{"id":1730,"date":"2019-03-01T12:11:32","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T17:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/art-museum\/?p=1730"},"modified":"2019-03-01T12:11:32","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T17:11:32","slug":"outside-the-box-featured-artist-wenxuan-zhou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/art-museum\/2019\/03\/outside-the-box-featured-artist-wenxuan-zhou\/","title":{"rendered":"Outside the Box Featured Artist: Wenxuan Zhou"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Olivia Semsel<\/b>, Arts Management Intern<\/p>\n

Our fifth Student Response Exhibition, Outside the Box<\/i>, is open, and you can come check out the unique creations of 34 students (and vote for your favorite)!<\/p>\n

This is our next post in a series featuring the student artists who have created one or more pieces displayed in Outside the Box<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Meet our featured artist, Wenxuan Zhou<\/b>!<\/p>\n

Wenxuan<\/b> is a Junior Studio Art Major, focusing on Metalsmithing, with a minor in Communication Design, from Beijing, China!<\/p>\n

She came to Miami for the impressive university ranking. At Miami, Wenxuan<\/b> is a member of the Outdoor Adventure Club. She enjoys singing and her favorite genre of art is 3D animation. Her dream job is to own her own art studio.<\/p>\n

The Student Response Exhibition asked students to think beyond physical limits with the concept of a box. For Wenxuan\u2019s<\/b> sculpture, titled Distraction<\/i>, she states,<\/p>\n

“Using imagery of my dormitory, where I spend most of my time as a college student, I explore the ideas of anxiety and distraction. For me, this space exemplifies unpleasant confinement and is filled with an excess of personal things scattered all over. A cluttered space, like the anxious mind, is difficult to navigate but riddled with evidence of incessant activity. Simultaneously burdensome and invigorating, the perpetual state of flux fuels a constant unease from which growth and new understandings emerge. This disorganized interior scene is a literal depiction of my room as well as a metaphor for my psychological and emotional state, with this restless feeling constant. While dark at times, areas of light and space abound through which I trudge ahead.”<\/i><\/p>\n

Come see the exhibition and vote for your top three favorites! Voting will continue until April 6 and the exhibition celebration and awards ceremony<\/a> will be held on April 9, from 7-9 p.m.<\/p>\n

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