Xiangyuan Jie, oil painter and concept artist, native of Hunan, China, now lives in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Bio EDUCATION: 1977-1982 BFA in Theater Design, Central Academy of Drama, Beijing, China 1987-1988 Advanced Study as a Visiting Scholar, Ecole cantonale d'art de Lausanne, Switzerland, 1994-1995 MS in Industrial Design, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA TEACHING EXPERIENCE: 1982-1992 Lecturer/Associate Professor, School of Design, Hunan University, China 1992-1993 Visiting Professor, School of Architecture, Auburn University, AL, USA 1994-1995 Teaching Assistant, College of Architecture, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA Had Lectured as Visiting Professor/Guest Speaker at Beijing Film Academy, Taiwan Yunling University, Taizhong University, Ecole cantonale d'art de Lausanne, Zhejian Industry University, Changsha University, Hunan Normal University, Hunan Film School Guest Professor, College of Fine Art, Hunan Normal University PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: 1995-1996 Sr. Designer, Presentation South, Inc, FL, USA 1996-2004 Sr. Background Artist/Visual Development artist/Background Stylist, Walt Disney Feature Animation Studios, FL, USA 2004-2007 Color Key Artist/Visual concept Artist, Blue Sky Studios, Fox Films, NY, USA 2007-2011 Freelance concept Artist and fine artist 2011 Art Director/Consultant, Zhejian Pro-High Culture Industry, Inc., China 2011-2012 Art Director/Sr. Visual Development Artist, Tradition Animation Studio, Digital Domain Media Group, FL, USA SCREEN CREDIT: · Mulan, Disney Feature Animation, 1998 · Tarzan, Disney Feature Animation, 1999 · Lilo and Stich, Disney Feature Animation, 2002 · Brother Bear, Disney Feature Animation, 2003 · Ice Age 2, The Meltdown, Blue Sky Studios, 2006 · Horton Hears A Who, Blue Sky Studios, 2008 · Ice Age 3, The Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Blue Sky Studios, 2009 · Rio, Blue Sky Studios, 2011 · Epic, Blue Sky Studios, 2013 SELECTED PUBLICATIONS: · “Leading Graphic Designers of the World Today”, Hunan Fine Arts publishing House, 1990 · “Presentation Techniques of Industrial Design”, Hunan Fine Arts publishing House, 1992 · “The Manual of Product Design” (co-author), The Press of Machinery industry, Beijing, 1994. · “Famous Museums of the World”, Hunan Fine Arts publishing House, 1998 · “Jie Xiangyuan - The Landscape Works of China's Contemporary Realism Oil Painter”, Tianjing Fine Arts publishing House, 2006 Also, artwork had been featured in “Artist Magazine”, “International Artist’s Magazine”, Wild Life Art Magazine” Southwest Artist Magazine”, and “ Digital Design Magazine”, etc. |