Sculptor, Ai Qiu Hopen
Competitively awarded commissions inside USA and China

2005 Charlie Chaplin for China national sculpture park( Shanghai Oriental park ), commissioned by shanghai goverment.

2005 selected from a international field by shanghai goverment and commissioned The Voilin for Shanghai park

2005 Song of Life bronze , life size
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2005 Flute bronze ,life size

2005 two commissioned works Installed Contemporary Spring Villa, Shanghai, China

2004 Children and Peace Dove, bronze, life size
( commission ) Main Entrance. International Peace Hospital , Shanghai, China

2003 John William "Blind" Boone Seated bronze figure 1.25x lifesize
( commission) Blind Boone Memorial Park, Warrensburg, Mo
(competition awarded commission, 75,000. USD)

2000 "Three Harts", Bronze, co-sculpted with Bill Hopen,
International commission 100,000.USD,in St Lawrence River,Thousand Islands, NY/Canada

2000 Bat in Sunshine , 12 feet tall Stainless-steel , fountain, light/water
Down town Shanghai Real Estate plaza, China

1999 History of Ancient Cultures, Ceramic, relief sculpture mural, 6ft x 32 ft
Pudong Market Mall, Shanghai China

1996-1999 Shanghai University, under a National Fine Arts Scholarship, (Graduate)

1994-1994 Zhejian Art Institute, Hanzhou

Ai Qiu Hopen was born in 1974, Wenzhou, China, the daughter of itinerant beekeepers. As a child she traveled with her parents throughout China following the seasons of flowering blossoms. She would fashion play figures from clay wherever her family traveled, setting up little villages, houses, and figures in her parent’s camp. “ I grew up with my hands in clay, it was my play thing and has always been one of my expressive tools as long as I can remember.” Her early childhood was largely lived, camped in a natural country atmosphere surrounded by the hum of bees and the aroma of flowers. When her family settled in Long gong and began to weave textiles, she attended school and gained a love of literature, poetry, and formal art studies in painting and calligraphy. “ I didn’t really choose a career and then decide to study art, I was always an artist, so that’s what I studied.”
She always stood out with her superlative art talent and gained admittance to Chinese art academies, and studied under several mentors before her career.

Sculptor Ai Qiu Hopen resides with her husband in  WV.