Yiwei Art Projects
External view of the San W Gallery and Studio in Shanghai, China. Photograph David Campbell.
Guildhouse has established a partnership with Shanghai-based Yiwei Art Foundation that will provide opportunities for artists in both South Australia and China.
Building on the success of two exhibitions at the 2014 Art Shanghai art fair this partnership includes opportunities for South Australian artists to travel to China to develop their work and participate in residency exchanges and exhibitions.
The residencies allow research and development of traditional arts and crafts practice along with new technologies in collaboration with craftspeople and designers in China. The purpose-built San W Studio in Shanghai provides facilities for the creation of ceramics, glass and jewellery.
Yiwei Art Foundation is a new foundation set up to support the creative professionals who create with their hands
Our ongoing relationship with the Yiwei Art Foundation has led to many important opportunities for South Australian artists to broaden their audience through exhibition, teaching, sales and residency opportunities in China. Most recently Lauren Simeoni and Kath Inglis have held solo exhibitions at San W Gallery, Regine Schwarzer has delivered a series of workshops and Jess Dare, Christian Hall and Frank Bauer were featured with San W Gallery at Design Shanghai.
Explore Yiwei Art Projects
Huang Fei: Artist in Residence
Huang Fei Yiwei Art Projects JamFactory June 2018 Guildhouse is hosting artist in residence Huang Fei for three weeks in June 2018 in conjunction with the Yiwei Art Foundation and JamFactory. As a first time visitor to the City of Adelaide, Huang Fei already...
Nature exhibition at San W Gallery
San W Studio Jewellery Exhibition, 天然 Featuring Julie Blyfield, Claire Brooks, Catherine Buddle, Jess Dare, Christian Hall, Kath Inglis, Sue Lorraine, Leslie Matthews, Alice Potter, Regine Schwarzer & Lauren Simeoni Nature is the first major exhibition to be held...
Nature Exhibition
Nature Yiwei Art Projects San W Gallery and Studio 4 June 2016 Featuring Julie Blyfield, Claire Brooks, Catherine Buddle, Jess Dare, Christian Hall, Kath Inglis, Sue Lorraine, Leslie Matthews, Alice Potter, Regine Schwarzer & Lauren Simeoni Nature is the first...
San W Gallery and Studio
Guildhouse collaborated with San W Gallery and Studio to develop the studio to be a world-class facility to run jewellery workshops for beginners and master-classes for established artists. The studio will also accommodate making in metal and small components in glass...
Leslie Matthews
Leslie Matthews Yiwei Art Projects Teaching an Introduction to Jewellery at San W Gallery and Studio Early 2016 Jeweller Leslie Matthews spent three weeks at San W Gallery in early 2016. During that time, she taught Introduction to Jewellery Making which...
Jess Dare: China Residency
Jess Dare: China Residency Yiwei Art Projects 14 September 2015 The residency program’s focus is to take creative professionals outside of their traditional studio practice and position them in an environment where they can research, experiment and develop new skills...
Exhibitions
2017: Design Shanghai
2017: Kath Inglis
2017: Lauren Simeoni
2016: Nature
2014: Art Shanghai
San W Gallery and Studio
Guildhouse collaborated with San W Gallery and Studio to develop the studio to be a world-class facility to run jewellery workshops for beginners and master-classes for established artists.
The studio will also accommodate making in metal and small components in glass and ceramics. Five South Australian creative professionals have developed and helped implement the plans for the studio. Jeweller’s Jess Dare, Sue Lorraine led the planning for the metal and hot flame work facilities, Kirsten Coelho led the ceramics section and Deb Jones made recommendations for the glass casting facilities. Lighting expert Geoff Cobham advised on lighting of the whole facility. Christian Hall, Head of Metal at JamFactory was commissioned to go to China to set up the studio and Leslie Matthews trained San W Gallery/Studio staff.
The Gallery is a fully equipped exhibition space where the Nature exhibition with eleven South Australian jewellers was shown.
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