Shu Wang
Fashion, Body and Garment MDes
SAIC School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Specialisms: Jewelry / Accessories / Installation/Sculpture
Location: Chicago, United States
Shu Wang
First Name: Shu
Last Name: Wang
Specialisms: Jewelry / Accessories / Installation/Sculpture
Sectors: Fine Art/Photography/Craft / Fashion/Textiles/Accessories / Digital/Visual Communication/Film
My Location: Chicago, United States
University / College: SAIC School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Course / Program Title: Fashion, Body and Garment MDes
About
I am a jewelry and fashion accessory designer, wearable sculptor, and installation artist, originally from China and currently based in the United States. I began my academic journey by majoring in Nonmetallic Inorganic Material Engineering at the University of Science and Technology Beijing. However, after two and a half years of studying Material Engineering, I transitioned to Jewelry and Metal Design at the Rochester Institute of Technology in 2017.
Presently, I am exploring wearable sculpture and installation art while pursuing a master's degree in Body Fashion and Garment at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. With a diverse background spanning Material Engineering, Jewelry, and Metalsmithing, my artistic practice revolves around creating sculptures of various scales that merge art, design, engineering, and fashion through the innovative use of mixed materials.
Geometry holds a central role in my work; I abstractly render and transform thoughts geometrically. I specialize in integrating modeling programs and 3D printing techniques into my artistic endeavors. My creative process is deeply rooted in my reactions, emotions, and expectations.
Without human intervention, nature is shapeless and free. However, when nature exists within a city, which is a highly humanized society, it is molded into specific shapes and deliberately transformed according to human wishes. Being sociable often means that the weaker party is unable to show their willingness and is plundered by the stronger party. Works from Humanization adapt the shape of stone and mountain from nature but are molded into predetermined forms that do not exist in nature as a result of shaping by human. These predetermined forms eventually become restrictions and regulations. Their shapes are fixed and will not change. Whoever wants to fit in will have to endure the uncomfortable feelings they provoke.
My most recently work, QI, comes from a Chinese character. In Chinese, QI could be simply interpreted as air, gas, weather, atmosphere, etc. But it is more commonly used to describe the balance in a spiritual way. The flow of QI resembles the motion of energy. Whether there is a life or not, the loss of QI means perish while the existence of QI represent alive.