Peter Xiao Biography
Peking, China, 1956
Chinese-born American established artist, Peter Tong Xiao's figurative work is dominated by his personal interpretation of figures and images.
Xiao trained at the University of Peking, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa and Tyler School of Art, Temple University. Since 1989, he has also served as a Professor of Arts at the Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2007 - Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH <`p> 2006 - Weyland Gallery, Divine Word College, Epworth, IA - Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL
2005 - Quad City International Airport Art Gallery, Moline, IL - Western Illinois University Art Gallery, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL - Midcoast Fine Arts Gallery, LeClaire, IA - Cortona Art Gallery, Ashford University, Clinton, IA - Steeple Gallery, St. John, IN
2004 - Truckee Meadows Community College, Reno, Nevada; - Mesa State College, Grand Junction, CO; - Makers Making, Quad City Arts Center, Rock Island, IL
2003 - The Mythical and the Mundane, featured artist, Orleans Street Gallery, St. Charles, IL
2002 - Rock Island Public Library, Rock Island - Quad City International Art Gallery, Moline
2001 - Midcoast Fine Arts at the RiverCenter, Davenport, Iowa - "Women and Mothers", Quad City Artcenter, Rock Island
2000 - "The Painting Party", Midcoast Fine Arts Gallery, Le Claire, Iowa
1996 - InsideART, Chicago - Midcoast Fine Arts Gallery, Le Claire
1995 - "Plane-ly Behind Bars", Dubuque Museum of Art, Dubuque, Iowa
1994 - "Figures in Circles", Quad City ArtsCenter; Rock Island - "Hair Schemes", The Performing Arts Salon and Gallery, Davenport
1993 - Harry's Hair Salon, or, Line + Plane = Clarity, mixed-media installation, CSPS, Cedar Rapids - "Haircut Series", La Mot Hair Studio, Madison
1991 - Quad City ArtsCenter, Rock Island - Marvin Cone Gallery, Coe College, Cedar Rapids
1987 - Houston Hall Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
1986 - Tyler Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia
AWARDS AND HONORS
2002 - Award in Design, Blackhawk College, Moline, Illinois.
2000 - 3rd Award, Annual Rock Island Fine Art Exhibition, Augustana Art Gallery, Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois.
1999, 97, 95, 92 - Quad City Arts Dollars Award.
1995 - 3rd Prize, 45th Spiva Annual Competition, George A. Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, Montana.
1992 - Honorable Mention, Showcase: Bi-State, Davenport Museum of Art, Davenport, Iowa
1984 - Marvin Cone Art Gallery; Phi Beta Kappa, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
SELECTED MUSEUMS AND COLLECTIONS
Davenport Museum of Art, Davenport, IA
Rock Island Public Library, Rock Island, IL
Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA
Augustana College, Rock Island, IL
Blackhawk College, Moline, IL
Ashford University, Clinton, IA
Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL