Shencheng Xu received his MFA in Sculpture from Maryland Institute College of Art’s Rinehart School of Sculpture in 2001 and his BFA in Sculpture was received from Luxun Academy of Fine Arts, China in 1993. He has had numerous solo and group exhibitions and has completed over a dozen out-door monumental sculptures both in United States and in China. His works have been published in “Sculpture” and he received the “Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award” from International Sculpture Center. Since 2004, his sculptures have been featured in the Chicago Sculpture Exhibit, founded in 2001 by then-Alderman Vi Daley, annually for the last 16 years. Currently he is a tenured professor of sculpture at Northeastern Illinois University.
Education
2001 M.F.A. Rinehart School of Sculpture, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
1993 B.F.A. Sculpture Department, Luxun Academy of Fine Arts, Shenyang, China
Biography
2003 – Present Professor of Art Department, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL
1993 – 1997 Associate Professor of Environmental Art Department, Luxun Academy of Fine Arts, Shenyang, China
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2012 “Facepot”, two-person show, the Ronald Williams Library, Chicago, IL
2007 “Shencheng Xu Retrospective”, Johnsonese Gallery, Chicago, IL
“The Garden of Eden”, Gallery Uno, Chicago, IL
2006 “Little Life”, Corrosive Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005 “Wonderland”, Carlson Tower Gallery, North Park University, Chicago, IL
2001 “Connection”, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Decker Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2020 “The 19th Annual Chicago Public Sculpture Exhibit”, Chicago, IL
2019 “The 18th Annual Chicago Public Sculpture Exhibit”, Chicago, IL
2018 “The 7th Annual Sculpture Walk”, Oak Park, IL
2017 “16th Annual Chicago Public Sculpture Exhibit”, Chicago, IL
2016 “Art on Clark Street Public Sculpture Exhibit”, Chicago, IL
2015 “Nature In Motion – Sculpture at Lincoln Park Zoo”, Chicago, IL
2014 “Art on Clark Street Public Sculpture Exhibit”, Chicago, IL
2013 “Lasting Balance – Responsible Drinking Art Exhibition”, Beijing, Shanghai, China
2012 “The 11th Annual Lakefront Sculpture Exhibit”, Chicago, IL
2011 “Happy Family”, the Healing Garden at Ronan Park, Chicago, IL
2010 “The 9th Annual Lakefront Sculpture Exhibit”, Chicago, IL
2009 “The 8th Annual Lakefront Sculpture Exhibit”, Chicago, IL
2008 “2008 Beijing Chinese Biennial”, Chinese Base, Beijing, China
2007 “Craftsmanly Conceptualism”, Johnsonese Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 “New Chinese Occidentalism”, Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York, NY
2005 “The 4th Annual Sculpture Exhibit”, Outdoors Sites on Lincoln Park Neighborhood, Chicago, IL
2004 “Big America”, Fish Tank Gallery, Williamsburg-Brooklyn, NY
2003 “Re – Do China”, Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York, NY
2002 “2002 Juried Sculpture Exhibition”, Marin-Price Galleries, Chevy Chase, MD
2001 “2001 Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Awards Selections from the ISC Board”, Hamilton, NJ
Selected Public Art and Collections
2020 “Rise Up”, Lincoln Park Chamber of Commerce collection, Chicago, IL
2018 “Fly with the Wind”, COTELAC LMSF-WEBSTER LLC collection, Chicago, IL
“Catch Up”, Oak Park public art collection, Oak Park, IL
2017 “Wonderful Tonight”, Black Ensemble Theater, Chicago, IL
2016 “Cityscape”, The Clark Street SSA, Chicago, IL
“Dream Seeker”, The Chicago Flower and Garden Show, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
2015 “Fly”, Nature in Motion – Sculpture at Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, IL
2014 “Gourd Man”, Lincoln Park Chamber of Commerce collection, Chicago, IL
2011 “Happy Family”, Healing Garden, Ronan Park, Chicago, IL
2010 “A Song of Joy”, Avoca West Elementary School, Glenview, IL
2009 “Gourd Man II”, Village of Skokie Public Art Collection, Skokie, IL
2008 “Our City”, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL
2005 “Ever Alert”, Elm Place School, Highland Park, IL
2002 “Decisive Battle – Start”, Marin-Price Galleries Collection, Chevy Chase, MD
2001 “Calculation”, Baltimore’s Festival of the Arts, Inc. Baltimore, MD
2000 “Father and Son”; “Dream”, Sheppard and Associates, Ltd., Baltimore, MD
1999 “Untitled Figures”, Zenclay Gallery Collection, Morgantown, WV
Reviews and Publications
2020 “Harmony and Evolution-An Exhibition of the Chinese American Art Faculty Association”, Madison, WC
2019 “Meet Shencheng Xu”, Voyage Chicago, January 10, 2019, Chicago, IL
2014 “The recollection of Ten Public Sculptures”, The Inkspil LLC, August 2014, Chicago, IL
2007 “Sculpture and Installation by Shencheng Xu 1997-2007”, Jiaxuan Art Publisher, Shenyang, China
2006 “New Chinese Occidentalism”, Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York, NY
2005 Gallery Guide, December 2005, New York, NY
2004 Sculpture, “2004 Annual Sculpture Exhibit”, July 2004, Washington, DC
2003 “RE-DO CHINA”, Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York, NY
2002 “50th Anniversary of Sculpture Department Luxun Academy of Fine Arts”, China Light Industrial Press, Beijing, China
2001 Sculpture, “Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Awards”, October 2001, Washington, DC
The Washington Post, “An Entertaining Four Show”, August 17, 2001, Washington, DC
2000 Meiyuan Journal, “Introduce American Contemporary Art and Artists”, May 2000, Shenyang, China
1997 “Xu, Shencheng Sculpture and Paintings 1987 – 1997”, Hong Kong Asia Communication Publisher, Hong Kong