ABOUT ME
Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China
Savannah, GA, USA
https://klimt02.net/jewellers/xinia-guan
Instagram: xiniaguan.jewelry
Her studio is currently located in Savannah, Georgia, USA. Born in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, she holds dual Bachelor's degrees in Literature and Economics from Inner Mongolia University. She further pursued a Master's degree in Jewelry Design Art at the Savannah College of Art and Design in the United States.
She has won the Silver Prize in the 13th International Design Competition, as well as the Bronze Prize in the 14th and 15th International Design Competitions. In 2020, she was recognized as an award-winning artist at Athens Jewelry Week. In 2021, she received the PREZIOSA YOUNG award in Italy, was selected for the German BKV 2022 Young Art Award, and achieved excellence in the 2022 Japan Jewelry Competition, among other honors. She has also participated in various international and domestic art jewelry exhibitions, including JOYA in Spain in 2019, Munich Jewelry Week in Germany in 2020, and MAD About Jewelry in New York in 2021.
Her creations are entirely based on traditional hand-cutting techniques. She is fascinated by the contrast and unity of geometry, organization, and repetition. In her works, through the continuous process of cutting, she explores the deconstruction and construction of microscopic geometry. She delves into the sensitivity and tactile aspects of life hidden beneath rational logic. Her pieces gradually evolve through static creation and dynamic interaction with the external world.
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
2023-Current,Professor of Jewelry,Savannah College of Art and Design,
Savannah, GA, USA
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
2025, Puyuan International Jewelry Biennale, Puyuan, China.
2025 Contemporary Studio in Georgia exhibition, Savannah, GA, USA
2025, The 49th Annual Philadelphia Museum of Art Contemporary Craft Show, Philadelphia, USA
2025,Smithsonian Craft Show. Washington D.C., USA
2024, Earrings Galore, Heidi Lowe Gallery, Lewes, DE, USA
2024, The 48th Annual Philadelphia Museum of Art Contemporary Craft Show, Philadelphia, USA
2024, WEAR contemporary Jewelry: Wonderment, Artifice, and Seduction, FOCUS Gallery, Penland Gallery, Bakerville, NC, USA.
2024, Single Source SOLO exhibition, Heidi Lowe Gallery. Lewes ,DE, USA
2024, Smithsonian Craft Show. Washington D.C., USA
2023, SCAD x Design Miami, Miami, USA.
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
2025, Excellence in Jewelry Award, The 49nd Annual Philadelphia Museum of Art Contemporary Craft Show, Philadelphia, USA
2024,Excellence in Jewelry Award, Smithsonian Craft Show,Washington D.C., USA
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