Xiaowen Bao

Xiaowen Bao obtained Master’s degree of Fine Art at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She got her MEcon and worked for several years in the financial services industry in Beijing. In order to find passion in her daily work, she decided to redirect her energy and pursue fashion design as a career path, and earned a diploma at the Beijing Institute of Fashion and Technology. Since developing her work further at SAIC, her interdisciplinary practice has evolved, and blurs the boundary of fashion design and art. Xiaowen’s keen perspective and personal experiences frame her observations and reflections on contemporary happenings. Captivated by the irrationality of humans, Xiaowen focusses her work on the gamut of individual choices in society, and ambiguity in human nature. Her work has been featured in several group exhibitions, such as the Graduate Exhibition Two at the SAIC Galleries in Chicago, we are our own healers. we are our own medicine, organized by the Wellness Center of SAIC, and Prelude in the SAIC Fashion Department Sage Display.