Zhao Suikang
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| Education | School of Visual Arts |
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Suikang Zhao (in Chinese Zhao Suikang 赵穗康) (1956-) is a Chinese artist who works on many different media including monumental public projects.
Life
Born in Shanghai, China in 1956, Zhao has lived in the U.S. since 1986.[1][2] Zhao finished his graduate study at School of Visual Arts in New York 1990. Zhao is a professor and head of sculpture at Fine Arts Department, Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York.
Works
Zhao has done many paintings, sculptures, media-site-specific installations that involves moving images and sound. Zhao’s artwork has huge scale yet with intimate touch. Since 1989, Zhao has worked many permanent public art commissions. His roster includes:
- Winds of Aphrodite at Bartle Hall Convention Center—Bartle Hall North Dock, MO, completed in 2008.[3][4]
- Hands, Hairy Text and Columns, at three stations for Valley Metro, AZ, completed in 2008
- Script of Vine—a trilogy of Inventions, prelude and fugue, tribute to J.S. Bach at Oregon State University, Health and Counseling Center, Eugene, OR, completed in 2007[5][6]
- Dreams of Sky at Celentano School, New Haven, CT, completed in 2005
- Portland Pamphlets at Oregon Bureau of General Service, City of Portland,OR completed in 1999
References
- ^ "Zhao, Suikang - Artists - UrbanArt Commission". urbanartcommission.org.
- ^ "Zhao, Sui Kang - Profile - artasiamerica - A Digital Archive for Asian / Asian American Contemporary Art History". artasiamerica.org.
- ^ http://www.kansascity.com/business/story/875510.html
- ^ http://www.kcmo.org/cco.nsf/web/EE83445A060BFFE38625731C007725BD?OpenDocument
- ^ "Steel Vine". uoregon.edu.
- ^ http://www.dailyemerald.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticle&ustory_id=3ef058dc-a083-48b3-b9a0-8b2220a9be2b[permanent dead link]
External links
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- 1956 births
- American artists of Chinese descent
- School of Visual Arts alumni
- State University of New York faculty
- Chinese emigrants to the United States
- Living people
- Artists from Shanghai