Email: lijing0086@gmail.com

Academic Title
Tenure-Track Associate Professor

Position
Deputy Chair, Department of Arts and Crafts

Education
2008: Bachelor’s Degree, Central Academy of Fine Arts, China
2012: Master’s Degree, Southern Illinois University, USA

Research Directions

·Contemporary Glass Art Practice and Theoretical Research

Academic Philosophy
Glass, as a synthetic material, has been utilized for over 4,000 years. As a traditional craft with practical applications, it has developed unique techniques and aesthetic principles throughout history. Contemporary glass art, however, is undergoing a shift toward artistic, experimental, and aesthetic dimensions. Beginning with traditional glassmaking techniques such as blowing and thermal forming, this research explores the modernist characteristics and theoretical foundations of glass as an artistic medium by integrating the collaborative team approach advocated by the Studio Glass Movement. It emphasizes the equal importance of traditional craftsmanship and contemporary artistic concepts, seeking to merge glass techniques with diverse art forms while preserving its intrinsic artistic language. The work also investigates the profound connections between new materials, techniques, technologies, and the evolution of glass art. Additionally, it focuses on integrating glass design into daily life through industry collaborations to enhance innovative design capabilities and global market competitiveness, ensuring glass art serves contemporary lifestyles.

Academic Achievements
Solo Exhibitions

·Inner • Outer, Southern Illinois University Museum, Illinois, USA

Group Exhibitions

·Chinese Contemporary Glass Art Exhibition, 1895 Cultural & Creative Industrial Park, Nantong, China

·Outstanding Works Exhibition of 1895 Chinese Contemporary Craft Art Series, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing, China

·Peeling: International Contemporary Glass Art Exhibition, White Box Museum, Beijing, China

·Midwest Contemporary Glass Art Alliance Annual Juried Exhibition (MCGAA), ECHT Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, USA

·Dancing with Fire, Third Degree Glass Factory, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

·Specific Environments: Landscape as Metaphor, Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA

·Vanguard, JRB Art Gallery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

·Midwest Contemporary Glass Art Alliance Annual Juried Exhibition (MCGAA), Ken Saunders Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, USA

·New Perspectives, Third Degree Glass Factory, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

·Midway, Surplus Gallery, Carbondale, Illinois, USA

·41st Monmouth Festival, Tinton Falls, New Jersey, USA

Awards
2020:

·Academic New Talent Award, Tsinghua University, China

2012:

·First Prize, Midwest Contemporary Glass Art Alliance Annual Juried Exhibition (MCGAA), ECHT Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, USA

·Pittsburgh Glass Center (PGC) Fellowship, Pennsylvania, USA

·Harvey and Bess Littleton Full Scholarship, Penland School of Craft, North Carolina, USA

2011:

·Corning Museum of Glass Studio Fellowship, New York, USA

·Pittsburgh Glass Center (PGC) Fellowship, Pennsylvania, USA

·Dr. Jerrold Belitz Full Scholarship, Penland School of Craft, North Carolina, USA

2010:

·Honorable Mention, 40th Glass Art Society International Student Exhibition, Louisville, Kentucky, USA