ABOUT ME
Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China
Savannah, GA, USA
https://klimt02.net/jewellers/xinia-guan
Instagram: xiniaguan.jewelry
Xinia Guan was born and raised in Inner Mongolia, China. She has Dual B.A. Degree in Literature and Economics from Inner Mongolia University. She studied for an M.F.A. in jewelry at Savannah College of Art and Design. She has achieved several exhibitions in the USA, Europe, and China, participated in JOYA Barcelona 2019, Munich Jewelry week 2020, and Athens Jewelry week 2020.
During three years of graduate study and practice, her works have gradually grown in static production and dynamic communication with the outside world. The combination of time and space has become everything in her current works. The meaning of creation is both construction and deconstruction. What is created in time will also be slowly deconstructed in time. But the process of learning and practicing has become an irreplaceable core on this road.
Education
2016-2020, M.F.A. in Jewelry, Savannah College of Art and Design
(SCAD), Savannah, GA, USA
2009-2013, B.A. in Literature and Economics, Inner Mongolia
University (IMU), Inner Mongolia, China
Professional Positions
2019-2020, President of SCAD Graduate Jewelry Association,
Savannah, GA, USA
2019, Teaching Assistant, Savannah College of Art and Design,
Savannah, GA, USA
2018-2020, Jewelry Shop Monitor, Savannah College of Art and
Design, Savannah, GA, USA
2018, Graduate Mentor, Savannah College of Art and Design,
Savannah, GA, USA
Exhibitions and Shows
2023, The 47th Annual Philadelphia Museum of Art Contemporary Craft Show, Philadelphia, USA
2023, Smithsonian Craft Fashion + Home. Washington D.C., USA
2023, Through the Garden Gate Contemporary Jewelry Exhibition, Shanghai, China
2023, Purifying the Soul Contemporary Jewelry Exhibition, Qinghai/Beijing, China
2023, Matter of Form, Adornaxis Gallery at Armoryartcenter, West Palm Beach, FL, USA
2022, ASIA MON AMOUR Exhibition, Charon Kransen Arts, NYC Jewelry Week, NYC, USA
2022, The 46th Annual Philadelphia Museum of Art Contemporary
Craft Show, Philadelphia, USA
2022, Japan Jewellery Competition Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan.
2022, From These Hands, Pistachio Gallery, Chicago, USA
2022, BKV-Preis Young Applied Arts finalist, München, Germany
2022, PREZIOSA YOUNG 2021, Florence Jewellery Week, Italy
2021, MAD About Jewelry, MAD Museum, New York, USA
2021, The 45th Annual Philadelphia Museum of Art Contemporary
Craft Show, Philadelphia, USA
2021, American Craft Exposition, Online event
2021, Smithsonian Craft Optimism, Online event
2020, Painful Hope Exhibition, Alliages/ Schmuck Munich Jewelry
Week, France/Germany
2020, Solo M.F.A. Thesis show- The Time Zone, USA
2020, Athens Jewelry Week 2020, Athens, Grace
2020, American Craft Shows, Baltimore, USA
2020, Growth & Evolution International Jewellery Exhibition,
Kunming, China
2020, Broken Beauty Exhibition, Alliages/ Schmuck Munich Jewelry
Week, France/Germany
2019, SCAD’S NYC Jewelry Week Pop-Up, NYC, USA
2019, Mulan. New Age Chinese Art Jewelry Exhibition at 2019 New
York Jewelry Week, NYC, USA
2019, The 43nd Annual Philadelphia Museum of Art Contemporary
Craft Show, Philadelphia, USA
2019, Selected Artists at JOYA Barcelona Art Jewellery, Spain
2019, Smithsonian Craft 2 Wear. Washington D.C., USA
2019, The 37th Annual Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington, D.C.,
USA
2019, American Craft Shows, Baltimore, USA
2018, The 42nd Annual Philadelphia Museum of Art Contemporary
Craft Show, Philadelphia, USA
2018, “Piece by Piece” Contemporary Jewelry Exhibition, SCAD
Fahm Hall, Savannah, USA
2019/2018/2017, SCAD Jewelry Trunk Show, SCAD Jen Library,
Savannah, USA
Awards and Honors
2022, Best of Show, The 46nd Annual Philadelphia Museum of Art Contemporary Craft Show, Philadelphia, USA
2022, Excellence Prize, Japan Jewellery Competition, Japan
2022, BKV-Preis Young Applied Arts finalist, München, Germany
2021, Winner of PREZIOSA YOUNG 2021, Italy
2021, 15th Annual IDA Awards, Bronze Place, Accessory/Jewelry
Student Category, USA
2020, 14th Annual IDA Awards, Bronze Place, Accessory/Jewelry
Student Category, USA
2020, Athens Awards, Athens Jewelry Week 2020, Greece
2019, Swarovski Design Challenge 1st Place, USA
2019, 13th Annual IDA Awards, Silver Place, Accessory/Jewelry
Student Category, USA
Pulication
Magazine: Metalsmith. Front cover/FLOW: Searching for Infinity by Leslie Shershow. Vol 42 No 1 – 2022. Magazine: Ornament. Vol.42. No.3 2021, page 57.
Magazine: Munich Jewelry Week 2021 + Current Obsession- Crucible, page 4.
Growth & Evolution International Jewellery Exhibition. Sun, Herman. China Modern Publishing House Limited: Hong Kong, 2020
Online Article: The Time Zone. Master Degree Thesis by Xinia Guan
Online Article: IDA Design Awards 2019 Student Winner. IDA Design Awards: Los Angeles, 2019 Catalogue: 2022 Japan Jewellery Competition
Catalogue: PREZIOSA YOUNG 2021, Italy
Catalogue: BKV-Preis Young Applied Arts finalist, München, Germany
Catalogue: JOYA Barcelona Art Jewellery & Objects 2019. Le-Department: Barcelona, 2019