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Jianyong Guo

Professor, Dr in glass art, sculptor

activities

Professor of Shandong University of Art & Design, master tutor, Director of Glass Research Institute;
2013-2018 Director of Public Art Teaching and Research Department;
2018-2022 Director of the Glass and Ceramics Teaching and Research Section;
Member of European Sculpture Society, member of British Contemporary Glass Society (CGS), member of Scottish Glass Society (SGS), member of American Glass Art Society (GAS);
Many papers have been published in core journals at home and abroad (SCI, EI, CSSCI), and many works have been collected by domestic and foreign museums, institutions and private collections.

Origin of glass creation

I was the first student at the Central Academy of Fine Arts to use contemporary glass forming tchniques for my work, but unfortunately, the sculpture department at the academy has not established a glass workshop to this day. I created several kiln-formed glass works and a 18-meter-long glass installation, consisting of 50 larger-volume (each could hold 3 liters of water) wine bottles, which were blown and decorated with pictures and words on the inside and outside through screen printing. The bottles represented people, things, and events that I believe have had a profound impact on the world’s development. When the bottles were filled with water, the interior images were magnified several times.