NAME: Guan Donghai
DATE OF BIRTH: 11 June 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH: Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang province of China

EDUCATION:
2002-2003 School of Art & Design University of Wolverhampton, UK MA (Glass)
1994-1997 Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University MA
1985-1989 Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University BA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Head of the Glass Art Studio in Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University
Associate Professor in Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University
1989-1994 lecturer in Tianjin Polytechnic University
Member of Beijing Watercolor Society

SOLO EXHIBITION:
2006 Gaffer Studio Glass Gallery, Hong Kong
2008 Guan Donghai Glass Works Exhibition，Beijing

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2009 9th Festival of Art Glass, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
2009 Exhibition in Ajeto Museum, Novy Bor,Czech Republic
2009 3 Nations: Asian Contemporary Glass Art, Korea, Japan, Hong Kong
2009 GlassRoutes at the Glass Art Gallery, London? UK
2008 Glass.China Alexander-Tutsek Funding, Germany
2008 Glass Routes, Bilston Craft Gallery UK
2008 8th Festival of Art Glass, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
2008 Studio Open Exhibition, Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University, Beijing
2007 KIAF2007, Korea
2007 Mastery - In Contemporary Glass, Singapore
2007 Asia Culture Incubating International Fine Art Exhibition, 798 SPACE, Beijing
2006 Qingzhou Internatioal Art Exhibition, Qingzhou Museum, Shandong
2006 Green Thought in an Urban Shade, Beijing
2006 Asia Art Festival 'Beyond the Rainbow', Sungsan Art hall, Korea
2005 'Together & Different', group exhibition, Yan Club Arts Center(798 Art Zone), Beijing
2005 'Art & Design Department Tsinghua University Ornamental Art', Xingfucun Art Center, Beijing
2005 'The 4th Cheongju International Craft Biennale', Cheongju, Korea
2005 'Noah’s Ark', group exhibition, Beijing
2005 1st Studio’s Glass Art Exhibition, Beijing
2005 The First Beijing International Artist Camp Open Exhibit, Beijing
2004 The 10th Chinese National Art Exhibition, Shantou Museum
2004 'Times View', The National Fine Art Gallery, Beijing
2004 Cohesion' Art Scene Warehouse, Shanghai
2004 798 Art Zone,3818Warehouse Exhibition, Beijing
2004 'In and Out' International Exhibition, Beijing.
2003 'DIMENSIONS' MA Art & Design show, Wolverhampton University, UK
2003 RBSA Friends Exhibition, Birmingham, UK
2003 RBSA Open All Media Exhibition, Birmingham, UK
2002 The 9th Beijing-Seoul-Hong Kong international Watercolor Painting Exhibition, Beijing
2001 The Modern Art Exhibition of China, Egypt
2001 The 8th Beijing-Seoul Watercolor Painting Interchange Exhibition, Korea
2001 Art & Science International Exhibition, Beijing
2001 Beijing Water-colour Painting Exhibition, Beijing
2000 Teachers Exhibition of Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University, Kuwait
2000 Collection of works form 5th National Water-colour Painting and Gouache Exhibition, Guangzhou
2000 The 7th Beijing-Seoul Watercolor Painting Interchange Exhibition, Beijing
1999 The 9th Chinese National Art Exhibition, Nanjing
1999 The Four Teachers Exhibition of Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University, Beijing
1999 The Ten Teachers Exhibition of Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University, Beijing
1999 New Face Four Teachers Exhibition, Beijing

PUBLISHED:
Book 'The Art Glass Blowing Technique' was published in 2006
New Glass Review 28
New Glass, Fall 2007
New Glass Review 29

SPEECH::
2008 Creative Pathways Symposium, ‘Learn From Western’UK
2009 10.International Glass Symposium, ‘Culture Exchange’CZ

ARTICLES:
'The City Gates of Guan Donghai' Craft Arts International No.69, 2007 by Andrew Brewerton

AWARD:
Watercolor work 'Small Yard' won The Daler Rowney Prize on RBSA Friends Exhibition, Birmingham, 2003
Watercolor work 'Old Factory Building' won The Quiney Prizes on RBSA Open All Media Exhibition, Birmingham, 2003

COLLECTED:
2006 'Regime' and 'City Gate Series No.7' were collected by Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung, Germany
2008 'Cage． Head', 'White City Gate' and 'White Sword' were collected by Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung, Germany

Address:
Art & Crafts Department, Academy of Arts & Design,
Tsinghua University, Haidian District, Beijing, P. R. China, 100084
Tel：86－10－62798827 Fax：86－10－62798827
E-mail：donghaiguan@hotmail.com
Website：www.guandonghai.com