YUTING GAO
414-828-3192
Education
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA Sept. 2017-2020
Focus: Jewelry and Metalsmithing
Expected Degree: Master of Arts, May. 2020
Shanghai Jianqiao University, Shanghai, China Sept. 2013-Jul. 2017
Major: Gems and Materials Technology
Bachelor of Engineering, July 2017
Design Contests and Exhibitions
Affinities of Process, Practice and Participation, MA and MFA Thesis Exhibition, Department of Art and Design, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, May 2020 (Online)
2019 Object Contemporary Craft Sale& Exhibition, Kenilworth Gallery, Kenilworth Square East, Milwaukee, WI, November 15-17, 2019
Metals19! Annual Juried Student Exhibition, 3rd Floor Gallery, Kenilworth Square East, Milwaukee, WI, April 2019; Juror: Lucy Derickson
2018 Object Contemporary Craft Sale& Exhibition, Kenilworth Gallery, Kenilworth Square East, Milwaukee, WI, November 16-18, 2018
Metals18! Annual Juried Student Exhibition, 3rd Floor Gallery, Kenilworth Square East, Milwaukee, WI, April 2018; Juror: Susie Ganch
Radical Jewelry Makeover Wisconsin Exhibition, Union Art Gallery Center, Milwaukee, WI, April 2018
The 18th National Design Dashi Award, "Taizhou Cup" Creative Design Competition, December 2015
The 2015 TTF (Transmission Traditions Fortune) Haute Joaillerie Chinese Zodiac Art Contest, July 2015
Internship
Jewelry Assistant Designer, MBUND JEWELERY, Shanghai, China, May-August 2019
Jewelry Designer, AdORiGIN, Zhangzhou, Fujian, China, May 2018（Online）
Graduate Project Assistant, Jewelry and Metalsmithing Area, Department of Art and Design, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, September 2017-May 2018
Teaching Assistant in “JINGWU STUDIO”, a Jewelry design studio in Nanjing, July 2016-August 2016
Awards
The Chancellor’s Graduate Student Award, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, September 2017-May 2018
Frederick R.Layton Fellowship Award, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, September 2017-May 2018
Outstanding Graduates, Shanghai Jianqiao University, May 2017
Skills/Certifications and Others
Skills: Jewelry, Metalsmithing, Adobe illustrator, Photoshop, 3D printer, Laser cutter, Rhino, etc.
Certifications: Certified Diamond Grader, HRD Antwerp, April 2018
Language: Mandarin (Native Language), English (IELTS:6.5)
Paper Making Workshop, Union Art Center in UW-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, October 2019
SNAG member and conference attendee, May 2019