning exhibitions for his environmental design, including the silver award for the first Beijing International Environmental Art Exhibition. His work has been shown throughout Beijing, Hong Kong, Paris, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Seattle, Munich, Berlin, and Frankfurt.
Han Ran was born in Heilongjiang and is an associate professor and assistant director of the design department at Shantou University. He is a member of the China Industrial Design Association and the China Packaging Design Committee. He specializes in advertising and graphic design; and Li Wei specializes in Industrial Design and is a graduate of Lu Xun Fine Arts Institute. After working as a clothing designer, Wei continued his education at The Central Arts and Crafts Institute. By 1995, he was leading a department in the production of industrial product design for a variety of clients. Most recently, in 2003, Wei moved to England to earn his master's degree in industrial design and has since returned to China to become actively involved in his professional career.
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