Xu Tengfei

Associate Professor, Doctoral Supervisor

Areas of Research: art history, design education, contemporary art curation and practice

Associate Professor of School of Future Design and Future Design Center, Beijing Normal University.

He used to work as the Deputy Director of Exhibition Department, Beijing Minsheng Art Museum, Director of Collection Department, Beijing Minsheng Foundation for Arts and Culture and full-time research staff at the Institute of contemporary art, Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University

He is the member of China International Artists Association and China Rock Art Association and graduated from Central Academy of Fine Arts with bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees of Fine Arts. He worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Academy of Arts & Design of Tsinghua University majoring in art theory.

Personal Research Achievements:

Articles published in several SCI and CSSCI periodicals: “Art Research”, “Art Magazine”, “Art Observation”, “China Culture Daily”, “Art Journal”, “Arts Exploration”, “Art Panorama” , “Art and Design”, “Design”, “Hunan Packaging”, “Social Sciences in Chinese Higher Education” and “Science & Technology Progress and Policy”.

Translated publications: GARDER'S THROUGH THE AGES（2021）, GARDER'S THROUGH THE AGES-15th Edition（2019）, Moving Image in China: 1988-2011（2012）, Thirty Years Of China Contemporary Art 1979-2009（2010）and History of foreign art and design（2021）.

Holded or Engaged in National Research Projects:

"Overseas cultural export project", a sub project of the talent training project of "new industry and new practice" of the Academy of fine arts of Tsinghua University supported by the National Art Fund (2019); Research core member of Jingdezhen International Art City strategic planning project (2019-2021); National Art Museum excellent young curators support program supported by China's Ministry of Culture (2016), etc.

Teaching projects:

Major Project of the Second Phase of Textbook Construction in the Field of Higher Education during the "14th Five-Year Plan" Period of Beijing Normal University (2023-2025); Project of the First Phase of Textbook Construction in the Field of Higher Education during the "14th Five-Year Plan" Period of Beijing Normal University (2022-2025); Teaching Reform Project of Beijing Normal University: "Offline First-Class Course Project" (2023-2024); Teaching Reform Project of Beijing Normal University: "Research and Practice on the Construction of Art Appreciation Courses Based on Digitalization" (2024-2025) etc.

Other projects：

Project of Cultivating Leading Talents for Basic Operations in Central Universities: "Research on Strategies for Cultivating Innovative Talents in Art and Design in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area from the Perspective of Interdisciplinary Integration" (2023-2026); Talent Introduction Project of Beijing Normal University: "Research on Chinese and Foreign Modern and Contemporary Art and Design" (2021-2026);  Project of the Department of Education of Guangdong Province: "Research on Design Strategies for Tourism Cultural and Creative Products in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area Based on the Theory of Consumption Value" (2022-2024); Project of Zhuhai Social Science Planning: "Research on Strategies for Cultivating Innovative and Applied Talents in Art and Design in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area from the Perspective of Interdisciplinary Integration" (2023-2024); Co-constructed Project with the Chinese Society of Yin-Shang Culture: "Project of Developing Aesthetic Education Courses on Oracle Bone Inscription Civilization and Building Bases" (2022-2023) etc.

Exhibitions and Practices:

“Step Into Contemporary Art Sustainable Intangible Cultural Heritage” by Tsinghua University（2019）, 2019 Rongbaozhai Oil Painting Invitation Exhibition（2019）, DOCUMENTA 2020 WINDOWS IN PANDEMIC by Tsinghua University Art Museum（2019）, SNOW CAPTIAL CUP NATIONAL ART COLLEGE STUDENTS SNOW SCULPTURE COMPETITION（2019）,  MEMORY OF TIMES MINSHENG COLLECTION EXHIBITHON FOR CHINA MINSHENG BANK 20TH ANNIVERSARY（2016）, THE EXHIBITION OF ANNUAL OF CONTEMPORARY ART OF CHINA（2015）collaborated with Peking University, China India cooperation large-scale group exhibition - THE EYE AND THE MIND-NEW INTERVENTIONS IN CONTEMPORARY INDIAN ART（2015）, The Civil Power Beijing Minsheng Art Museum Opening Exhibition（2015）, The First Chinese Letter Culture Forum（2014）, Moving Image in China：1988-2011（2013）, Portrait of Openness: A Large-scale Group Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Artists（2012）, Opening Exhibition for Shanghai Minsheng Art Museum Thirty Years Of China Contemporary Art 1979-2009（2010）etc.

Awards:

Pengnian Outstanding Young Teacher Award, Beijing Normal University (2024); Excellent Achievement Award in Higher Education Research (3rd Session), Guangdong Higher Education Association (2024); Advanced Teacher Award, 6th CADA Japan Conceptual Art & Design Award (2024); Silver Award, 6th CADA Japan Conceptual Art & Design Award (2025); Advanced Teacher Award, 6th CADA Japan Conceptual Art & Design Award (2025); Bronze Award, 7th Hong Kong Contemporary Design Award (2025); Excellent Instructor Award, 11th China College and University Design Works Competition (2024); Excellent Instructor Award, 10th China College and University Design Works Competition (2023); Guided students' works to win over 30 awards in international and domestic art competitions, including the Silver Award, Bronze Award, First Prize, Second Prize, Third Prize and Excellence Award in events such as the UKDA (UK New Concept Design Award), Milan Design Week National College Design Competition, ICAD (International Contemporary Youth Art & Design Competition), CADA (Japan Conceptual Art & Design Competition), and China College and University Design Competition. A collection of these works has been published.

Social Services:

Expert for Lectures of the National Art Fund (2024)； Expert in the Reviewer Database of CNKI (2024)； Expert in the Philosophy and Social Sciences Expert Database of Zhuhai City (2023)；Director of the 6th Zhuhai Municipal Association for the Promotion of National Unity and Progress (2023)