Biografía de Peter Xiao

Pequin, China, 1962

Consagrado artista Chino, residente en Estados Unidos, muestra pinturas figurativas referidas a imagenes de su propia invencion.

Peter Xiao asistio a la Beijing Normal University, y en Estados Unidos estudio Bellas Artes y Literatura en Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, y Bellas Artes en Tyler School of Art, Temple University. En 1989 ingreso en el Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois donde ejerce actualmente como profesor.

Entre otros ha recibido los siguientes PREMIOS Y MENCIONES:

2002 - Premio de Diseño del Blackhawk College, Moline, Illinois

2000 - Tercer Premio, Annual Rock Island Fine Art Exhibition, Augustana Art Gallery, Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois.

1999, 97, 95, 92 - Premio Quad City Arts Dollars.

1995 - Tercer Premio, 45th Spiva Annual Competition, George A. Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, Montana.

1992 - Mencion de Honor, Showcase: Bi-State, Davenport Museum of Art, Davenport, Iowa - Premio de Adquisicion, 16th Annual Rock Island Fine Art Exhibition, Augustana Art Gallery, Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois

1991 - Primer Premio de Adquisicion, Quad Cities Regional Art Showcase, Davenport Museum of Art, Davenport, Iowa

1984 - Premio Marvin Cone Art; Phi Beta Kappa, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Su obra se puede encontrar en las siguientes COLECCIONES PUBLICAS y PRIVADAS: - Davenport Museum of Art, Davenport, Iowa; - Rock Island Public Library, Rock Island, Illinois; - Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; - Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois; - Blackhawk College, Moline, Illinois - Modern Woodman of Ameica; - Knobloch Bank, Philadelphia; - Shuttleworth and Ingersoll, Attorneys at Law, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; - Security Corporation of Iowa, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; - Wells Fargo, Cedar Rapids, Ioea; - American Nickeloid Company, Peru, Illinois;

Ademas Xiao ha participado en las siguientes EXPOSICIONES:

2002 - Rock Island Public Library, Rock Island, Illinois

2001 - Midcoast Fine Arts at the RiverCenter, Davenport, Iowa

2000

1996 - InsideART, Chicago, Illinois

1995

1994 - Figures in Circles, Quad City ArtsCenter; Rock Island, Illinois

1993 - Harry's Hair Salon, or, Line + Plane = Clarity, mixed-media installation, CSPS, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

1991 - Recent Paintings, Quad City ArtsCenter, Rock Island, Illinois

1987

1986 - MFA Thesis Exhibition, Tyler Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, Philadelphia