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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 (äşčĄ). 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 worldâ 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 âthe art which I construct is a result of the lived experienceâ. 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 âplayfulnessâ in context of the
Northern Song and Tang Dynasty artistic construct called Yi Pin (é¸ĺ). 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 âa calligraphy of water.â.
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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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127:'Calligraphy of Water' and 'Water is a Color' 'Terra Vita' 'Buffet of Emotions' 'The Sarcophagus for Queen Margrethe II' 'Primordial' "You are the Center of your world"
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2013 âWater is a Colorâ - Rolling Snowball/4 - Chinese European Art Center (CEAC)- Quanzhou, China (GroupExhibition)
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2007 âBlood Map of Baghdadâ - Dieter Roth Academy 8th ConferenceRijksakademie, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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2016 âIl PrimatoDelloSguardoâ - Palacultura âAntonio Da Messinaâ, Messina, Italy (Group Exhibition)
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2020 âCh.ACO 2020â Santiago Art fair in collaboration with Artsy, represented by Nothing Gallery.
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2016 âCalligraphie Ă lâeauâ - Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza Memorial in Brazzaville - Congo, Africa
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2017 âComo tinte que fluyeâ - Pabellòn de las Bellas Artes de la UCA - Buenos Aires, Argentina
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2019 âArt is being surprisedâ, performance at Ningbo Huamao international Art association.
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2016 âOltre la visioneâ - Le carceri, castello di Milazzo, Italy
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2017 âBaptism of colorâ - 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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