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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

 

          University of Pennsylvania， Center of Teaching and Learning

          College and University Teaching,  May 2023

 

           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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Department of Art, Rowan University, Glassboro NJ  Jan - May  2024

Adjunct professor, Instructor for major course “Introduction to Sculpture/3D”

             Class size: 12

 

Weitzman school of Design, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA  Jan - May  2023

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

Professor Ani Liu and Jacob Rivkin.  Class size: 12

 

Teaching Assistant for major seminar course "Interrogative Design" instructed by

Professor Krzysztof Wodiczko.  Class size: 12

   

Sep - Dec 2022

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

 

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

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   Sep - Dec 2021

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

 

Research Experience

   

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

2010-2015

Ph.D. candidate

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SOLO EXHIBITION

 

Conscious Disruptions, Jianshexiang Gallery, Beijing, China 2021

Stumbling Through, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia,  PA 2024

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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITION

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• 3rd Annual Kingdom Animalia - 2024, Exhibizone  2024

• Art Ability, Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital, Malvern, PA 2024-2025

• No Take-Backs, Tiger Strikes Asteroid Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 2024

• EIGHT: THIS IS HOW TO COME HOME, Vox Populi Gallery, PHiladelphia, PA 2024

• (re)Focus at City Hall, Art In Philadelphia City Hall, Philadelphia, PA 2024

• William Way LGBT Community Center’s 18th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Off the Wall Gallery at Dirty Frank’s, Philadelphia, PA 2024

• RBSA Friends Exhibition, RBSA Gallery, Birmingham, UK 2024

• ARTWORKS OPEN, St. Petersburge Gallery, FL 2024

• Transcendent Mess (5 person show), Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 2024

•  Slapstick Polyphonies, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 2023

• $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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AWARDS AND HONORS

• Literary Titan Gold Book Award, Children’s Books, Nurse Florence, Why Do We Need Vitamin B2 or RRiboflavin in Our Diet?, 2024

• Artist of the week, BBA Artist Prize, 2024

• 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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Professional Engagement

• Ocarina performance. Pistil & Stamen: A Vox Populi Pollinator Party. The Open Kitchen Sculpture Garden. Philadelphia, PA 2024

• Panelist, ‘EIGHT: THIS IS HOW TO COME HOME’. Vox Populi Gallery. Philadelphia, PA 2024

• Panelist, ‘transcendent mess: to outwit representation’ moderated by David Getsy, Che Gosset, and organized by Lane Speidel. LGBT Center at University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, PA 2024

 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PRESS

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• A QUIET DRINK IN MOSELEY, WITH FRIENDS. I CHOOSE BIRMINGHAN. 2024

• Review: Nurse Florence, Why Do We Need Vitamin B2 or Riboflavin in Our Diet?. Literary Titan. May 4, 2024

• Carrie Rickey. A 1974 feminist art show gets a citywide, multi-venue blockbuster sequel. Philadelphia Inquirer. Feb 8, 2024

• transcendent mass: to outwit representation. body joke press & voxpopuligallery IG. 2024

• Michael Dow, Chenxi Shao. Nurse Florence, Why Do We Need Vitamin B2 or Riboflavin in Our Diet?. Amazon, Bookshop, Booksamillion, eBay  & Lulu. 2024

• Roberta. Art billboard by Dan Rose, (re)FOCUS at City Hall, (re)FOCUS at Dina Wind

• Foundation, Mummers, and Opportunity. Artblog. Feb 21, 2024

• Lane Speidel. Transcendent Mess’ at Vox Populi Gallery, Exploring Trans Experience through Art. Artblog. Feb 12, 2024

• Catalog of (re)FOCUS at City Hall in partnership with WOMEN’s CAUCUS for ART and (re)FOCUS 2024 . The Philadelphia Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy. 2024

• Chenxi Shao’s work. the.current.blog IG. Jan 14, 2024

• Co-panelist ‘Transcendent Mess: to outwit representation’ with David Getsy, Che Gosset, and Lane Speidel. LGBT Center at UPenn. Philadelphia, PA 2024

• Chenxi Shao’s work. the.current.blog IG. Jan 14, 2024

• Girlish - 2024 Exhibition Catalogue. Gallerium. Issuu. 2024

• Sonic Expressions: Art + Music Video Archive. YC Visual Arts Archive.  2023

• Sonic Expressions: Art + Music. YC Visual Arts Archive.  2023

• Niko Waczuck. Harm reduction panel at Brandywine Workshop and Archive, ‘Whistler’s Mother’ visits the Philadelphia Museum of Art, ‘Ethnicity Through the Eyes of the Artist’ at  Abington Art Center, plus opportunities. Artblog. June 28, 2023

• 23rd  5into1 Exhibition Catalog. Philadelphia Sculptor. 2023

• Michael Dow, Chenxi Shao. Nurse Florence, Why Do We Need Vitamin B2 or Riboflavin in Our Diet?. Lulu & Amazon. 2024

• Roberta. Art billboard by Dan Rose, (re)FOCUS at City Hall, (re)FOCUS at Dina Wind Foundation, Mummers, and Opportunity. Feb 21, 2024

• Lane Speidel. transcendent Mess’ at Vox Populi Gallery, Exploring Trans Experience through Art. Artblog, Feb 12, 2024

• transcendent mass: to outwit representation, body joke press, 2024

• 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，2012

• Autogenous nitrogen-fixing bacteria, with 9 granted patent （Patent Nos.:201510860778.4, 201510860560.9, 201510860755.3, 201510857725.7, 201510859663.3, 201510859878.5, 201510859692.X, 201510859692.X, 201510860743.0, 30/11/2015

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

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DESIGN COMMISSION AND OTHER EMPLOYMENT

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• Gallery ambassador, Exhibition tour guide, ICA Philadelphia,  Philadelphia,  PA  2023-

• EIGHT: THIS IS HOW TO COME HOME, Artist talk poster, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia,  PA  2023

• 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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SOCIAl WORK AND VOLUNTEER SERVICE

• Gallery ambassador of ICA Philadelphia

• Volunteer of Pennsylvania Horticultural Society

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