https://qinyuexue.com Qinyue Bonnie Xue Wed, 24 Oct 2018 19:26:19 +0000 https://qinyuexue.com en https://qinyuexue.com/Home Wed, 24 Oct 2018 18:28:54 +0000 Qinyue Bonnie Xue https://qinyuexue.com/Home Qinyue    Xue Bonnie https://qinyuexue.com/Artist-Statement Wed, 24 Oct 2018 18:28:54 +0000 Qinyue Bonnie Xue https://qinyuexue.com/Artist-Statement Artist  Statement Lately, I have found it difficult to live inside my skin. Identity confusion doesn’t even begin to cover the frustration of my navigation through the world. My shell hosts many fractures of a spirit. I hoped they would merge into a complete one. However, some things are just not meant to be... I often imagine myself passing away at night as I fall asleep, being born again in the morning as I wake up. This is the only way that my spirit feels at ease, tolerable to be hosted inside of my shell. My work serves as a funeral for bits and pieces of me that aren’t doing well. The repetitive, labor-intensive, and time-consuming processes give me the freedom to compose. The inefficient transformation of effort names a compulsion to repeat, the recursivity of an action. Time flows yet freezes in place, creating order and chaos. An unanswered promise. Again, and again https://qinyuexue.com/CV Wed, 24 Oct 2018 19:26:19 +0000 Qinyue Bonnie Xue https://qinyuexue.com/CV CV Education: Master of Fine Arts Candidate - Metalsmithing:        2022- Cranbrook Academy of Arts (CAA), Bloomfield Hills, MI Bachelor of Fine Arts - Craft/Material Studies, Jewelry:        2019 - Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Richmond, VA Additional Education:        2018 - Mokume Gane & Stone Setting, Vo Art Union, Beijing, China        2018 - Italian, Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy Awards: 2020 - CAA Renewable Scholarship, Bloomfield Hills, MI 2015-19 VCU Renewable Scholarship, Richmond, VA 2019 - VCUarts Dean’s List, Richmond, VA 2018 - VCUarts Dean’s List, Richmond, VA 2015 - Piedmont Arts Association Scholarship, $500, Martinsville, VA Exhibitions: Brought to the Table, Juried, Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research, Bloomfield Hills, MI, 2022 Metal 2022, Juried, Wayne State Galleries, Detroit, MI, 2022 In Transit, Curator, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI, 2022 Second-year Student Show, Juried, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI, 2021 Speculative Histories, Juried, Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research, Bloomfield Hills, MI, 2021 Mulan, Juried, NYC Jewelry Week, New York, NY, 2019 Tiny Shiny, Juried, Quirk Gallery, Richmond, VA, 2019 Purpose, Solo Exhibition, Meyer Gallery, VCUarts, Richmond, VA, 2019 Shimmer, Juried Fashion Show, Main Street Station, VCUarts, Richmond, VA, 2019 Metal Student Exhibition, Juried, Hawthorn Gallery, VCUarts, Richmond, VA, 2018 The Great Ultimate, Solo Exhibition, Meyer Gallery, VCUarts, Richmond, VA, 2018 Tiny Shiny, Juried, Quirk Gallery, Richmond, VA, 2018 Tiny Shiny, Juried, Quirk Gallery, Richmond, VA, 2017 Experience:2023          Freelance at FABLETANG, AUDITOIRE ASIA, Shanghai, China 2021-2022     International Students’ Representative, CAA, Bloomfield Hills, MI 2021-2022     Department Assistant, CAA, Bloomfield Hills, MI 2021-2022     Student Council Member, CAA, Bloomfield Hills, MI 2019-2020     Apprentice Bench Jeweler, Adam Foster Fine Jewelry, St. Louis, MO 2016-2019     Metal Studio Monitor, VCU, Richmond, VA 2019          Teaching Assistant to beginner level jewelry, VCU, Richmond, VA