Nanxi Jin

B. 1996 China, Lives and works in Chicago


>Education

2022             Master of Fine Art in  Ceramics, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

2020             Bachelor of Fine Art in Art & Design, New York State College of Ceramics,

                     Alfred University, Alfred, NY

                     Minor in Communication Studies and Art History


>Selected Awards / Fellowships / Residencies

2023 Lillstreet Art Center summer residency

2023 Silver Prize of the 2nd Cixi China Qing Shanglin Cup International Celadon Art Biennial Exhibition

2022                 First Prize in the 9th "Shiwan Cup" Youth Ceramics Competition 

2022                 Silver Medal of the 12th China Ceramic Art Exhibition

2022                 Watershed center for ceramic art residency

2022                 Merit Ox-Bow Scholarship

2022                 Avant-Garde Art Project membership manager

2022                  Lillstreet Art Center BIPOC Scholarship

2022                  13th Art Abstracts exhibition Honorable Mention and Special Recognition, Light Space &   

                          Time Online Art Gallery

2020-2022         Incentive Scholarships, School of the Art Institute of Chicago  IL

2019                  Taoxichuan International Art Studio residency

2019                   Peter’s Valley School of Craft Student Scholarship

2019                   Student HC Travel Award, Alfred University  NY

2016-2020          Miller Portfolio Scholarship, Alfred University NY

2018-2020          Marlin Miller Scholarship Fund for the Arts, Alfred University NY

2017-2019          Dean’s list, Alfred University NY


>Selected Group Exhibitions

2023             6th Midwest Open; Women Made Gallery; Chicago IL

2023             Indescribable Verbs, Avant-garde Art Projects, Online

2023             Being: A Recognition of Self and Other exhibit; Rahr-West Art Museum; Manitowoc WI 

2023             Everything Is Coming Up Roses, Pretty girls making cool shit, Online

2023 Terrain Biennial Exhibition 2023, Chicago IL

2023             Retrospect: Decommissioned Works, Lodge Gallery, Online

2023             Script, Envision Arts, Online

2023 Dancing Script (solo exhibition)Xiao Space Gallery, Chicago IL

2023            Pin Up, :iidrr Gallery, New York, US

2023            Winter Survival, The Plan Gallery, Chicago, US

2023             Break out, Asian Female Artists Annual Art Exhibition 2023, Avant-garde Art Projects, Online

2022             pätˈlək, Gallery 1922, Chicago IL

2022             MFA thesis showSAIC Gallery, Chicago IL 

2021             NYCxDesign during New York Design Week Online

2021             At the Moment (solo exhibition) Gallery 1922, Chicago IL

2020             You Are Here,  Gallery 1922, Chicago IL          

2019             Toward Delphi, Ceramic Art Avenue Gallery, Jingdezhen, China

>Professional Experience

2017-2019   Pop-up shop, Alfred NY                                      

2017            Translator in James Lawton’s International Teapot Making Camp, Jingdezhen, China               

2019            Gallery Internship in Robert Turner Gallery, Alfred NY             

                    Gallery internship in Cohen Center Gallery, Alfred NY 

2020-2022   Studio Assistant in Ceramic Department at School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL            

2020            Teacher Assistant in Mie Kongo’s Architecture and Ceramics, Chicago IL    

2021            Teacher Assistant in Nancy Fleischman’s Multiple, Chicago IL               

                    Teacher Assistant in Efrat Hakimi’s Artist’s books: unbound, Chicago IL  

                    Teacher Assistant in Katherine Ross’s Clay Knowledge/Clay Ecology, Chicago IL

                    Teacher Assistant in Kate O'Neill’s Intro to Photographic Image-making, Chicago IL 

2022            Teacher Assistant in William J.O’Brien’s Ceramic Sculpture, Chicago IL

                    Glaze Monitor at Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago IL

                    Avant-Garde Art Project membership 

Instructor at Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago IL

The art teacher at Young Rembrandts Central Chicago IL    

>Selected Press/Publications

2023 Friends of The Artist volume 18

2023 Suboart Magazine #11 October 2023

2023                  Artwork Gallery, Interview with Nanxi Jin

https://artworkgallery.net/interviews/interview-with-nanxi-jin/

2023                  Sixty Inches From Center, A Sense of Touch: Nanxi Jin at Xiao Space Gallery

https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/a-sense-of-touch-nanxi-jin-at-xiao-space-gallery/

2023                  AI-Tiba9 Contemporary Art, Issue 14, printed and online

2023 AI-Tiba9 Contemporary Art, Interview with Nanxi Jin

https://www.altiba9.com/artist-interviews/nanxi-jin-ceramics-sculpture-organic-shapes?rq=nanxi

2023 Artist Talk Magazine, issue 25

 https://www.artisttalkmagazine.com/magazine

2023 Chinese Ceramics Magazine中国陶瓷杂志,陶瓷新秀作品欣赏 April.7 Online

2023                  China Ceramics, March issues, printed

2023                  China National Arts and Crafts Yearbook, printed

2023                  Chicago Chinese News on March 1st, Online

2023                  Winter Survival, The visualist, Online

2022                  Guangdong Shiwan Ceramic Museum, Interview with Nanxi Jin the story behind the first price

带你走进一等奖作品背后的创作故事 Nov.25 Online

  https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/VSOGr3gh6J3FaDKVjKaiqQ