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2001-2003     M.F.A. Washington State University , WA , USA

1998-2000     B.V.A. The University of Sydney , Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney , Australia

1988-1992     B.Sc. Jilin University, Jilin , P. R. China

EMPLOYMENT

Assistant Professor, Visual and Aboriginal Art Department, Faculty of Arts, Brandon University , Brandon , MB , Canada

2003-2004

Adjunct Faculty / Sabbatical Replacement, Fine Arts Department , Washington State University, Pullman , WA , USA

2002-2003 

Instructor (Ceramics), Teaching Assistant  (Ceramics, 3-D Design, and Art History), Fine Arts Department , Washington State University, Pullman , WA , USA

1997-1998  

Art Director, Vision & Value Advertising Beijing , P.R. China

1994-1997 

Assistant Art Director / Graphic Designer, J.Watter Thompson ( USA ) Beijing , P.R. China

1992-1994 

Engineer / Packaging Industrial Designer, LEGEND Beauty Product Ltd. Beijing , P.R. China

AWARD and GRANTS

2010  Manitoba Arts Council Grant- Creation/Production Grants in the Visual Arts (A)

2009     Merit Award, Feats of Clay XXII 2009, an international juried exhibition, Licoln, CA, USA

2009 Honourable Mention Award,  SAC Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Scarborough, ON, Canada

2008  Brandon University BURC Grant

2006  Manitoba Arts Council Grant- Creation/Production Grants in the Visual Arts (B)

2006 First Place Award, VULCAN 5 Gallery & Studios, Oakland , CA , USA

2003 Outstanding Woman in Graduate Studies at the Master’s Level, Association for Women Faculty, Washington State University , USA

2000 The International Merit Scholarship 2000, The University of Sydney , Australia

RESIDENCIES

2010 A.I.R Vallauris, France

2006  May 29-June 23  The Medalta International Artists in Residence Program. Medicine Hat , AB

EXHIBITIONS

Solo

July 2008

Utility- Object Reflections, The Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba , MB , Canada

Group

EVENTS 09-10

November 2008

Soup & Sustenance,  An Invitational Exhibition, curated by Professor Mary Ann Steggles, Portage & District Arts Council, Portage la Prairie , MB , Canada

March 2008

ENSEMBLE- An Invitational Exhibition in all media, PHD Gallery, 2300 Cherokee St. Saint Louis , MO , USA

2007     

The Distill Cup 2007- A National Juried Exhibition, The Distill Gallery, The Distillery Historic District, Toronto , ON , Canada , Juror: Allison Skinner

2006         

What Is A Cup- An International Juried Exhibition  First Place Award, VULCAN 5 Gallery & Studios, Oakland , CA , USA , Juror: Michelle Gregor 

Clay Dynamics- The Medalta International Artists in Residence Program, Medicine Hat Public Library , AB , Canada

2004         

CERCO-ARAGON 2004, 4^th International Prize of Contemporary Ceramics, An International Juried Exhibition, Museo Pablo Serrano, Museo De Teruel ,  Spain , Catalogue

Taking Measure II, NCECA Exhibition in Jingdezhen 1000 years of Porcelain Exhibitions, Jingdezhen , P.R. China, Catalogue and Certificate

2003            

Faculty Show 2003, Museum of Art, Washington State University , Washington , USA

Clearly Black & White - A National Juried Exhibition, Tierra Solida Gallery , California , USA

To Dream the Impossible – Contemporary Ceramic Pillow Exhibition, The Pottery Workshop, Hong Kong , An International Juried Exhibition, Curated by Caroline Cheng

Thesis Exhibition 2003, Museum of Art, Washington State University , Washington , USA

The NCECA 2003 Regional Student Juried Exhibition, Flory Canto and Everett Gee Jackson Galleries , San Diego , California , USA

Affinity for the Cup  - A National juried Exhibition, Exploding Head Gallery Contemporary Art and Ceramics , California , USA

2002         

Cup: The Intimate Object -  An International Juried Exhibition, Charlie Cummings Gallery , Indiana , USA

Cross the Border Exchange Show, Reflections Gallery, University of Idaho , Idaho , USA

National Teapot Show V - A National juried Exhibition, Cedar Creek Gallery , North Carolina , USA

‘SOS’ Show, Christensen Heller Gallery , California , USA