Artist Resume of Xin Song
Chinese Folk Art and Modern Paper Cutting

Education:
1994
Graduated from Central Academy of Fine Arts, Dept. of Folk Art, Beijing, China.
1990
Beijing Haidian Art Vocational School, Major: Fine Art.

Recent Exhibition History:
2008
November:
Group Exhibition:Coney Island Maybe,Puffin Room Gallery,SoHo,NewYork.

2008
August:
Solo Exhibition at Taowatergallery,Provincetown.MA.

2008
March:
Solo Exhibition at Fine Art Work Center Gallery.Provincetown.MA.

2008
February:
Group show at Cheryl McGinnis Gallery,Newyork,NY.

2008
January: 2007-2008 Visual art fellows at PAAM(Provincetown Art Association and Museum) MA.
2007
November: Group Exhibition,Touched by Wemen’s Hands,Flushing Council on Culture and the Arts,Queens,New York.
2006
June: Group Exhibition,Going Underground, Art At Large,New York.
June: Group Exhibition,2006 HOME ROOM, Asian American Artist Alliance Gallery,Brooklyn,New York.

2005
December:Group Exhibition,EATART8, Asian American Artist Alliance Gallery,Brooklyn,New York.

November:GroupExhibition,Tunnels&Bridges, Ceres Gallery,Chelsea,New York.
March:Curated a Group Exhibition, BeiJing Spring, PuffinRoom Gallery, SoHo, New York.

2004
July: Group Exhibition, Talking Hand, AIR Gallery, Chelsea, New York
2003
May: Group Exhibition, Accumulative Efforts, Phoenix Gallery, Soho, New York.
July: Set Design: Treaders in the Snow (dance performance), Puffin Room Gallery, Soho, New York.

2002
March: Group Exhibition: Raffled Feathers – Puffin Room Gallery, Soho, New York.

April: Group Exhibition: Warm Days, Blue Skies - Manhattan Borough president C. Virginia Fields Offices, New York.
June: Group Exhibition: WAR – Puffin Room Gallery, Soho, New York.
July: Group exhibition: Leaps and Bounds – Phoenix Gallery, Soho, New York.

2001
March: Solo Exhibition: AmerAsia Bank Gallery, New York.
July: Group exhibition: Phoenix Gallery, Soho, New York
October: Solo Exhibition: Xin Song’s Dreams – Qingping Teahouse Gallery, Boston, USA.
December: Eat Art Group Exhibition: AIR Gallery, New York

1998
Featured Artist on “English Bridge”, a program on China Central Television – as an instructor of Chinese paper cuts.
December: Group Exhibition at The Hilton, Beijing, China.

1996/97
Featured Artist: The Here and Now Gallery, Beijing, China.
1995
August: Invited by the Chinese Ministry of Culture to participate in The China Art Exposition. Work was selected for publication in accompanying catalogue and received an Honor’s Certificate.
October: Participation in the China paper cutting exhibition, Contemporary Gallery of China, Beijing.

Bibliography / Publications:
2005
"BeiJing Spring" interview with Wolrd Journal Newspapre, New York.
"BeiJing Spring" interview with China Press Newspaper, New York.
"BeiJing Spring" interview with Ming Pao Newspaper, New York.

2002
Interview with WBAI 99.5 radio, New York.
“Leaps and Bounds” interview with XingDao Daily News, New York.
“Ruffled Feathers” Interview with World Journal Newspaper, New York.

2001
“Eat Art” interview with World Journal Newspaper, New York.
“Song Xin’s Dreams” interview with the Xing Dao Daily News, New York.
“Song Xin’s Dreams” interview with World Journal News, New York.

1995
“Modern Paper Cutting” interview with Culture Monthly, Beijing, China.
2005
Illustrated Scotland peoms book cover "With A Backward Glance" taken from "Dream and Life"series.
1992
“Modern Paper Cut”, published by Beijing China Today Company.
Traditional Chinese Story “FengShengYanYi” Illustration book, Nong Cun Du Wu Publishing Company, Beijing, China.

Award and Residencies:
2006-2007 Shadow Puppet Wprkshops for Brooklyn students and Brooklyn Public Libraries.(This program is supported by public funds,by NYC Dept of Cultural Affairs and the Ford Foundation/Brooklyn Art Council.)
2007 Grant of the Puffin Foundation for art.
2007-2008 Fine arts work center in Provincetown fellowship.

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