my current CV

Jilin Niu

423 Gillott Road                      

Birmingham                              

B16 9LL

phone:07760671827

Email:niujilinblue@gmail.com

Age: 26

 Personal information: A conscientious, enthusiastic, and easygoing individual who enjoys working within creative environments. Passionate about people, enthusiastic and would like the opportunity to join your company. I have shown myself to be self-motivated, committed and determined in achieving my goals, come what may. I am looking for an art job and available for work immediately. I am able to relate to a wide range of people, as proven by working in different countries.

Education:  China

2003-2006  Tianjin Agriculture College

    Course :  Flowers Design 

2006-2008  Tianjin Normal University 

           BA of school of art and design Environment design                    

           China

2010-2011      Birmingham City University

           MA Contemporary curatorial practice         

Work Experience

2008-2009  landscape design in shanghai of china

2009-2010  Office Clerk in Ningbo of china

Extra curricular activities

2004  Social investigation in ningbo.

2005  Bag shop assistant in ningbo.

2006  working in a fast food restaurant

2006  Broadcasting in Wedding Dress shop in tianjin.

2007  Environmental volunteer, take part in the “land art” project in Tianjin of China.

2008  Curate “environmental project” in tianjin broadcasting station.

2008  Teaching child painting and lunchtime supervisor in kindergarten in ningbo.
2010.11 organized an art exhibition—“b-ART-er” with my classmates in Birmingham

2011  Volunteer for “Oxfam” Birmingham.

2011.8 Volunteer in “be festival”

2011  current volunteer in crescent theatre

2011.8 organised an art exhibition”enchanted park fest” in Cannon Hill Park as my final project.

2011- now   Kitchen assistant in a restaurant of Birmingham

Proficient in using Microsoft Office packages, Photoshop, Autocad,

Interests. Good English communication.

Like kids, enjoy the arts, for instance, paper folding, painting, collage, and craft. Want to find a job or internship about event organizer, curator assistant, gallery or theatre staff, children project or workshops, marketing, and deliver some project.    
(Already bought public liability insurance, expire to 8/2012)  

my final project--enchanted park fest

 "enchanted park fest" (26/8/2011-28/8/2011) 
   http://enchantedparkfest.wordpress.com/ 

“enchanted park fest”is my final project which is an outdoor visual art show in Cannon Hill Park of birmingham.The show is about “nature intervention” which  interfere the nature and discuss the relationship between the human art activities and the nature.their intervention with the open space will transform visitor’s experience of the natural landscape as well.
 I organised this event by myself. I found these art works on their degree show, and thought it will be interesting if put them in a real natural environment.

                                               distant view of the show

                            we are using textile to decorate the reception tree.

                                       Children climb on the decorative tree.

                         Amy Templeton's mint, sweet art. paint on mint and sweet.

                                    Amy Templeton’s chewing gum art.
                           She drawn on in fine liner and covered in nail varnish.

                                   Kyriaki Vrasida’s creatures and big nest

                                         Rose Jennings’ red wire art work.

                       Wendy Derrick painting hided in real branches and leaves.

                                    the shadow reflect on wendy's painting.

                                                Jodie Payne’s cobweb

                          Jodie Payne’s cobweb tree has a very good shape.

                                     Carina Stuart’s "mini nature world "
                                     installation display in the tent.

                          people need to lie down, and peer inside the model.

the projects I involved in last one year

---be festival  (27/6/2011--12/7/2011)
 
"be festival" is an Europen theatre festival in Birmingham. I help them to make some  props, setting up the stage, installation and decorating the whole site. during the performance nights, i am a technical support and catering for the audidence and artists. after the the all performance, i help them Dismantle.
it is the first time i involved in such a big festival, and experience all the process of this event. (include preparation, installation, catering, and Dismantling), very enjoy!

                                it is one of the props for one "be festival"show,
                                spending three days made this wood cube with designer.

                                               set up day, cleaning ceiling

                                                    painting the cube

                                         using silver paper cover the scuttle,
                                         create  dark room for show.

                                      painting the logo on the wall of MAC

 

decorating the event toilet with 

using colourful plastic paper

                                  painted this lampshade to make it look old

                                          using grain created this toilet sign

----b-ART-er  (22/11/2010-28/11/2010)    http://www.b-art-er.com/

"b-ART-er" is a group art exhibition in in an empty shop unit of Birmingham, my classmates and i orgnised this exhibition, we found the vanue and the artists, set up and dismantle, we did all the process of this exhibition by ourselves.
 the theme of this exhibition is about consumerism, value and exchange. we invited 6 artists who are using the empty shop as a space to question economic recession through ephemeral works. Visitors are invited to exchange ideas...

                                           5curator and our two tutors

                                       shop front of "b-ART-ber" exhibition

                                    private view of "b-ART-er" exhibition

                               one of my classmate's mother come as well to
                               support her daught, and bring tea set and irish tea.

                                               Artist Adam Radley's graffiti      

Artist Alexandra Lockett's seed bomb

                             

                                   

                                                "buy nothing day" section

                                  Artist Chris Clinton's balance installation

                                    Artist Michael Bold sign his empty box

                          our exchangetable, people can use their own thing
                              to change  any one thing in the basket,
                                 if they though  they are equal value.

                                    "a cup of tea" section invite audience
                                      to disscuss their feedback

                              audience looking at artist Tim Stock's shop map

---"raw" community events  (3/8/2011-6/8/2011 in northampton),
      organised by jesus army

I help them deliver some community events and work shops with other member, like leading some children make some cake decorating, face painting, BBQ, and play some games with kids. It was so happy as I can spend a lot of time with kids, i love kids!!

                                one of our community events happened here

                                                           BBQ section

                            leading some kids made a lot of cake decorating

                                         leading children play some games

---other events i took part in
"altra-violence" in vivid as a curator assistant (curated by company)

                                             decorating the candy table

                                   using special material to write on the wall,
                                   which will appear under specical light.

vault event as a event assistant (curated by company)

                            it is a food section curated by food design banquet
                            they use comb to twine the cotton candy,
                            they want to change the way  of people eating.

"bone dinner" in  eastside project  as an assistant (curated by company)

                                food design event, using the theme of bone

                                     using real bone to decorate the vanue


paint the logo for "anti-curate" event in MAC

my previous works

below are some of my previous works, which include different forms of art and design

                                                         pen drawing

                                             road design (colour pencil)

                                                   park design  (marker pan)

                                               park design (colour pencil)

                                                 park design (watercolour)

                                              park design (colour pencil)

                                            residence design (marker pan)

                                            residence design (photo shop)

                                        shopping centre design (Fine Point)   
   

                                    residence design (photo shop, marker pan)           
   

                                           interior design (marker pan)

                                              interior design (watercolour)

                                              interior design (marker pan)

                                       traditional Chinese painting on silk

                                                  mural on  tissue paper

                                                       still life gouache

                                                       still life gouache

                                                    pen drawing

                                                        pencil sketch

   

                                                         pen drawing

                              communal facilities design--milk bar&rubish bin

                                     communal facilities design--rubish bin

                           communal facilities design--telephone booth&news stall

                                                   children's drawing

                                                            bandhnu

                                                              batik

                                           environmental programme

                                                        flower design

                                                        food design