Bio

Taikkun Yang Li (1981 born in Guangzhou,China ) is a Vancouver based artist and industrial designer. Taikkun professionally crosses the boundaries between Fine arts, Urban studies, Design, Sculpture, Ceramic, Film, and Photography. His projects are extensively published and exhibited in North America (U.S. and Canada), Europe (France and Italy), and Asia (China and Hong Kong). He attended the Milan Design Week 2009 at Fabbrica del vapore Milan as featuring his Zenergy project–using Tibetan prayer wheels and tourists resources in cooperation to generate electricity in Tibet. He was invited to join the UNESCO Beijing Urban Preservation Project in 2005. He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture from the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA). After CAFA, he went on to receive one of the most distinguished full Merit Trustee Scholarships to further his education in the MFA program at the School of Art Institute of Chicago. He was a research specialist in the Renewable Energy Division for the Center for Massive Change and was chosen to work for the GFRY studio subsidized by the Motorola Foundation. After apprenticing under renowned designer Bruce Mau, he currently runs a designer brand, T A I K K U N (TM).  For More about Taikkun’s design discipline , please go to this website.

RESUME

Art and Design Professional Experience

2009 – present : Diao Su Magazine – National sculpture magazine of China

Associate Editor

2007-2009 : Center for Massive Change with Bruce Mau,Chicago,USA

Apprentice of Bruce Mau, focusing on sustainable design and research

Teaching Experience

Teaching assistant, School of Art Institute of Chicago

Classes involved:

Digital Modeling and Fabrication in laser technology (Designed objects)

Large Format Photography(Photography)

Dark Room for 4×5 films(Photography)

Fundamental Furniture Design and Making (Designed Objects)

Wood Working (Sculpture)

Ceramic seminar (Ceramic)

Video Installation (Film and Video)

GFRY studio: Aerodynamics in Urban Design (Architecture)

Advanced Ceramics II ( Ceramic)

Lectures at

Grand Valley State University,WI,USA

School of Art Institute of Chicago,IL,USA

University of the District of Columbia,DC,USA

Symposium

Milan design week 2009,Febbrica del Vapore,Milan,Italy

Press Conference at University of the District of Columbia , DC, USA

The Ceramics Forum of Cranbrook Academy of Art/The School of The Art Institute of Chicago/Grand Valley State University, WI, US

Curatorial experience

2010 International Sculpture Exhibition of Outstanding Art College Graduates

Honors

2010 the Epson international photographic pano awards – winner of Bronze Award

2009 Milan Design Week at Fabrica Del Vapore – Zenergy Project

2007-2008 Documentary Lost dream of Beijing were official selection: Rotterdam Architecture Film Festival, San Francisco Tiburon International Film Festival, Washington DC independent Film Festival.

2005 UNESCO (Beijing) subsidized  artist

Selected Exhibtion

2010 Quintessence Art Bank, the global creative arts festival

2009 Milan Design Week , Fabbrica Del Vapore, Italy

2009 Making Modern Show, Sullivant Gallery,Chicago,USA

2008 Special Projection at Rotterdam Architecture Film Festival, Netherlands

2008 Solo Exhibition ” Propaganda Relics” , Peopeo Gallery,Beijing,China

2007 Dropped Frame Exhibition, G2 GALLERY,Chicago, USA

2007 Film Lost Dream of Beijing (IMDb) was Official Selection of  San Francisco Tiburon International Film Festival,

2007 Washington DC Independent Film Festival

2005  UNESCO Beijing exhibition about historical preservation of downtown Beijing,China

2004 Solo Exhibition,Oriental Gallery of Guangzhou, China

Education

MFA The School of Art Institute of Chicago ,USA

Focus: Sustainable Design, Design in ceramic,

BFA China Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China

Focus: Sculpture in different material studies, experimental film.

Associate degree, China Academy of Fine Arts,Hang zhou,China

Focus: drawing and oil painting

Publication

Projects were introduced in famous online design magazine Core77,FAST COMPANY,Inhabitat and Polish online science magazine – kopalniawiedzy etc

Works were embodied in the Book:Learning Mind Experience into Art, Mary Jane Jacob and Jacquelynn Baas, University of California Press,

Works were embodied in the Book: Sculpture works of CAFA fine arts school, Jiangsu Fine Arts Publishing House

Works were embodied in UNESCO achieve Beijing and Beijing Project etc

Essay Sustainability design in the age of financial crisis, published in China National Design Magazine<<she ji>> etc

Exclusive interview : Chinese Design Identity (pdf download) by China National Design Magazine<<she ji>>

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