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Yiwen Xu

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Brand Strategist at Smartz Inc | Gallery Assistant at Fu Qiumeng Fine Art

  • Education

    • Nanjing foreign language school

      2010 - 2016

      Awards: 1st Prize (Top10/5000) of the 10th National Secondary School Writing Composition; 1st Prize of Chow Enlai National Scholarship; Awarded Assistant Chair of Public Relations in Student Union

    • Georgetown university

      2022 - 2023
      Master of arts - ma art & museum studies

    • Williams college

      2017 - 2022
      Bachelor of arts - ba art history, criticism and conservation 3.81

      Activities and Societies: Williams Ephoria Accapella Group - Williamstown, MA, Leading Member Williams Jazz Ensemble - Williamstown, MA, Jazz Vocalist • Performed with the ensemble in swing dance concerts Theatre Production: “A People’s History of Performance Art - Williamstown, MA, Actress • Investigated the history (histrionics) of performance art; Restaged the iconic art works by artists such as Yoko Ono, Joseph Beuys, Tehching Hsieh and Marina Abramovic Dean's List;Art Department Class of 1960s Scholars

    • Columbia university

      2015 - 2015

      Columbia Summer Session:Critical Focus on the Visual ArtsBusiness and Marketing

    • 华东师范大学

      2017 - 2017
      Summer institute

      Premier Academic ScholarshipSIE International Summer Session:Classical Western Philosophy (Tutor: Prof. Keith McPartland from Williams College)Introduction to Western Art: Renaissance to the Present (Tutor: Prof. Marion Lee from Ohio University)

  • Experience

    • The long museum

      Jun 2014 - Jul 2014
      Special events assistant

      Designed and introduced the experimental sector of Tong Zhengang solo exhibition encouraging the audience to interact closely with the artist’s sculptural works

    • Weixin/wechat

      Aug 2015 - Dec 2018
      Editor in chief for thrivartchina wechat platform

      Generated online news articles about art exhibitions receiving more than 10000 subscriptions; Organized charity auction events selling artworks created by contracted young artists and donated the funding to the Guatemala Art Foundation

    • Williams college

      Jan 2019 - May 2019
      Research and teaching assistant

      Led weekly practice meetings for Chinese learners; Tutored students for better understanding of Chinese grammar; Classified and analyzed data for the research project on Chinese linguistics

    • Sifang art museum

      Dec 2019 - Jan 2020
      Research assistant

      Collaborated with the Artist, Li Juchuan, and the intern team to conduct the sociological research on the state of ancient Nanjing Walls, including interviewing the community living nearby the Walls; Curated the exhibition Unfinished and organized the opening ceremony with the staff team

    • Nanjing museum

      Dec 2020 - Feb 2021
      Curatorial assistant

      Curated and organized special exhibitions including Ming Wu School Painting, Qing Calligraphy and Fu Baoshi 1960s Painting; Conducted research and compiled information on the Ming Dynasty art collection of Tian Shui Bing Shan Lu; Maintained regular exhibitions and assisted in putting articles in and out of storage

    • Smithsonian institution

      Aug 2022 - Dec 2022
      National collections program professional development intern

      Planned and organized a pan-institutional conference on Shared Stewardship & Ethical Returns; Generated new ideas and collected data for Watch Party; Edited and reviewed articles for Collections Quarterly publication, reached out to museum professionals for article requests, and created the final layout in Microsoft SWAY.

    • Oakridge auction gallery

      Apr 2023 - Aug 2023
      Auction assistant

      Performed cataloging and condition check on 500+ auction items including Chinese scroll paintings, ceramics, jade and snuff bottles; Conducted translation between the Chinese leads and descriptions and the English ones of 200+ artworks; Planned and organized the Summer Discovery Sale Auction and August Auction; Managed the online auction platforms such as Liveauctioneers and Invaluable during fast-paced auctions; Assisted with the inventory relocation, exhibition planning and natural light photography Show less

    • Smartz inc

      Aug 2023 - now
      Brand strategist

    • Fu qiumeng fine art

      Jun 2024 - now
      Gallery assistant

  • Licenses & Certifications