CV

 

Chenxi Shao

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Philadelphia, PA 

chenxishao.net

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EDUCATION

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University of Pennsylvania，Weitzman School of Design

Master of Fine Arts, May 2023

Committee: David Hartt, Joshua Mosley, Michelle Lopez, Ken Lum

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University of Pennsylvania， Center of Teaching and Learning College and University Teaching, May 2023

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Beijing Forestry University, School of Soil and Water Conservation Ph.D in Interface Ecology of Agroforestry, December 2015

 

China Agricultural University, School of Agronomy Bachelor in Agronomy, June 2008

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

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Weitzman school of Design, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA

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Jan - May 2023

Teaching assistant for major course “Design Senior Seminar Projects” instructed by

Professor Ani Liu and Jacob Rivkin. Class size: 12

• Supported students’ projects with models and methodologies of design practice of furniture design, graphic design and animation to explore the reciprocal impacts of emerging technology, social justice and environmental issues.

• Co-arranged the final show and implemented the installation in gallery.

Teaching Assistant for major seminar course "Interrogative Design" instructed by Professor Krzysztof Wodiczko. Class size: 12

• Exemplified the forms and contents of the final project by video and installations.

• Organized and facilitated Professor Krzysztof Wodiczko‘s studio visits with graduate students in Fine Arts program at UPenn.

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Sep - Dec 2022

Teaching assistant for selective studio course “Biological Design”. Class size: 11

• Led critics and instructed the biological experiment operation.

• Gave introduction lecture.

• Co-designed the syllabus and curatd relevant exhibition visiting and readings.

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Jan - Apr 2022

Teaching assistant for major course ‘Contemporary Art Studio’ instructed by Matt Neff, the director of Undergraduate Program in Fine Arts and Design at UPenn. Class size: 11

•  Develop students’ projects in media of printing, installation, projection, video and performance with social, cultural, political, and art historical contexts through personalized guidance and valuable reference during one-on-one meetings.

• Facilitated the installation of the five shows, actively contributing to critique sessions in the gallery.

• Provided translation support between Mandarin and English. Supported logistics.

 

Sep - Dec 2021

Teaching assistant for selective seminar course “Design 21”. Class size: 12 students.

• Streamlined the course by engaging into critiques of students’ graphic design, digital design and projection design projects.

• Supported logistics.

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School of water and soil conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China

Sep 2010- Dec 2015

Ph.D. candidate

• Mentored students to design proposal of soil nutrition distribution.

• Trained them with pedagogical experiment in the field and in the lab as well as

statistical analysis.

• Instruct scientific paper writing.

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RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

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School of water and soil conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China

Sep 2010- Dec 2015

Ph.D. candidate

• Summarized the information of 3 books and 500 papers on soil ecology.

• Conducted field and lab experiment, identifying microbial species, measuring soil

property and nitrogen-fixation measurement.

• Performed statistical analysis on pedagogical data.

• Authored 3 scientific paper and reviewed students’ paper. 

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RESEARCH INTERESTS

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My art media across sculpture, bio-art and animation to narrate and interrogate issues of dynamic identity, technological ethic and environments.

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SOLO EXHIBITION

 

Conscious Disruptions, Jianshexiang Gallery, Beijing, China 2021

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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITION

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• $99 Exhibition, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 2023

• Member Holiday Show, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 2023

• Lino Kino for the Five Year Anniversary, Fringe Arts, Philadelphia, PA 2023

• Ornaphonism, Flux Factory, New York, NY 2023

• Sonic Expression: Music+Art, Yavapai College Art Gallery, Prescott, AZ 2023

•  ATTERMATH: UPenn MFA Satellite Show, WorthlessStudios, Brooklyn, NY 2023  VOX POPULI XVIII: Oil of Milk, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 2023

• 5into1 Exhibition 2023, The Galleries at Moore, Philadelphia, PA 2023

• Away From Center, Atelier gallery, Philadelphia, PA 2023

• 215|610 CONTEMPORARY Juried Exhibition, Delaware County Community College, Philadelphia, PA 2022

•  Hotwork, The Charles Addams Fine Arts gallery, Philadelphia, PA 2022.

• The Ritual of Soil, Group Exhibition, No Space Gallery, online 2021

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Skill

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• Animation：Maya, Harmony, Stop-Motion, Dragonframe, After Effects, Media encoder

• Drawing：Water color, Gouache, Colored pencil 

• Animation:  Photoshop, Clo, Illustrator, CAD, Final cut pro

• Sculpture:  Molding, Casting, Glass casting, Ceramics, 3D Printing, Woodworking,

• Screenprinting, Etching, Cyanotype Printing, Digital Printing Metalworking, Amature making

• Fabric work: Pattern design, Drapping, Sewing, Cutting, Dyeing

• Language: Chinese Mandarin, English

• Coding: Java

• Statistics: SPSS

• Micro Office

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DESIGN COMMISSIONS

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• AFTERMATH, UPenn MFA Satellite Show poster and printed matter, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA， 2023

• Frontiers in Linguistics Lecture Series poster and printed matter,School of Literature, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China, 2015

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AWARDS AND HONORS

 

• Independent Press Award, Book:Nurse Florence, 2023 ( I am working as the illustrator)

• ​NYC Big Book Award, Book:Nurse Florence, 2023 ( I am working as the illustrator)

• Public Art Residency, Arcadia University, 2023

• Monument Lab MFA Fellowship, Center for Public Art and Space, 2023

• Halpern-Rogath Independent Travel Award, Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania, 2022

• Lijing Innovation Scholarship, School of Water and Soil Conservation, Beijing  Forestry            

• University, 2013               

• Second Place, Academic Scholarship, School of Water and Soil Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, 2011, 2012             

• First Place, Academic Scholarship, Beijing Forestry University, 2010

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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS, PRESS AND PATENTS

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• E-flux Education. University of Pennsylvania 2023 MFA satellite exhibition: Aftermath https://www.e-flux.com/announcements/552876/aftermath/

• Metro Chinese Weekly News, Philadelphia's Five Major Universities Sculptural Annual Exhibition Brings Forth an Art Storm，July 21, 2023

• Chenxi Shao, Effects of Physical Characteristics of Biological Crusts on Seed Germination, Journal of China Agricultural University, 2016, 21 (1-2): p 20-30

• Chenxi Shao and Zihe Li, Constructing Linguistic Phylogenetic Tree, International Conference on Linguistics，Peking University，2013

•  Autonomous Nitrogen-fixing Bacteria MBC1 and Its Application, Patent No. 201510860778.4, 30/11/2015

• Autogenous Nitrogen-fixing Bacteria MBC2 and Its Application, Patent No. 201510860560.9, 30/11/2015

• Autogenous Nitrogen-fixing Bacteria MBC3 and Its Application, Patent No. 201510860755.3, 30/11/2015

• Autogenous Nitrogen-fixing Bacteria MBC4 and Its Application, Patent No. 201510857725.7, 30/11/2015

• Autogenous Nitrogen-fixing Bacteria MBC5 and Its Application, Patent No. 201510859663.3, 30/11/2015

• Autogenous Nitrogen-fixing Bacteria MBC7 and Its Application Patent No. 201510859878.5, 30/11/2015

• Autogenous Nitrogen-fixing Bacteria MBC8 and Its Application, Patent No. 201510859692.X, 30/11/2015

• Autogenous Nitrogen-fixing Bacteria MBC9 and Its Application, Patent No. 201510859692.X, 30/11/2015

• Autogenous Nitrogen-fixing Bacteria MBC10 and Its Application, patent No. 201510860743.0, 30/11/2015

• Wind Power Plant, CN102868203A, 09/01/2013

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SELECTED MEMBERSHIP AND VOLUNTEER SERVICE

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Member of Vox Populi Gallery

Gallery ambassador of ICA Philadelphia

Volunteer of Pennsylvania Horticultural Society

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