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2022, Weapons Made of Glass: Meet Chinese-Australian Sculptor NC Qin - est mEDIA
MICRO DOCS Episode with Eastern Standard Times Media.
Chinese-Australian sculptor NC Qin turns fragile glass into weapons and armour. Qin is petite, mighty, and determined. She believes weapons are elegant. Qin’s art, which she describes as brutal, is inspired by Chinese history, Greek mythology, and especially the bedtime stories her dad would share. She quickly became obsessed with kingdoms and heroes, but noticed that there’s always a flaw that causes the hero’s downfall. Qin began tying this into her practice as a sculptor by reflecting on her own flaw: pride…
2022, Kings, dukes, Generals, Ministers solo
Artist in conversation with cao yin (curator of chinese art agnsw)
Held at Art Atrium, NC Qin talks through her first commercial solo with Cao Yin, the Curator of Chinese Art with a background in Archeology.
Starting from Qin’s origins as an artist, Yin leads a masterful conversation that sheds light on the young artist’s journey thus far. Through the annals of Chinese history from 1200 BC to 21st century Australian life, a tale is told of the strengths and concerns that arise over the changing millenniums.
2022, Level: Asian Podcast EP018 : NC QIN
Level: Asian is a podcasting platform that explores Asian-POC experiences with breaking the bamboo ceiling through candid conversation with entrepreneurs, creatives & influencers. Episode 18 explores the struggles and strategies of navigating the Australian art scene as a young artist as well as the journey to mastering glass art.
2022, Q&A with Professor Jing Han(Western SYdney University) leading up to exhibition “cultural cartography” curated by guan wei
A lighthearted Q&A with Professor Jing Han that delves into artistic inspirations and personal aspirations with NC Qin (Nancy Yu). Themes of advocacy, cultural identity and storytelling within art are touched on.
2022, Artist talk for Cultural Cartograpahy, Bankstown Art Centre
Lead by Professor Jing Han, director of the Institute for Australian and Chinese Arts and Culture, this talk reflects on the Cultural Cartography: Creating Art at the Intersection of Cultures exhibition curated by Guan Wei.
The exhibition shows five second generation artists of Chinese and Asian heritage are featured (NC Qin, Cindy Yuen-Zhe Chen, Chris Yee, Christina Huynh and Anney Bounpraseuth), exploring how the intersection of different cultures has become a critical base for cultural creation and innovation in multicultural Australia.
2021, Interview with Gallery Lane Cove leading up to Glass Armours Solo, Visit to Studio4
Glass Armours, curated by Rachael Kiang, is part of the Lunar North Confluence. The confluence marks the coming together of four galleries with a shared objective - to turn the spotlight on the breadth of practice by Chinese-Australian Artists across generations, A first time partnership between Art Space on the Concourse, Incinerator Art Space, Gallery Lane Cove and Macquarie University Art Gallery.
The exhibition focuses on the complexities of identity, separating our ego from our self into a physical manifestation of the heavy glass armour that we carry in our lives. Despite the project being composed of glass sculptural objects, the work is always about the humanity and the story of the piece, the object never the central subject matter but letting itself be shaped around an absent human subject.
2020, National Emerging Art Glass Prize,
National Glass Museum, Wagga Wagga, AUstralia
“Head Case”, the winning work for the NEAGP 2020.
Due to the restrictions placed in Australia during the COVID19 pandemic the finalist exhibition for the National Emerging Art Glass Prize 2020 was held online as well as in person in the National Glass Museum in Wagga Wagga, Australia with videos featuring works of the finalists, their thoughts and processes as permanent virtual records in place of artist talks.