XIA GAO

XIA GAO

Department of Art, Art History and Design, College of Arts and Letters, Michigan State University

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Phone: 517-***-**** E-mail: abqd9n@r.postjobfree.com Website: www.msu.edu/~gaox

SOLO SHOWS

2013 Changing Urban Landscape Gualala Art Center, Gualala, CA, U.S.A

Changing Landscape Part of Detroit Resurgent, Michigan State University Museum, East Lansing,

MI, U.S.A

The Village Theater at Cherry Hill, Canton, MI, U.S.A

2012 Webbed, Common Thread International, Mon Ton Window gallery, Toronto, CANADA

Conversation LookOut! Gallery, East Lansing, MI, U.S.A

In Between Tapper-Popermajer Contemporary Art Gallery, Teckomatorp, SWEDEN

2010 Unsettled and Artist Talk In conjunction with Textile Society of America12th Biennial Symposium,

Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE, U.S.A

2008 Adaptation, Transition, Evolution and Artist Talk, Norfolk Art Center, Norfolk, NE, U.S.A

In a Different Light and Artist Talk, Norfolk Art Center, Norfolk, NE, U.S.A

Adaptation, Transition, Evolution, Robert Hillestad Gallery, Lincoln, NE, U.S.A

2006 Across and Beyond Boundary Glass of 1973 Gallery, Madison, WI, U.S.A

Adaptation, Transition and Evolution - MFA Thesis Solo Exhibition, Design Gallery, Madison, WI,

U.S.A

SELECTED RECENT GROUP EXHIBITIONS/COMMISSIONS

2013 Love Lace, International competition and exhibition, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, AUSTRALIA

2012 THREADSpace Threading the 3rd Dimension, Common Thread International, the Canadian

Sculpture Centre, Toronto, CANADA, World of Threads Festival, a Common Thread International

exhibition Curator: Richard McNeil

Quiet Zone World of Threads Festival, a Common Thread International exhibition, Queen Elizabeth

Park Community and Cultural Centre, Oakville, Ontario, CANADA, Curated by Dawne Rudman

New Fibers 2012 National juried exhibition, University Art Gallery of Eastern Michigan University,

Ypsilanti, MI

2012 MACAA Members Juried Exhibition, Elaine L. Jacob Gallery, Detroit, MI

"Art and Nature -ARNA 2012, Church gallery, Harl sa kyrka, The Avian Kingdom, SWEDEN

Arte & Arti 33officinacreativa theater gallery, Toffia, ITALY

ITAA/BIFT international juried Design Exhibition, Beijing Institute of Fashion and Technology

Gallery, Beijing, CHINA

Outside/Inside the Box International juried exhibition, Fiber Philadelphia 2012, Crane Arts Building,

Icebox Project Space, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A

Across the Divide, Juried exhibition, Visual Art Center, University of Texas-Austin, Austin, Texas,

U.S.A

OH + 5 2012, Juried mixed exhibition, The Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, OH, U.S.A

Navigating the Currents: 100 Inkteraction Reactions, travel exhibition

Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; Cedar Valley College, Lancaster, TX;

The 567 Center for Renewal, Macon, GA; McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana, 2012

Union College, Schenectady, NY, 2013

Love Lace, International competition and exhibition, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, AUSTRALIA

2011 Focus Fiber 2011-12 Eight-

state juried show of contemporary fiber art, The Textile Art Alliance of the

Cleveland Museum of Art and Canton Museum of Art, Canton, Ohio, U.S.A

The Art of Fiber International juried show, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, Virginia, U.S.A

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Across the Divide, Juried exhibition, Crossman Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater,

Whitewater, Wisconsin, U.S.A

Fiber Celebrated 2011, National juried exhibition, Center for Southwest Studies Gallery, Durango,

Colorado, U.S.A

Love Lace, International competition and exhibition, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, AUSTRALIA

Triennale Off, Arr t 59, - part of 5 Continents", 7th International Triennial of Contemporary Textile

Arts of Tournai, BELGIUM

Salon for Large Format Textile Art, 6th World Textile Art Biennial-Air, Museo Diego Rivera

Anahuacalli, M xico DF, MEXICO

Salon for the Textile Art Object, 6th World Textile Art Biennial-Air, Instituto de Artes Pl sticas,

Xalapa, Veracruz, M XICO

Bay Area Artists for Japan Mina Dresden Gallery, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A

Merge and Flow, Katherine E.Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota,

U.S.A

Collections of One International juried portfolio competition and exhibition, DHM Digital Gallery,

Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, U.S.A

New Departures and Transitions" N'Namdi Center for Contemporary Art, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A

2010 Warped Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A

"From Lausanne to Beijing" the 6th International Fiber Art Biennale Exhibition, Henan Art

Museum, Zhengzhou, CHINA

The Art of Applied Design international juried exhibition. The DHM Digital Gallery, Oklahoma

State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, U.S.A

Faculty Biennial Exhibition, Kresge Art Museum, East Lansing, Michigan, U.S.A

Imaging the Future, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A

dis.place.ment International Juried Exhibition, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts (UICA) Grand

Rapids, MI, U.S.A

2009 (S)EDITION: Prints as Activism International Juried Exhibition, Urban Institute for Contemporary

Arts (UICA) Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.A

Internal Compasses, Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A

Surface Matters, Belger Arts Center, Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.A

2008 Life Source/Dry Stream Onemoon Art Gallery, Beijing, CHINA

Map of the World Exchange Portfolio, Mid America Print Council Conference, Fargo, ND, U.S.A

2006 Innuendo, Gossip, Lies, and Half-truths Penrose Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Temple University,

Elkins Park, PA, U.S.A

2006 design juried student show, Design Gallery, Madison, WI, U.S.A

Graduate review show, Design Gallery, Madison, WI, U.S.A

Wisconsin Electric Machines & Power Electronic Consortium 25th Anniversary Booklet design, WI,

U.S.A

2005 2005 DCA (Design Communication Association) Juried design communication exhibition, Montana

State University, Bozeman, MT, U.S.A

2005 Design juried student show, Design Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI,

U.S.A

2004 2004 Design juried student show", Design Gallery, Madison, WI, U.S.A

2003 Nocturnus, Costume design, Li Chiao-Ping Dance, Madison, WI, U.S.A

2000 Art on Feet International art competition and exhibition, Organized by Italian Trade Commission,

Hong Kong, CHINA

1997 Commissioned beauty specialist uniform design, Shanghai Jahwa Co. Ltd., Shanghai, CHINA

1995 Wonderer Runway Show, Shanghai Lian Yi Club, Shanghai, CHINA

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Headwear Art Pieces, Instruction Building Gallery, China Textile University, Shanghai, CHINA

1994 Zhonghua Cup Fashion Design Competition Runway Show, Shanghai, CHINA

Jeanwest Cup Fashion Design Competition Runway Show, Shanghai, CHINA

SELECTED TALK/ PRESENTATION

2013 Artist talk/presentation, Gualala Art Center, Gualala, CA

2012 Artist talk/presentation, In Between solo exhibition, Tapper-Popermajer Contemporary Art Gallery,

Teckomatorp, Sweden

Artist talk, ARNA Harlosa, Sweden

Artist talk, Arte & Arti 33officinacreativa, Toffia, ITALY

Conference Presentation, Textile s Expression and Implication in Contemporary Chinese Art at

Textile& Politics, the Textile Society of America-13 Biennial Symposium, Washington, DC, U.S.A

Artist talk/presentation, Tapper-Popermajer Contemporary Art Gallery, Teckomatorp, SWEDEN

Conference Presentation, Textile Art/Design Research at ITAA/BIFT Symposium Fashion

Dialogue 2012, Beijing, CHINA

2011 Public presentation at Fiber Arts Network of Michigan annual meeting, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A

Public presentation at Across the Divide Symposium, Whitewater, Wisconsin, U.S.A

Public presentation at MSU Museum fiber art event, East Lansing, Michigan, U.S.A

2010 Conference Presentation, New Expressions Emerge from Tradition Chinese Contemporary

Artwork s Textile Dimension at Textile Society of America-12 Biennial Symposium, Lincoln, NE,

U.S.A

Public Lecture presentation Looking Inward - Where Art Originates Lecture Djerassi Resident

Artists Program and Palo Alto Art Center at Palo Alto Art Center, CA, U.S.A

2009 Artist Talk, Art and Art History Department, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, U.S.A

2008 Discussant, Ecocritical Readings of Literature and Art International Conference: Beyond Thoreau:

American and International Responses to Nature Beijing, CHINA

Conference Presentation, Life Source/Dry Stream Beyond Thoreau: American and International

Responses to Nature Beijing, CHINA

Solo Exhibition Artist Talk Travel between Time and Space, Lecture hall, University of Nebraska-

Lincoln, NE, U.S.A

2007 Artist Talk, Fibers Department, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA, U.S.A

School of Art and Design, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, U.S.A

Art Department, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI, U.S.A

Dept of Apparel, Merchandising, Design, and Textiles, Washington State University, Pullman, WA,

U.S.A

Department of Textiles, Clothing and Design, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE, U.S.A

Artist Talk & Workshop, Art Department, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, U.S.A

Designer Presentation, Exhibit Planning & Management International, Albany, NY, U.S.A

2000 Public lectures, Shanghai Pu Dong new district women leader serial seminars, Shanghai, CHINA

Designer Talk, Newsroom of Shanghai TV Station, Shanghai, CHINA

1998 Invited Speaker, TV interview, Shanghai Educational TV Channel, Shanghai, CHINA

1997-2001 Designer Talks, Shanghai Culture Agency, Shanghai, CHINA

SELECTED FUNDS AND AWARDS

2013 Vermont Studio Center artist residency, Johnson, Vermont

Gualala Art Center artist residency, Gualala, CA

2012 ARNA Artist residency award, Harl sa and The Avian Kingdom, Sweden

33officinacreativa artist residency, Toffia, Itally

Vermont Studio Center fellowship

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Gephart endowment fund, Michigan State University

Special Foreign Travel Fund award, International Studies and Programs, Michigan State University

International Research Travel Fund, College of Arts & Letters, Michigan State University

Professional development funding, Asian Study Center, Michigan State University

Travel funding, China program, Michigan State University

AAH Visiting Scholar fund to invite Distinguished Professor Sonya Clark from Virginia Common

Wealth University, Michigan State University

2011 Honorable Mention (Exhibition Award), at the Salon for Large Format exhibition, 6th WTA Biennial

of Contemporary Textile Art, MEXICO

The Pritzker Foundation Endowed Fellowship, U.S.A

College of Arts & Letters Undergraduate Research Initiative funding, Michigan State University

AAH Visiting Scholar fund to invite Professor Terry Berlier from Stanford University, MSU

AAHD Research Travel Fund, Michigan State University

2010 Artist in residency, Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, CA, U.S.A

Best of Show in Fiber category (Exhibition Award), The Art of Applied Design international

juried exhibition. The DHM Digital Gallery, Oklahoma State University

AAH Research Travel Fund, Michigan State University

International Research Travel Fund, College of Arts & Letters, Michigan State University

Finalist for the Powerhouse Museum International Lace Award competition. Sydney, AUSTRALIA

AAH Visiting Scholar fund to invite Distinguished Professor Dr. Wu Hung from the University of

Chicago and director of the Center for the Art of East Asia, Michigan State University

2009 Research Council Grant-In-Aid, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

2008 Recruitment Fund and Research Travel Funds, Department of Textiles, Clothing and Design, College

of Education and Human Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

2006 Project Assistantship, Graduate School, University of Wisconsin-Madison

2003-2006 Teaching Assistantship, Department of Design Study, University of Wisconsin-Madison

2005 2005 Creative Arts Awards: David and Edith Sinaiko Frank Graduate Fellowship for a Woman in the

Arts, Art Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Textile Design Award (Exhibition Award) Yin Yang & Five Elements (Prints), Design Gallery,

Madison, WI, U.S.A

SOHE Graduate Program Council Scholarship, University of Wisconsin-Madison

2004 Textile Design Award (Exhibition Award), Birds in Dancing (Woven), Design Gallery, Madison,

WI, U.S.A

1998-1993 Excellent Graduate Scholarship, An Li Fang Scholarship (the first class), Excellent Student

Scholarship, Chen Hong Scholarship, Ren Min Scholarship (the first class), Shanghai Industrial

Sewing Machinery Scholarship (the first class), Exemption from the graduate entrance examination

based on the outstanding academic performance (the first student of design programs won this honor at

China Textile University), China Textile University, Shanghai, CHINA

REVIEWS, PUBLICATIONS, AND SELECTED MATERIALS

New Fibers 2012 exhibition catalogue, 2012

ARNA artist residency catalogue, 2012

Interview, Feature artist interview, World of Threads Festival, by Dawne Rudman and Gareth Bate, 2012

ITAA/BIFT Research Design Exhibition, catalogue, 2012

Across the Divide, catalogue, 2011

Focus Fiber 2011-12 catalogue, 2011

Love lace catalogue, 2011

Salon for Large Format Textile Art, 6th World Textile Art Biennial-Air catalogue, 2011

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Salon for the Textile Art Object, 6th World Textile Art Biennial-Air catalogue, 2011

Michael Hodges, "Exhibit takes remarkable advantage of N'namdi Center's expanded space" Detroit News,

April 7, 2011

From Lausanne to Beijing" the 6th International Fiber Art Biennale Exhibition catalogue, 2010

Textile installation Adaptation, Transition, and Evolution image is featured on Textile Society of America

2010 Symposium webpage: http://www.textilesociety.org/symposia_2010.htm

Johnna Hjersman Gao's textiles feature Chinese, western, futuristic elements Daily Nebraska Exhibition

review, Lincoln NE, February 18, 2008

Wendy Weiss, Hillestad Gallery exhibit combines Easstern heritage, Western influence, UNL News

Releases, Lincoln, Nebraska, 02/18/2008,

Patricia Malarcher, the exposure section Surface Design Journal, Selected image, January, 2007 Winter Issue

Textile installation Adaptation, Transition, and Evolution image is featured on Isthmus, May5, 2006, Vol.31

No.18, thedailypage.com, Madison, WI

Student art transforms campus spaces Wisconsin Week, Exhibition announcement and artist introduction,

Madison, Wisconsin, May 3, 2006

Yuanqing Huang, Fundamental Problems of Creating in the Field of Color, Selected images, China Textile

University Press, pp.72, 80, 2000

Art on Feet International art competition catalog, Selected image, Italian Trade Commission, March, 2000

Jingfang Wu, Accessory Design-Art of Footwear, Headwear, and Bag, Selected work images, China Academy

of Fine Arts Publishing House, pp. 12, 18, 1998

A Study on Patchwork Art journal paper, Fashion Color, Shanghai, China, vol. 16, no. 6, pp.8-9, 30-31, 1997

Qian Xie, Designer Space, China Dress and Decoration Culture, Selected image, October, 1995

New Design, Fashion Times, selected images, August 11, 1995

TV Interviews, Fashion Design Graduate, Shanghai Education TV Channel, China, June, 1995, Fellow up

October, 1996

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

2010-Present Assistant Professor Department of Art and Art History, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

2007-2009 Assistant Professor Department of Textiles, Clothing and Design, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

2000-2001 Assistant Professor School of Art and Design & Fashion Institute, Dong Hua University (former

China Textile University), Shanghai, China

1998-2000 Lecturer School of Art and Design & Fashion Institute, Dong Hua University, Shanghai, China

1998 Guest Lecturer (Spring Semester), School of Media and Design, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

EDUCATION

2006 Master of Fine Arts, Textile Art and Design, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, U.S.A

1998 Master of Engineering Apparel Design China Textile University, Shanghai, China

1995 Bachelor of Art, Fashion Design, China Textile University, Shanghai, China

MEMBERSHIP

Textile Society of America

Surface Design Association

American Society of Chinese Art Professors

Midwest Fiber Art Educators Network

Arts Council of Great Lansing

Inkteraction International Printmakers Network

Chinese Culture Center

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