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Qinghua University, College of Art, Ceramic Art Department, Beijing, China
1995 - M.F.A. in Ceramic Art and Design
1989 - B.F.A. in Ceramic Art and Design

Xian Second Light Industry School, Graphic Design Department, Xian, China
1981 - Associate Degree

Hood College, Art Department, Frederick, Maryland
2004 - Present Adjunct Faculty in Ceramics
Courses Taught: Handbuilding,Wheelthrowing (Undergraduate and Graduate)

Lill Street Art Center, Chicago, Illinois
2001 - 2004 Ceramics Instructor
Course Taught: Advanced Wheelthrowing for Porcelain

Columbia College, Chicago, Illinois
Fall 2000- Spring 2004 Guest Lecturer in Ceramics

Evanston Art Center, Evanston, Illinois
1999 - 2004 Ceramics Instructor
Courses Taught: Intermediate/Advanced Ceramics, Advanced Functional Ceramics,
Watercolor Painting

Qinghua University, College of Art, Ceramic Art Department, Beijing, China
1995 - 1997 Senior Lecturer (Full-time, Tenure Track) in Ceramic Art and Design
1989 - 1994 Lecturer (Full-time, Tenure Track) in Ceramic Art and Design
Courses Taught: Handbuilding, Wheelthrowing, Ceramic Technology, Senior Seminar

Xian Art Craft Research Institute, Xian, China
1981 - 1985 Designer

RESEARCH

1993 - 1995 Professional Development Research
Researched the chemical properties of bone china porcelain; the use of sulfates on porcelain greenware; and the chemical composition of compatible glazes.

1989 - 1992 On-Site Study of Chinese Traditional and Folk Ceramics
Learned the wheelthrowing, trimming, and handbuilding techniques of master potters at the renowned ceramic sites of Jingdezheng, Yixing, and Yaozhou, China.
1984 - 1985 On-Site Study of Traditional Chinese Buddhist Sculpture
Studied the Yungang Stone Grottos in Datong, Shanxi, China and the Longmen Stone Grottos in Luoyang, Henan, China.

1981 - 1983 Professional Research of Chinese Folk and Classical Art
Researched and documented the pottery and embroidery of the Dai, Bai, and Yi Minorities of Yunan, China; and the folk arts of papercutting, stone carving, pottery, and embroidery of Gansu, Ningxia, and Shaanxi, China. Researched Tang Dynasty tomb paintings in Shaanxi, China; and Shang and Zhou Dynasty bronzes of Shaanxi, China.

SELECTED SOLO AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Maryland Clay
Peabody Library, Baltimore, Maryland, February - March, 2005
The Porcelain of Xiaosheng Bi
Terra Incognito Gallery, Oak Park, Illinois, February, 2002

Xiaosheng Bi: Fine Porcelain Vessels
Lill Street Art Center Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, Fall 2001

Porcelain Serenity: Xiaosheng Bi and Rick McKinney
Higher Fire Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin, May 2001

Beijing International Ceramic Art Exhibition
Beijing Art Museum, Fall 2000

Xiaosheng Bi - Porcelain Vessels: The Pathway to Serenity
The Eastern Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, September, 2000

Chinese Porcelain and Pottery Masterpieces
Xinhua She Art Gallery, Hong Kong, June 1997

Ceramic Artist Xiaosheng Bi
Sybil Gallery, Beijing, China, October, 1996

Contemporary Chinese Ceramics
Hong Kong Museum of Art, August, 1994

Modern Chinese Design
Tokyo University of Art, Japan, February, 1993

COLLECTIONS

San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas
Waterloo Fine Arts Museum, Waterloo, Iowa
Private Collections in the U.S., China, Taiwan and Hong Kong

GALLERIES

Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Asian Art Museum Gallery, San Francisco, California

Falling Water Gallery, Mill Run, Pennsylvania

Higher Fire Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin

Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Illinois

Left Bank Gallery, Wellfleet, Massachusetts

Lill Street Art Center, Chicago, Illinois

Maple Street Gallery, Evanston, Illinois

Terra Incognito Gallery, Oak Park, Illinois
Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, Virginia

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

"Xiaosheng Bi: Chinese Potter," Ceramics Art and Perception, No. 56, 2004

"Artist Builds New Life on Clay," Pioneer Press, April 3, 2003

"Luminous Porcelains Capture Viewers: Xiaosheng Bi - Ceramic Artist," Chicago Tribune, January 30, 2000.

"The Young Ceramic Artist Xiaosheng Bi," Arts (China), May, 1997

Ceramic Art (Taiwan), September, 1994

The Art of Earth and Fire (Asian Art Publishing Co. Hong Kong), 1993.