dawei shi
Dawei Shi: Bridging Engineering and Artistic Vision Dawei Shi’s artistic journey began in Beijing, China, where he honed his skills as an electrical engineer before pursuing doctoral studies at the University of Alberta. This dual background—a grounding in precision and logic alongside a passion for creative expression—defines the core of his distinctive approach to sculpture and installation art. He is currently Professor & Director, Institute of Intelligent Sensing & Motion Control, School of Automation, Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT), focusing on groundbreaking research into artifi…
The Subject Atlas
A chart of dawei shi's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Spokes — Subject
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Rings — Career Period
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Threads — Shared Context
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.
