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EDUCATION

 

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 – Associates Degree

 

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

 

Montgomery College, Rockville, Maryland

2005 – Present Adjunct Faculty

Beginning to Advanced Wheel throwing

 

Hood College, Frederick, Maryland

2005 – 2009 Adjunct Faculty

Undergraduate and Graduate Handbuilding, Wheelthrowing, Porcelain Decoration, Chinese Brushwork for Ceramics

 

Columbia College, Chicago, Illinois

Fall 2000- Spring 2004 Guest Lecturer in Ceramics

 

Qinghua University, College of Art, Ceramic Art Department, Beijing, China

1995 – 1997 Senior Lecturer (Tenure Track) in Ceramic Art and Design

1989 – 1994 Lecturer (Tenure Track) in Ceramic Art and Design

Handbuilding, Wheelthrowing, Ceramic Technology, Senior Seminar.

 

 

SELECTED SOLO AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS

 

Chinese American Museum: Special Exhibit, Washington DC , 2022

(July 16-October 22, 2022) “Words Re-Examined: Contemporary Calligraphy”

 

Glenview Mansion Art Gallery, Rockville, Maryland, 2017

Xiaosheng Bi, Ceramic Sculpture

 

MK Gallery, McLean, Virginia, 2015

Conversation: New work of Xiaosheng Bi and his students

VisArts Center: Common Ground Gallery, Rockville, Maryland, 2014

Xiaosheng Bi, Garden of My Mind

 

VisArts Center: Kaplan Gallery, Rockville, Maryland, 2012

East-West Confluence

 

MK Gallery, McLean, Virginia, 2011

Xiaosheng Bi, Passing Knowledge: East to West 

 

Glenview Mansion Art Gallery, Rockville, Maryland, 2006

Xiaosheng Bi, Fine Porcelain Vessels

 

George Peabody Library Exhibition Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland, 2005

Maryland Clay

 

Terra Incognito Gallery, Oak Park, Illinois, 2002

The Porcelain of Xiaosheng Bi

 

Lill Street Art Center Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, 2002

Xiaosheng Bi:  Fine Porcelain Vessels

 

Higher Fire Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin, 2001

Porcelain Serenity:  Xiaosheng Bi and Rick McKinney

 

Beijing Art Museum, 2000

Beijing International Ceramic Art Exhibition

 

The Eastern Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, 2000

Xiaosheng Bi – Porcelain Vessels:  The Pathway to Serenity

 

Xinhua She Art Gallery, Hong Kong, 1997

Chinese Porcelain and Pottery Masterpieces

 

Sybil Gallery, Beijing, China, 1996

Ceramic Artist Xiaosheng Bi

 

Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1994

Contemporary Chinese Ceramics

 

Tokyo University of Art, Japan, 1993

Modern Chinese Design

 

 

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

 

 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

 

“Create the Ceramic Garden in the Mind: Xiaosheng Bi” World Journal April 1 2014

 

“Xiaosheng Bi, Painted Porcelain”  HOME&DESIGN, Fall 2008

 

“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 Bi Xiaosheng,” Arts (China), May, 1997

Ceramic Art (Taiwan), September, 1994

 

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

Studio

 

Resident Artist   VisArts Center   Rockville Maryland

 

ARTICLES

 

 

 

 

 

 

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