QIUWEN LI

Santa Clara, CA 95053
Email: qiuwendesign@gmail.com
Website: www.qiuwenli.com

EDUCATION

Master of Fine Arts, Area of Specialization: Graphic Design
Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD), 2014 – 2016
Thesis: “Exploring Typographic Elements in Both Abstract and Applied Form”
Mentor: Erik Brandt

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Graphic Design (Summa Cum Laude)
St. Cloud State University (SCU), 2010 – 2014

UNIVERSITY TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2019 – Present
Assistant Professor, Tenure-Track, Graphic Design, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
2016 – 2019
Assistant Professor, Tenure-Track, Graphic Design, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024
Typescape, Robert Livermore Community Center, Livermore Art Association, CA

2023
Design Enigmas, Kipp Gallery, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA
Colorography, Valley City State University Art Gallery, Valley City, ND
Beyond Form & Color, Harford Community College Chesapeake Gallery, Bel Air, MD

2022
Deconstructing Space, CICA Museum, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

2021
Into-form (online exhibit and interview), Phoenix Gallery, New York City, New York

2020
Type + Form, Whittier College, Greenleaf Gallery, Whittier, CA

2018
Beyond Screens, Cecelia Coker Bell Gallery, Hartsville, SC

2017
What is, What isn’t, Salmon Gallery, Huntsville, AL
IN-BETWEEN, Inver Hills Community College, Inver Grove Heights, MN

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023
SECAC 2023 Juried Exhibition, Try-Me Gallery, Richmond, VA
COLOR POP, San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA
ARTIFACT [BOLD], High Point University Sechrest Gallery, High Point, NC

2022
Interaction, College of the Sequoias Art Gallery, CA Figure, Character, Sign, A plus A Gallery, Calle Malipiero, Venice, Italy
Radical Characters, Boston University Art Galleries, Boston, MA
Radical Characters, IS A GALLERY, Shanghai, China
Harmonious Co-Existence, Qidong Art Museum, Jiangsu, China

2021
Color 2021, CICA Museum, Gyeonggi-do, Korea Message to Humanity, United Designs Biennial, http://uniteddesignsorg/10ud2021/
Stars Project, Tree Art Museum, Beijing, China

2020
Detour, Detour, Online Exhibition, Emery Community Art Center, Farmington, ME
The Man and the Machine, LoosenArt Mag and Gallery, Rome, Italy

2019
CHINA VISAP 2019, Chengdu, China
4th International Poster Biennale Lublin, MCSU Art Gallery of the Faculty of Art, Lublin, Poland

2017
Cheap Street Poster Art Festival, Bologna, Italy

2016
8-Bit Exhibition, Whitdel Arts Gallery, Hamtramck, MI
The Project Passion, Conkling Gallery, Mankato, MN

SELECTED AWARDS

2024
Winner – STA 100 Competition, The Society of Typographic Arts, Chicago, IL
Winner – Creative Quarterly 74, Graphic Design: Professional Category, New York, NY
2023
Artist-in-Residence program – Kala Art Institute Artist-in-Residence, Berkeley, CA
First Place Winner – Art Competition: Color and Shape. Graphic Arts, UPWARD Gallery
2022
Winner – Creative Quarterly “100 Best Fine Art of 2021”, New York, NY
2021
Winner – STA 100 Competition, The Society of Typographic Arts, Chicago, IL
Merit Award – Graphic Design in China (GDC) Award, Shenzhen, China
Gold Award – The China Creative Design Yearbook, Beijing, China
Winner – Creative Quarterly 64, Graphic Design: Professional Category, New York, NY
2020
Runner-up – Creative Quarterly 62, Fine Art: Professional Category, New York, NY
Finalist – Taiwan International Graphic Design Award, Poster Design Award, Taiwan
2019
Gold & Silver Awards – The China Creative Design Annual 2018-2019, Beijing, China
Finalist – MUT ZUR WUT International Poster Design, Heidelberg, Germany
2018
1st prize – LAG Festival Poster Competition, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland
Winner – International Art Design Competition, Interactive Art Award, Professional Category, Beijing, China
2017
Winner – Creative Quarterly “100 Best Fine Art of 2016”, New York, NY
2016
Gold – 9th International Design Awards, Other Graphic Designs Category, Los Angeles, CA
Winner – Design and Design International Award, Paris, France
2015
Semifinalist – Adobe Design Achievement Awards, Print Category, San Jose, CA

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS

2025
Enhancing Climate Resilience through Collaborative Innovation: The NicaAgua App, “Collective Work: Funding and Collaborating on International Projects and Research” panel at 113th CAA Annual Conference
2024
Convergence of Science and Art to Support Climate Resilience in Central American Smallholder Communities, “Design Incubation Colloquium 10.2” panel at 112th CAA Annual Conference
2023
Incorporate Augmented Reality (AR) in the Classroom, “Digital Tools in Classroom”panel at 111th CAA Annual Conference
2022
Text vs. Images: Understanding Emotional Expressions on Social Media During COVID-19 Pandemic, International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE 2022) and the Affiliated Conferences, New York, NY
2021
Art and Emotions that Unify US“Exploring Contemporary East Asian Artists’ Practice in the U.S.” panel at 109th CAA Annual Conference
Designing for fun – teach playful user experiences in UX/UI courses Hawaii International Conference on Education, Virtual Program
2020
Teaching Web Design in Graphic Design Classes108th CAA Annual Conference, Chicago, IL
Teaching Web Design in Today’s Classroom Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, HI
Thinking Like A Web Developer: The Application of System Thinking in Web and Interface Design Courses SECAC Conference, The University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, TN
2019
Publish Delux Sioux Falls Design Center, Sioux Falls, SD
The Evolution of Facial Emotion Recognition Technology and Its Effectiveness in Human Interaction International Conference on Applied Factors and Ergonomics, Orlando, FL
2018
Analysis of Facial Emotion Recognition in Video Chatting The 7th Annual International Conference on Journalism & Mass Communications, Singapore
Design Thinking South Dakota Arts & Education Conference, Black Hill State University, Spearfish, SD

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

2022
Text vs. Images: Understanding Emotional Expressions on Social Media During COVID-19 Pandemic Advances in Interdisciplinary Practice in Industrial Design, Springer,Cham, 2022.
2021
Big Data Visulization of COVID-19 using Augmented Reality (AR) Design Behaviors Journal 2021 Vol 3 F/W Issue, 2021.
Life Goes On: New Media Art 2022 CICA Press, ISBN 979-11-88671-20-5 03600, Gimpo, Korea, 2021.
Social Media Happiness Expression Through the Virtual Reality: Cultural Differences on Instagram International Conference on Intelligent Human Systems Integration, Springer, Cham, 2021.
2020
Happiness Participatory Media: Cultural Differences in Happiness on Instagram Advances in Interdisciplinary Practice in Industrial Design, Springer, Cham, 2020.
Reconstructing Social Identity Through Physical Attractiveness Advances in Interdisciplinary Practice in Industrial Design, Springer, Cham, 2020.
2019
Happiness on Instagram – Content Analysis and Engagement Based on Attention Theory Advances in Interdisciplinary Practice in Industrial Design, edited by WonJoon Chung, Cliff Sungsoo Shin, pp 13-20. Vol. 968. Berlin: Springer, Cham, 2019.
Ficciones Typografika: 1642 edited by Mark Gowing, Texts: Ben DuVal, Paul Schmelzer, Erik Brandt, Photography: Erik Brandt, Formist Edition 18, 2019.
2018
Analysis of Facial Emotion Recognition in Video Chatting Advances in Interdisciplinary Practice in Industrial Design, edited by WonJoon Chung, Cliff Sungsoo Shin, p217-p226. Vol. 790. Berlin: Springer, Cham, 2018.
2016
The Artist Catalogue Vol. 5 Issue 4, publication of The Artist Catalogue LLC. 2016.

PERFORMANCES

2021
20X20 Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics, Stanford University, Live Performance Event

2020
20X20 10th Annual CODAME ART+TECH Festival, Live Virtual Event
25X25 Twin Pandemics Forum, Center for the Arts & Humanities and the Bannan Forum in the Ignatian Center at SCU with co-sponsorship from the Office of the Provost, Live Virtual Event

LIST OF COURSES

• Arts 70 Graphic Design: Typography
• Arts 74 Basic Digital Imaging
• Arts 75 Brand Identity
• Arts 175 Information Design
• Arts 177 Website Graphic Des

WORK EXPERIENCE

Teaching Assistant, MCAD, course: Typography I, Minneapolis, MN, 2015 – 2016
Graduate Assistant, MCAD Online Learning, Minneapolis, MN, 2014 – 2016
Graphic Designer, James Dayton Design, Minneapolis, MN, 2015
Graphic Design Intern, Reverie, Bloomfield Hills, MI, 2014
Graphic Designer, SCSU Department of Residential Life, St. Cloud, MN, 2013 – 2014
Graphic Designer, SCSU Dean’s Office in Miller Center, St. Cloud, MN, 2012 – 2013

GRANTS

Dean’s Grant, College of Arts and Sciences, Santa Clara University, 2022, 2025
Junior Faculty Development Leave Grant, Provost’s Office, Santa Clara University, 2023
Whitham Collaborative Grant, Provost’s Office, Santa Clara University, 2023
Publication Grant, Provost’s Office, Santa Clara University, 2020, 2021
WAVE Visulization Space Grant, SCU College of Arts and Sciences and School of Engineering, Santa Clara University, 2019
Travel Grant for Presentation, College of Fine Arts, University of South Dakota, 2018
CTL Teaching and Learning Grant, Center for Teaching and Learning, University of South Dakota, 2017 - 2018
SHS Seed Grant, School of Health Science, University of South Dakota, 2016 - 2017

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

United Designs Alliance (UDA), Regional Director of USA
College Art Association (CAA), Design Educator member
SECAC (formerly the Southeastern College Art Conference), Educator member
Global Science and Technology Forum (GSTF), Educator member
American Institute of Graphic Designers (AIGA SD), Board Member, AIGA South Dakota chapter
American Institute of Graphic Designers (AIGA SF), Member, AIGA San Francisco chapter