Curriculum Vitae
Education
2022-Current PhD candidate in Art (Practice-based), University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
2021 MRes in Arts & Humanities, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2019 MFA in Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, New York, US
2017 BFA in Fine Arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, US
2015 BA in Literature, Wuhan University, Wuhan, CN
Experience
2024 Collaborative artist, Simons Initiative for the Developing Brain, Fusion: Art Meets Science, UK
2023 Visiting artist, MRC Doctoral Training Partnership Symposium, King's College London, UK
Tutor, Art in Community, Reid School of Music, University of Edinburgh, UK
Collaborative sculptor, Fengyi Bay Watertown Renovation, Sino-French Agri-tech Park, Sichuan, CN
2022 Visiting speaker, King's Engaged Researcher Network, King’s College London, UK
2021-22 Character Illustrator, Stage@Leeds in University of Leeds, Blossoms of Her Selves, UK
2021 Collaborative artist, EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training, Art x Science, UK
Arts Segment Planner and Host, Tsinghua Alumni Association of Greater New York x Wuhan University Great New York Alumni Association, US
2020-21 Collaborative sculptor, Chengdu Xinchuan Foreign Language School, public sculpture design, CN
2018-19 Collaborative artist, Sino-USA Next Generation Foundation, US
Columnist, AXD Space Art Magazine, CN
2018 Soloist, Tsinghua Alumni Association of Greater NY x Wuhan University Great New York Alumni Association, US
Teaching Assistant, Sculpture Foundation Class, School of Visual Art New York, US
2016 Performer, Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad, Chicago University, US
Soloist, CSSA, Northwestern University, US
2011-15 Cellist/Principle Cellist, Symphony Orchestra of Wuhan University, CN
Selected Exhibitions
Solo
2024
“Tunes on the Breeze”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chengdu, CN
“A Brief Repose of Blossoms”, Third Avenue Art, Chengdu, CN
Group
2024
“Developing Brian”, InSpace Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
“PhD Showcase”, ECA West Court, Edinburgh, UK
“Outsider”, Outline Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
“BBA Online Exhibition”, BBA Gallery, Berlin, DE
“Neurological Science x Art”, Neuroscience Day Expo, Edinburgh, UK
2023
“MRC Doctoral Training Partnership Symposium”, King’s College, London, UK
“Quite the Same, Yet Different”, Xiang Arts, Chengdu, CN
“PhD Showcase”, ECA West Court, Edinburgh, UK
“ArtExpo New York”, Pier 36, New York, US
“Pursuit”, Patriothall Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
2022
“1st Year PhD Symposium”, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, UK
“Blossoms of Her Selves”, Stage@Leeds, Leeds, UK
2021
“Art x Science”, Science Museum, London, UK
“ArtExpo New York”, Pier 36, New York, US
“Art for Polar” (online), Eco Young Creative Education, Harvard Innovation Labs, US
“Youth Day”, Why Art Space, Chengdu, CN
“The 6th Prints Touring Exhibition”, China Engraving Art Museum, Shenzhen, CN
“Between Cities”, Cave Art Gallery of 515, Dazhou, CN
“Isolation”, San Mei Gallery, London, UK
“A Fantastical Archeology” (online), RCA Research Biennale, UK
2020
“We Are Open”, Starta Arta, New York, UK
2019
“Now That’s What We Call Love”, DCTV, New York, US
“Sino-USA Next Generation Foundation 10th Charity Auction”, Atlanta, US
“4 by 4”, SVA Chelsea Gallery, New York, US
“We-Artists Invitation Exhibition”, Songcheng Contemporary Art Gallery, Chengdu, CN
2018
“Sino-USA Next Generation Foundation 9th Charity Auction”, Atlanta, US
2017
“SAIC BFA Show”, Sullivan Gallery, Chicago, US
“Ballroom Project”, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, US
2016
“ADAD”, Art Acker of Berlin Mitte, Berlin, DE
“Oil Painting: Landscape”, International Center for the Arts, Umbria, IT
“Architecture & Design Exhibition”, Art Center of Luxe Lakes, Chengdu, CN
“Nature”, Brickton Art Center, Chicago, US
Grants & Awards
2024 Our Minds Fellowship, Edinburgh Neuroscience, UK
2023 Postgraduate Research Expenses (PRE) Grant, Edinburgh College of Art, UK
2022 Juries-selected Young Artist Promotion List, Sichuan Art, CN
2019 Rising Star, SAATCHI ART, US
2017-19 MFA Scholarship for Great Works, School of Visual Arts , US
2015-17 Merit Scholarship for Excellent Portfolio, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, US
2014 Gold Award (2D Artworks) in Future Artist Innovation Competition, Walt Disney, US
2012 Gold Award in the Strings Category, 4th Hubei Province College Students Arts Festival, CN
2011 Fundamental Disciplines Scholarship, Wuhan University, CN
2010 First Prize in the Western Strings Category, Sichuan Province Art Talent Selection Competition, CN
Media & Publications
On the Physicality of Painting and Making Music with Wushuang Tong, Suboart Magazine, Volume 25, pp. 84-91. Soboart Magazine in Lisbon., 2024
Successful opening night for ‘Developing Brain’ exhibition, Simons Initiative for the Developing Brain, 2024. Available at: https://www.sidb.org.uk/news-events/art-science-exhibition-the-developing-brain/
Tunes on the Breeze｜Wushuang Tong’s solo exhibition, YiMeiShu (One Fine Art), 2024. Available at: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/ABgpRMTPisVM1zEqEHLlvw
Wushuang Tong | Untamed Tangles by Wushuang Tong, Booooooom, 2024. Available at: https://www.booooooom.com/submissions/wushuang-tong-untamed-tangles/
Landscape into Home: Dwelling with Nature, Daguan Museum of Art, 2023. Available at: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/YS08ckhsSoUT5cg2TN2GMg
In Hot Pursuit of Art at Patriothall Gallery by Julie Boyne, ArtMag, 2023. Available at: https://artmag.co.uk/in-hot-pursuit-of-art-at-patriothall-gallery/
Emerging Artist Spotlight: Tong Wushuang, SichuanArt, 2022. Available at: https://www.sichuanart.com/newsitem/278504950
Beyond Definition: The Art, Craft, and Community of Ceramics by Diana McClure, Visual Arts Journal, Fall/Winter 2021, Volume 29, Number 2, pp. 40-45. Visual Arts Press, Ltd., 2021. Available at: https://sva.edu/features/beyond-definition-the-timeless-appeal-of-ceramic-art-2
Wushuang Tong: Creating a World Where Everything Remains Distant, Mysterious, and Romantic by Gui Xiong, Ace Youth Development Centre, 2021. Available at: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/e50JxcYTP8ATVpwpxWA1PA
Visuality Beyond Itself: Applying Synaesthesia to the Translation and Transformation of Music and Painting by Wushuang Tong, RCA Research Biennale, 2021. Available at: https://research-biennale.rca.ac.uk/projects/visuality-beyond-itself-applying-auditory-visual-synaesthesia-to-the-translation-and-transformation-of-music-and-painting
Between Art and Poetry，YiMeiShu (One Fine Art), 2021. Available at: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/oaYlgPxRu-LQhXY6641V3w
The World at Her Fingertips by Yiqiao Zhang, Songcheng Culture, 2019. Available at: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/T8q_QtvlM3Tt7D4j0c6MDw
Wushuang Tong: Emerging Artist by Len Gordon, Art Plugged, 2019, Available at: https://artplugged.co.uk/wushuang-tong-emerging-artists/
Tong Wushuang | Art Says: They Are the Source of Courage, Artron News, 2019. Available at: https://m-news.artron.net/news/20190415/n1338405.html