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Mengyao Guo

Mengyao Guo

Chelsea College of Art And Design (MA Fine Art , 2014)

Mengyao Guo is a multidiciplinary and mixed media artist currently based in Shanghai. Guo never confines the media employed in her practices as long as they are conducive towards creative and provocative ideas. This means that her artwork could range from a painting, to an installation, and a pop-up event. During her graduate studies at Chelsea College of Arts of the University of the Arts London, Guo traveled to Iceland, Netherlands, Switzerland, and Japan. Her works became deeply informed by each place she visited, and evolved into a personal archive, as well as her approach to communicating with a different geographic and cultural landscape.

On her craft, she says..

"I am always lost in art, as I am able to express my own feelings and translate them onto the canvas. I believe that all artists can hope to accomplish is to transform the abstract untangible thoughts into the visible reality. After a long time of traditional basic training, I started to consider the question of why I still painted representational images, so I drew inspiration from the conutryside. I noticed some geomatrical shapes in nature from Chikan, Kaiping. Inspired by distinctive local watchtowers and also their small windows. That is why some of my earlier works painted the positive and negative shapes of GAFA’s buildings, windows, doors and bricks." 

Some of Mengyao Guo's Key exhibitions include Art Miami Wearable Art Exhibit, The 2nd “CAFAM·Future” Exhibition in at CAFA Art Museum, ART: GWANGJU, Korea, Art Fair Tokyo, Affordable Art Fair in UK, Art on Paper, ART021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair, and so on. Major collections include K11 Hongkong and OCAT Shenzhen.

Exhibitions

Make Dream as Horse Guangzhou Wed, 11/12/2014 to Wed, 11/26/2014
Sankaku Tokyo Wed, 11/12/2014 to Thu, 11/20/2014
ART021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair Shanghai Wed, 08/13/2014 to Thu, 09/04/2014
COART-Asian Youth Art Festival Lijiang Sat, 11/16/2013 to Fri, 11/29/2013
Fresh Vision 2013-From University to Universe Shenzhen Thu, 11/14/2013 to Sat, 11/30/2013
The Graduate Exhibition of GAFA Guangzhou Thu, 11/14/2013 to Fri, 11/29/2013
Drifting City-Trio Exhibition of Oil Paintings Guangzhou Sat, 11/02/2013 to Fri, 11/22/2013
The Pulse of The Next Generation-New Serious by Young Artists Dongguan Fri, 11/01/2013 to Fri, 11/15/2013
Electric Open 2013 Congleton Thu, 10/10/2013 to Fri, 11/01/2013
Museum of Unknown-Lending Guangzhou Wed, 07/03/2013 to Wed, 11/13/2013
The Lost Pills Guangzhou Wed, 11/14/2012 to Fri, 11/23/2012
Triangleholic Guangzhou Thu, 11/08/2012 to Thu, 11/22/2012
The 1st Academy Exhibition of Oil Paintings in Guangdong Guangzhou Thu, 04/12/2012 to Tue, 05/01/2012
Student Recommended-Academic Festival of GAFA Guangzhou Thu, 11/17/2011 to Thu, 12/29/2011
Video City Guangzhou Thu, 11/10/2011 to Thu, 11/24/2011

Awards

• The 3rd Prize, Fenghuang Merit Scholarship, GAFA 2013
• The 2nd Prize, Yaping Merit Scholarship, GAFA 2013
• Graduation Outstanding Creative Prize, GAFA 2013
• Certificate of Honor, SmileAngel Foundation, Red Cross Society of China 2013
• The 3rd Prize, Dome-the 1ST Academy Exhibition of Oil Paintings in Guangdong, Department of Education of Guangdong Province 2012
• Second-class Scholarships ( Year 2011-2012, 2010-2011), GAFA 2012&2011
• Merit Student ( Year 2010-2011), GAFA 2011
• Excellent Student in Academic Learning ( Year 2009-2010). GAFA 2010
• Honorable Mention, 1st Wallpaper Design Competition, GAFA

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