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| BACKGROUND |
| 1953 |
Born in Chongqing, Sichuan, People's Republic of China |
| 1982-85 |
BFA, MFA, Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Chongqing, Sichuan, China |
| 1985-1989 |
Instructor, Department of Visual Arts, Sichuan Institute of Fine Arts, Chongqing, China |
| 1986-87 |
Participant Artist, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, AB |
| 1989-90 |
Artist in Residence, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, AB |
| 1993 |
Instructor (Printmaking), Continuing Studies, University of British Columbia |
| 1992-2000 |
Instructor (Printmaking and Drawing) Part-time Studies, Emily Carr Institute, Vancouver BC |
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Assistant & Technician, Fine Arts Department, University of BC, Vancouver, BC |
| 1998-2000 |
Instructor (Painting and Drawing), Fine Arts Department, University of British Columbia |
| 2000-present |
Associate Professor (Painting and Drawing) Fine Arts Department, University of British Columbia |
| 2005 |
Curator, Shifting Space, Museum of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Chongqing, China |
| SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS |
| 2005 |
Shifting, Diane Farris Gallery |
| 2004 |
Gu Xiong and Xu Bing: Here Is What I Mean (two-person exhibit), Museum London, London, ON; Doris McCarthy Gallery, University of Toronto at Scarborough, Toronto, ON. |
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Beyond Vision, Chongqing Art Museum, Chongqing, China |
| 2003 |
Small, Medium, Large and Extra Large, Obero, Montreal, PQ |
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Flow, installation, McMaster Museum of Art, McMaster University, Hamilton |
| 2002 |
Flux, Chengdu Modern Art Exhibition Hall, Chengdu, Sichuan, China |
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I Am Who I Am, Highlight Gallery, Shanghai; Fine Art Gallery, Southwest China University, Chongqing, China |
| 2001 |
Yellow Water/Blue Culture (installation), Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, BC |
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Ding Ho/Group of Seven mixed media installation with Andrew Hunter (two-person exhibit). Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK |
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China Diary, Diane Farris Gallery |
| 2000 |
Drowning (installation) Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC |
| 1999 |
The Mirror - A Return to China (photography installation), Yukon Art Centre Gallery, Whitehorse, Yukon |
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The Mountains (multimedia installation), Chinese Culture Centre Museum & Archives, Vancouver |
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Barricade Of Bicycles, Presentation House Gallery, North Vancouver, BC |
| 1998 |
You and I (mixed media installation), Artspeak Gallery, Vancouver |
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The River (mixed media installation), Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria BC |
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Smile (mixed media installation), Articule Gallery, Montreal, Quebec |
| 1997 |
Red Lands, A Space, Toronto, Ont |
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The Yellow Pear, Diane Farris Gallery |
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You and I, Artspeak Gallery , Vancouver, BC |
| 1996 |
Behold the Silence, Diane Farris Gallery |
| 1994 |
The Basement (installation), Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC |
| 1992 |
Heads of State (installation), Diane Farris Gallery |
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Crushed Cans (installation), Galerie Brenda Wallace, Montreal |
| 1991 |
Gu's World (installation), Diane Farris Gallery |
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Enclosure IV (installation), Open Space Gallery, Victoria, BC |
| 1990 |
Enclosure III (performance), Barricade of Bicycles (installation), The Works Festival of the Arts, Edmonton, AB |
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Enclosure II (performance), The Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, AB |
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The Great Explosion, The Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, AB |
| 1989 |
Barricade of Bicycles - June 4, 1989 (installation), Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, AB |
| 1987 |
Woodcuts, Yangtze Art Gallery, Toronto, ON |
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Clouds, Faculty Lounge, York University, Toronto, ON |
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A Distant Place, Edmonton Multi-Cultural Centre, Edmonton, AB |
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A Distant Place, Asian Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC |
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A Distant Place, University Theatre, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB |
| SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
| 2004 |
Techniques of the Visible: Shanghai Biennale 2004, Shanghai Art Museum |
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Break Away, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC |
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Here Is What I Mean (with Xu Bing), Doris McCarthy Gallery, University of Toronto at Scarborugh, Toronto, ON |
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La Biennale de Montreal, Centre International d?Art Contemporain de Montr?al, Montreal, QC |
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No Boundaries: China Avant?Garde at Sites of Construction, Chongqing, Art Museum, Chongqing, China |
| 2003 |
Under 18, Diane Farris Gallery |
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The Watery Grave, Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown, PE, 2004 |
| 2001 |
Power and Social Bond, Le Mois de la Photo a Montreal, Montreal, PQ |
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Arquetipos, Museo de arte y diseno contemporaneo, San Jose, Costa Rica |
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Prints from Canada?s Pacific Province, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin Ireland |
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The Big Picture, Diane Farris Gallery |
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Ding Ho/Group of Seven ? mixed media installation, collaboration with Andrew Hunter, Mendal Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK |
| 2000-2001 |
Picture, Positions and Places, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC |
| 2000 |
Every Time: La Biennale de Montreal 2000, Montreal, Quebec |
| 1999-2000 |
Out of this Century, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC |
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Recollect, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC |
| 1999 |
Sur La Table, Diane Farris Gallery |
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War Zone: Bearing Witness, Presentation House Gallery, North Vancouver, BC |
| 1998 |
Recent Acquisitions from the Permanent Collection, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC |
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The Dynamic Landscape, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC |
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Permanent Collection Show, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ont |
| 1997 |
Tracing Cultures IV: Cultural Migrations and Difference, Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, BC |
| 1996 |
A Critical Beauty, South Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta |
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Mount Analogue, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver |
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A Critical Beauty, Open Space, Victoria, BC |
| 1995 |
Info Art: Kwangju Biennale '95, Kwangju, Korea |
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Here not There, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC |
| 1994 |
Art Matters, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC |
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The Basement, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC |
| 1993 |
Contemporary Chinese Art, Saw Gallery, Ottawa, ON |
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Drawings, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver, BC |
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Artropolis 93, Vancouver, BC |
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Inside & Outside Contemporary Chinese Art, Artspace Gallery, Peterborough, ON |
| 1992 |
Small Works, Diane Farris Gallery |
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Transpositions, Community Arts Council Gallery, Vancouver, BC |
| 1991 |
Beautiful British Columbia, Diane Farris Gallery |
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Goya to Beijing, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC |
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The Big Picture, Diane Farris Gallery |
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New Visions, Teck Gallery, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC |
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Echoes After the Storm: Tiananmen Memorial Art Exhibition, Asian Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC (travelled to Hong Kong and New York) |
| 1990 |
Artropolis 90, Vancouver, BC |
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Barricade of Bicycles-June 4th, 1989, Walter J. Phillips Gallery, Banff, AB (solo) |
| 1989 |
18th International Biennial of Graphic Arts, International Centre of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia |
| 1988 |
Contemporary Chinese Art, Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia |
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Southwest Arts in 1988, Sichuan Fine Arts Gallery, Chengdu, Sichuan, China |
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Chinese Art, Kulturwerkstatt, Dusseldorf, Germany |
| 1987 |
Thickness of Matter, Walter Philips Gallery, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, AB |
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Chinese Woodcut Exhibition, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France |
| 1986 |
National Exhibition of Fine Arts, National Fine Arts Gallery of China, Beijing, China |
| 1985 |
Printmaking Exhibition of Sichuan, Montpellier, France |
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International Fine Arts Exhibition for Peace, National Fine Arts Gallery of China |
| SELECTED COLLECTIONS |
| Art Bank, Canada Council for the Arts, Ottawa, ON |
| Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, AB |
| BC Gas, Vancouver, BC |
| British Columbia Art Collection, Vancouver, BC |
| Comosun College, Victoria, BC |
| The Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta |
| Kamloops Art Gallery |
| Moderna Galerija (Museum of Modern Art), Ljubljana, Yugoslavia |
| Museum of Sichuan Institute of Fine Arts, Chongqing, China |
| National Fine Arts Gallery of China, Beijing, China |
| National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario |
| The Peter Wall Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC |
| Province of British Columbia Art Collection, Victoria, BC |
| Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC |
| Seymour Collection, Vancouver, BC |
| Sichuan Institute of Fine Arts Gallery, Chongqing, China |
| Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC |
| Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC |
| University of BC Food Services, Vancouver, BC |
| University of Washington, Seattle, WA |
| Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC |
| Walter J.Phillips Gallery, Banff, AB |
| Washington State Arts Commission, Olympia, WA |
| York University, Toronto, ONT |
| SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY |
| Baele, Nancy |
"Tracking the Course of New Chinese Art", Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa, ONT; Aug. 1, 1993. |
| Balkind, Alvin |
"Gu Xiong, 1991: The Crusher", Fine Art Magazine, New York, NY; Jan. 1992. |
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"Pain Between Two Cultures", FRONT Magazine, Vancouver, BC; March/April 1991. |
| Beauchamp, Elizabeth |
"Tiananmen tribute part of works' coup", Edmonton Journal, Edmonton, AB; No. C2, June 22, 1990 |
| Birnie Danzker, Joanne |
"The Artropolians", Vancouver Magazine, Vancouver, BC; No. 42, October 1990 |
| Dafoe, Chris |
"China's Art Here and There", The Globe and Mail, April 18, 1995. |
| Dian, Fan |
"Limitations & Opportunity: Characteristics of Chinese Avant-Garde Practice", Border Crossings, Winnipeg, MN; October 1993. |
| Gale, Peggy |
?Jiangnan Narrows the Pacific Rimi?, Canadian Art, Toronto, ON, June, 1998 |
| Garrett, Craig |
"MultipleCity: Revolution in Panama," Flash Art May/June 2003: 75, 82, Milano, Italy. |
| Gidney, Norman |
"Multi-media art tells of massacre", Victoria Times, Victoria, BC; March 31, 1991 |
| Gudgeon, Jo |
"They Were Who They Were," Quo Magazine July 2002: 28?29, Shanghai, China |
| Gustafson, Paula |
?Seals, Scrolls, and Subversives,? The Georgia Straight, Vancouver, BC; April 21-28, 1995 |
| Jordan, Miriam and Haladyn, Jason |
"Gu Ziong and Xu Bing: Here is what I mean," C International Contemporary Art Issue #89 (Spring, 2005): 42, Totonto, ON |
| Kremzner, Apina |
?After Crushing,? Ming Pao, Vancouver, BC; January 17, 1994 |
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"Here and There - New Chinese Art," Ming Pao, Vancouver, B.C., April 10, 1995. |
| Hirschmann, Thomas |
"Toying with Cultural Collisions," The National Post, June 3, 2000, Toronto, ON |
| Hume, Christopher |
"Duo Dusts Off Group of Seven for McMichael Installation" Toronto Star 27 Feb. 2000: E4, Toronto, ON |
| Lamb, Jamie |
"An Artful Glimpse into the Chinese Immigrant Experience", The Vancouver Sun, April 20, 1995. |
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"Artist overcomes lifetime of obstacles", Vancouver Sun, Vancouver BC; Sept. 28, 1991. |
| Laurence, Robin |
?The Spirituality of Everyday Life; To Gu Xiong, Images of Commonplace Objects are Part of a Cultural Iconography,? The Georgia Straight, March 19-26, 1998 |
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?China?s Blood and Breath,? Border Crossings, Issue No. 67, July 1998 |
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"An Artful Glimpse into the Chinese Immigrant Experience", The Vancouver Sun, Vancouver BC; April 20, 1995 |
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"Memories of the past, faces from the present", Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, BC; Sept. 11, 1993 |
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"Artist overcomes lifetime of obstacles", Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, BC; September 28, 1991 |
| Lee, James-Jason |
"War Zones," Border Crossings 72 (Winter 1999), Winnipeg, MB |
| Lin, Wang |
"World & Image of Enclosure", Fine Arts in China, Beijing, China; No. 39, 1988. |
| Mavrikakis, Nicolas |
?Le regard de l?autre?, Voir, Montreal, QC; October 29- November 4, 1998 |
| Miller, Matt |
"Vancouver sets pace with influx of Asians", San Diego Union, San Diego, CA; May 5, 1991. |
| Mills, Josephine |
?War Zones?, PARACHUTE Contemporary Art, Montreal, Quebec, January 2000 |
| Milroy, Sarah |
?Vancouver Show Presents Art-World Archive?, The Globe and Mail, Toronto, ON, Nov.8, 1997 |
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"Vancouver Welcomes China?s Vanguard," The Globe and Mail 25 Apr. 1998: C9, Toronto, ON |
| Ningjun, Wong |
"Beijing Modern Art Show gets off to rousing start", Japan Times, Tokyo, Japan; May 15, 1989. "Show is going with a bang", China Daily, Beijing, China; Feb. 15, 1989. |
| Owens, Yvonne |
?Beautiful Monsters,? Border Crossings, 1996 |
| Parsons, Bruce |
"Insiders & Outsiders: Contemporary Chinese Art", SUB Rosa, Artspace Gallery, Peterborough, ONT; Vol. 3, March 1993 |
| Paul, Rita |
"Asian Art in Vancouver", Pacific Rim Magazine, Vancouver, BC; No. 61, 1991 |
| Rosenberg, Ann |
"Serenity and Conflict," The Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, B.C., April 22, 1995. |
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"Of Power, Folly & Fantasy", Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, BC; November 14, 1992 |
| Scott, Michael |
?Chinese Modern?, Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, BC, Nov.23, 1996 |
| Shouyi, Yuan |
"A Young Chinese Artist-Gu Xiong", Canadian Chinese Times, Edmonton, AB; May 27, 1987. |
| Solyom, Catherine |
"Exhibits on Immigration Leave No One Indifferent," The Gazette 11 Sept. 2001: A1, Montreal, QC |
| Strassburg, Richard E. |
"I Don't Want to Play Cards with Cezanne & Other Works", Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, CA; No. 40-41, 1991. |
| Tian, Wong Guang |
"Gu Xiong's Struggle", World Weekly News, Vancouver, BC; Aug. 12, 1993. |
| Tei, Dao |
"The Wheels of Modern Art", Les Nouvelles Chinoises, Montreal, QC; December 4, 1992 |
| Tizon, Alex |
?Word on the Grapevine: More Ships Are Under Way?, The Seattle Times, Seattle, WA, Sept.19, 1999 |
| Townsend, Marcos |
"Anti?racism in the Banners," The Gazette 9 Sept. 2001: A3, Montreal, QC |
| Tsang, Henry |
"Gu Xiong & the Chinese Avant-Garde", Simon Fraser University, Harbour Centre, Vancouver, BC; Sept. 19, 1991. (lecture) |
| Updike, Robin |
"Real Works of Art," The Seattle Times 11 July 1999: S16, Seattle, WA, USA |
| Vine, Richard |
"Shanghai Accelerates," Art in America February 2005: 104 ? 111, 141, New York, USA |
| Wilson, Gavin |
?Cultural Revolutionary; Artist Gu Xiong Continues the Struggle for his Art in Canada,? UBC Reports, Vancouver, BC; April 30, 1998 |
| Wilson, Peter |
"Immigrant Images," The Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, B.C., April 24, 1995. |
| Wood, Alan |
"Artropolis 93 is up on the issues", Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, BC; October 30, 1993 |
| Wood, Chris |
"Asian Treasures," MacLean's, Toronto, Ontario, April 24, 1995. |
| Xiong, Chan Wan |
"Here Not There" and "New Art in China," Hsiung Shih Art Monthly, Tiabei, Taiwan. Vol. 6 No. 292, '95. |
| SELECTED RADIO AND TELEVISION INTERVIEWS |
| 2002 |
Fairchild Radio FM 96.1, 11pm ? 12pm, an interview with Liang Yan, Vancouver BC, March 21 |
| 2001 |
CBC Radio One 8.50am-9.00am, an Interview with Rick Cluff, Vancouver BC, May 16 |
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Interview with Loura Jackson, CBC Radio Northwest, Vancouver BC, December 10 |
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Fairchild Radio 11pm-12pm, An interview with Liang Yan and Shengtian Zheng, Vancouver, BC, October 19 |
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?The Yellow Pear:The Story of Gu Xiong?, History TV, Toronto ON, April 7 |
| 2000 |
Interview with Xiaoling Zhang, Radio Canada International, Montreal Quebec, June 3 |
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CBC TV, Ch.2, Toronto, Ont, May 5 |
| 1999 |
Vancouver TV, Ch.32, Vancouver BC, June 4 |
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Interview with Rick Cluff, CBC Radio One, Vancouver BC, May 26 |
| 1998 |
Interview with David Grierson, CBC Radio Northwest, Vancouver BC, October 11 |
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?State of the Arts?, CBC TV Broadcast 1, Vancouver BC, March 12 |
| 1997 |
Interview with Vicki Gabereau, VTV, October 1997, Vancouver, BC |
| 1996 |
Interview with Nancy Solomon, KLCC Radio, Eugene OR, January 18 and 19 |
| 1995 |
?Chinatown Today,? Rogers T.V. Channel 4, Vancouver BC, May 28 |
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?The Early Edition,? interview with Hal Wake, CBC Radio AM, Vancouver, BC |
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?Arts Report,? interview with Jill Pollack, CBC Radio AM/FM, Vancouver BC, April 18 |
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Interview with Mark Forsyth, CBC Radio AM, Vancouver BC, April 11 |
| 1993 |
Arts Entertainment, CBC TV, "Gu Xiong - A Chinese Canadian Artist", Toronto ONT, Feb. 21 |
| 1992 |
Interview with Vicki Gabereau, CBC Radio, Vancouver BC, Nov. 19 |
| PUBLIC COMMISSIONS |
| 2004 |
A Place Called Home, permanent public art installation of 42 works at the Seattle Public Library, Columbia City Branch, Seattle, WA |
| 2002 |
The Sickle and The Cell Phone, bronze sculpture at the Donald Forster Sculpture Park, Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON |
| 1999 |
The Crowd, porcelain enamel mural at Safeco Field, home of the Seattle Mariners. Seattle, WA |
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