Education & Teaching Experience

2026—Present Sessional Instructor. Alberta University of The Arts, Calgary, Canada

2022-2025 M.F.A in Jewelry & Metals, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.

2018-2022 B.F.A. in Jewelry & Metals (Minor in Ceramics), Alberta University of the Arts, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Selected Exhibitions

2026 Substance / Reimagined, Slovenian Jewelry Week (Catalogue), Center Rog, Ljubljana, Slovenia

2026 SCHMUCKmünchen 2026 (Catalogue), Internationale Handwerksmesse, Munich, Germany

2026 Unity, Openness, Dialogue Commemorative Exhibition for Davos & APEC, Dalian, China. (Upcoming）

2025 Beijing International Enamel Art Creation & Exchange Exhibition and the 13th Beijing Arts & Crafts Academic Symposium, Museum of Handicrafts, Beijing, China

2025 Tsinghua University Graduate Exhibition (Catalogue), Tsinghua University Art Museum, Beijing, China

2023 Blossom, Mint M.A.O, Beijing, China

2022 Beijing International Jewelry Art Exhibition, BIFT, Beijing, China

2021 Grad Show (2023 Reviewbook), Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary, Canada

2021/22 10th & 11th Annual President’s Student Art Craft and Design Exhibition, AUArts, Calgary, Canada

2021 Homemaking, Marion Nicoll Gallery, Calgary, Canada

2021 Discomfort, Cspace King Edward, Calgary, Canada

2020/21 YYC Airport AUArts Student Showcase, Calgary International Airport, Canada

Selected Awards, Grants & Scholarship

2026 Best International Jewelry Designer Award, Slovenian Jewelry Week, Ljubljana, Slovenia

2025 Gold Award, Enamel Bag, IAI Academy Award , Asia Pacific Designers Federation

2022-2025 Full Chinese Government Scholarship, China Scholarship Council

2025 Finalist, Enamel Bag, 4th National Outstanding Graduate Works Competition Arts & Crafts Category, China Art and Craft Society

2024 Second Prize, Butterfly (1), 9th Calligraphy and Painting Competition, Tsinghua University

2024 Excellence in Craftsmanship Award, 3rd Craftsman Competition, Tsinghua University

2023 Tsinghua Comprehensive Scholarship, Tsinghua University

2023 Finalist, Perfect Imperfection, Shiwan Cup Youth Ceramic Art Competition, China Ceramic Industry Association

2023 Outstanding Project Award & Project Grant, 9th Zijing Voice Cultural Innovation Program, Tsinghua University

2021-2022 President’s Honour Roll, AUArts

2020 Calgary Hadassah-Wizo Award, AUArts

2019 Jason Lang Scholarship, Government of Alberta

2018 Rutherford Scholarship, Highest Amount, Government of Alberta

Honors & Featured Works

2026 One for the Future Honoree, NYC Jewelry Week, New York, USA

2025 Graduate work featured on the Tsinghua University’s official social media and several online articles

2025 Selected Artist. Xu, Jiaorao, and Shi Chong, eds. Gem, Adorn the Future: Jewelry and Metalwork of Students from Chinese Universities. Art and Design, no. 306

2023 Graduate work selected for AUArts Viewbook

2019 Painting "Ocean" selected as President Holiday Card, AUArts

Selected Lectures & Workshops

2024 Interpreter, International Enamel Workshop-Lecture by Misook Hur, Beijing Union University

2024 Co-Speaker, Living in China Cultural Workshop, Tsinghua University ISSC

2024 Co-Instructor, Dream China Lacquer Fan Workshop, Tsinghua University ISSC

2023 Organizer & Instructor, DIY Craft Workshop, Tsinghua University Zijing Voice

2023 Poster Designer & Translator, Objects, Hands, and The Shape of Movements, Lecture by Jakyung Shin, China Art and Craft Association

2023 Co-Instructor, Ceramic Wheel-Throwing Workshop, Beijing City International School

2023 Instructor, Lightweight Clay Modeling Workshop, Tsinghua University Graduate Student Union

Publications

Yang, Shouping, and Yuxin Song. "Deconstructing theWei-Jin Artistic Consciousness Theory: A Shishuo Xinyu Perspective." Guoxue Lunheng: Journal of Chinese Humanities, no. 2, 2024, pp. 281–296.

Yang, Dongjiang, XiaoxinWang, and Qiushuang Sun. Beijing: China Textile & Apparel Press Metal Art, 2023.

• Book Researcher of Chapter 1, Section 2 "World Metal Art", Author of Chapter 4, Section 3 "Enamel" , and Memeber of the Photographer and Photo Editor Team.

Tang, Shengguang, Tsinghua University Art Museum, and The Hirayama Ikuo Silk Road Museum. Cultural Exchanges in Metal Art among the Ancient East and West. Shanghai: Shanghai Calligraphy and Painting Publishing House, 2024.

• Image and Research Editor, responsible for organizing visual and textual materials of 50 overseas metal artworks, including sourcing from international institutions, compiling descriptions, and contributing to photo editing.