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