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Sigurður Guðmundsson Bjørn Nørgaard, and Bürd Breivik. Vaughn's performative paintings serve as permanent installations in museums around the world. He performed at the inauguration ceremony for ART LAB Museum at Chongqing, China. His series 'Primordial' and 'Baptism of Color' have featured in exhibitions in Iceland, London, Congo, Argentina, Denmark and the National Gallery in Sofia, Bulgaria.
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center of the world" is a contemporary interpretation of the ideas of power and responsibility through a multi-media presentation of art objects exploring ancient Chinese iconography, from the imperial 'Dragon' throne to the wuxing (五行). Vaughn's 'Dragon Throne' was first exhibited in the Curitiba Biennale in Brazil 2018, where over 50,000 visitors sat in the throne.
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Vaughn's art is diverse and he is well known for his interpretations of Guan Yin Buddha, depicted always in a Red Star uniform. Vaughn's art installation "You are the center of the world” was presented at the Ch.ACO Art Fair 2020, through his Fluxus-inspired gallery, Nothing Gallery. "You are at the
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His art encourages dialogue, as he combines traditional media and techniques with ideas of contemporary human interactivity. His throw and drip water ink paintings are simultaneously performance events that highlight the flexibility inherent in raw creative materials that exist as part of a universe
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Vaughn has stated “the art which I construct is a result of the lived experience”. Vaughn is a ceramicist and sculptor who has extended his practice into performance-based interpretations of diverse art media. Vaughn engages with traditional Chinese ink water techniques within an aesthetic context
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Part of his artistic approach can be described by referring to ideas of “playfulness” in context of the Northern Song and Tang Dynasty artistic construct called Yi Pin (逸品). Yi Pin is a holistic Daoist art and life philosophy Vaughn blended into his life as a ceramicist and performance painter in
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In 1988, Vaughn was hired as Vice President of Fitz and Floyd and was sent to Japan to learn sculpting and ceramic painting techniques. It was here that he began to learn that "imperfection is essential to creating a state of perfection". Vaughn went on to develop ceramic and porcelain studios in
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Vaughn's style of performative action painting and his multi-media collaborations with the post-Fluxus movement in Xiamen, China, positions his art in relation to Western artists also working within the scope of Asian philosophy and contemporary conceptualism, such as Bjorn Roth, Colette Hosmer,
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While in China, Vaughn developed a technique of performance action painting. Vaughn's performance paintings are on display at the Chongqing LAB Art Museum, where he performed at its inauguration, in Shanghai at the Ke Art Museum and at MAAM in Rome. He has held solo exhibitions in Buenos Aires,
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In 2022, Vaughn participated in the Lorne Biennale in Melbourne, Victoria constructing a 4.5 meter tall, 'Throne of Potentiality', out of bronze, with use of Australian iconography and cast-iron techniques. Marking the end of the COVID-19 pandemic response period in Australia, the Throne of
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Stevens Vaughn grew up on a cattle farm in Fairmont, Minnesota. In 1978, he was sent by the Peace Corps to the Philippines to work with tropical agriculture, beginning a life long relationship with anthropology and Asian art, history and mythology.
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His painting technique uses instability of water-based paint mediums to create images sensitive to the vibrancy and force of the world in interaction with sensory experience. His performance painting has been described as “a calligraphy of water.”.
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Vaughn established a career as designer and sculptor in Asia and other parts of the world, opening studios in Taiwan, Sri Lanka, Mexico, Japan and China. During his 9 years based in Japan, he was influenced by
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Valparaiso, Curitiba, London, Berlin, Brazzaville, Bulgaria, Sofia, Miami, Rome and Shanghai, while his ceramic art sculptures have been exhibited in China, Scandinavia and South America.
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Potentially was exhibited on the end of Lorne Pier, a symbolic expression of the road to the nation of the imagination that would bring the Australian nation out of an era of crisis.
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In addition to his own art, he works collaboratively on specialized production techniques, most notably in his 14 year long collaboration with artist
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2007 “Map of Beijing - One and the Other Painting”W139 Exhibition Space Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands (Group Exhibition)
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2013 “Water is a Color” - Rolling Snowball/4 - Chinese European Art Center (CEAC)- Quanzhou, China (GroupExhibition)
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1988/1996 "Shi Bui - Imperfection as it relates to art of painting and sculpture." Nagoya & Kyoto, Japan
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2007 “Blood Map of Baghdad” - Dieter Roth Academy 8th ConferenceRijksakademie, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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2016 “Il PrimatoDelloSguardo” - Palacultura “Antonio Da Messina”, Messina, Italy (Group Exhibition)
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2020 “Ch.ACO 2020” Santiago Art fair in collaboration with Artsy, represented by Nothing Gallery.
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2016 “Calligraphie à l’eau” - Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza Memorial in Brazzaville - Congo, Africa
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2017 “Como tinte que fluye” - Pabellòn de las Bellas Artes de la UCA - Buenos Aires, Argentina
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2019 “Art is being surprised”, performance at Ningbo Huamao international Art association.
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in Fujian, China where he played a major role in the development of porcelain art in the cities of
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2014/2015 "Bienal del Fin del Mundo" – IV EditionMar del Plata, Argentina - Valparaíso, Chile
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Vaughn holds an adjunct professorship at the Ceramics Institute of Dehua and has lectured at the
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2019 “Wulong Lanba Art Festival” Performance and Exhibition, 武隆懒坝, 重庆 Chongqing(China)
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2015 “DIF- MuseoDiffuso Di Formello” - DIF Museum, Formello, Italy (Group Exhibition)
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2017 “Fusion” Art Museum of Nanjing University of the Arts - AMNUA - Nanjing, China
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2017 “China: Rivoluzione - Evoluzione” - Museo di Roma in Trastevere - Rome, Italy
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2017 “Stevens Vaughn & Bjørn Nørgaard” - Nothing Gallery - Xiamen, China
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1982 "Villa Rachictisa Anthropological Field Studies"Dabrovnik, Yugoslavia
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2014 “Water is a Color” - Nothing Gallery, Xiamen, China (Solo Exhibition)
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ARTLAB Museum Chongqing. Inauguration ceremony, permanent piece by Stevens Vaughn
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2018 “Stevens Vaughn solo exhibition” Le Dame Art Gallery, London (UK)
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2020 “Iron Ladies and Red Stockings” Aarhus Women's museum, Denmark.
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2018 “Chromatics surfaces” Tibaldi Arte Contemporanea, Rome (Italy)
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2016 “Oltre la visione” - Le carceri, castello di Milazzo, Italy
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2017 “Between Sand & Water” - Hafnia Gallery - Xiamen, China
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2022 “Lorne Sculpture Biennale 2022” Lorne, Victoria, Australia.
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2016 “The Rebirth of colors” - Sofia National Gallery -Bulgaria
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2015 “Utopia Distopia” - Valparaiso, Chile (Group Exhibition)
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Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia, and China. In 1991, he spent one year in
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2015 “Valpo Steps” - Valparaiso, Chile (Group Exhibition)
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that emphasizes play, performance and spontaneity in expression.
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1979 "Lecturer in Philosophy and Religious Department"
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In 1984, Vaughn set up a glass sculpture and blowing studio in
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aesthetics as part of a non-dualistic conception of the world.
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Museo dell’ Altro e dell’ Altrove di MetropolizCittaMeticcia
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2012 “Construction/Deconstruction” - TDK Center,
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Model of the Sarcophagus for Queen Margrethe II of Denmark
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ideas of spontaneity and collaborative experimentation.
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Conceptual Artist, Ritualistic Painter, Ceramics Designer
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Bienal del Fin del Mundo 4-Mar del Plata, Argentina 2014
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1982 "Glass Blowing Workshop" - Hsinchu, Taiwan
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2017 “Baptism of color” - ArtRooms - London, UK
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Academy 7th ConferenceHafnia Foundation, Xiamen, China
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the time he was resident on the historical island of
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