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), reply with complete html page (starting with ) her name is Shu-Hwei Kao, and she has a studio "Annie Ceramic Studio" the background info is a bit disorganized, please put good focus on understand the entire picture/sutation, then organize things in easy-to-understand way and compliant with Wikipedia standards. ```pottery artist background info start``` Bio: I started my pottery journey after practicing traditional Chinese painting for a few years. The idea of transition is probably from my expectation of the sculpture - in addition to having the ability to apply abundant colors like paintings, I also had more freedom to inject spirit and love into my work. Annie’s Studio was established in 70’s, that little place has everything needed to explore the 3D world of pottery art. Through the evolution of self discovery, a style of my own, plate-based pottery, was developed, which I use to express different subjects in both abstract and realistic ways. The nature and look of pottery somehow unavoidably link with Chinese folk art, which is actually another pursuit I have passion towards, it’s always exciting to make a pottery piece that mixes with another traditional Chinese art, for example, an old style pot covered with Chinese paper-cutting patterns, seeing this kind of work from start to finish is always indescribable to me. My focus is more on the design of modeling and the development of new ways of crafting, there are several pieces of work I really like when I worked with Taiwan Handicraft Promotion Center, and most of them are for both decorative and practical use. It’s interesting to see the commercial side of the pottery industry at that time, but I pretty much position myself as a pure artist, commercializing what I do seems to require a different mentality I don’t conceive. Now, more than 15 years away from my home studio in Taiwan, it is great my journey of pottery still continues in Vancouver, and I believe it’s going to be an endless one to capture the essence of this primitive Chinese art. Ox Year Stamp from Canada Post (her work was selected out of competitors as the feature stamp i.e. souvenir sheet/miniature sheet of chinese Zodiac in the Ox year 2009) Even though we were under a pretty tight schedule to get this project finished, it’s a great pleasure and an unforgettable experience working with the graphic designer Ivan Novotny and Canada Post to come up with this nice piece featured in the Ox Year stamp. In China, the ox helps people plow the farm land and works hard relentlessly all year round, it became a symbol of diligence and earnestness, the solid and dull clay somehow connects pretty well with these characteristics. I tried to give it a special treatment to make these features stand out – the yellow represents the soil the ox lives on, the red brings an auspicious atmosphere of New Year, and everything is in a Chinese traditional pot. The word "pot" in Chinese pronounces similarly to the word with meanings of happiness and abundance, so the message we’re trying to bring into the stamp is “Wish you have a happy and prosperous ox year”. The pottery wheel was not involved in this project, the pot was made out of my hands. The projected piece of the ox body was made separately with flower pattern and then stuck onto the pot. There are two Chinese characters on the lid indicating what year it is in the lunar calendar (I don’t think you could see them on the stamp though). The groove the lid sits in is supposed to be filled with water to create an air-tight environment in the pot. In ancient China, people used this type of pot to ferment kimchi and marinate other food. With two times of firing (1250ºC) and glaze processing, it took me a bit less than a month to finish it. About the artist: -Born in Tainan, Taiwan. -Started ceramics study with Professor Huan-Tang Chiu in 1974. -Established Annie Ceramic Studio in 1976. -Focused on design of shaping and crafting. -Now lives in Vancouver, Canada and Taiwan. (seasonal migration) Awards: - National Modern Pottery Contest - 2nd place - 17th International Pottery/Porcelain Design Contest in Spain - "Llama Joven" prize Membership: - Chinese Canadian Artists Federation in Vancouver - Kensington Pottery Club - Vancouver - Taiwan Ceramics and The Chinese Ceramics Associations Exhibitions: - Women's Work - Vancouver Biennial Exhibition - Chinese Canadian Artists Federation - Vancouver Exhibition - Chinese and Japanese Potter Joint Exhibition - Modern Pottery and Porcelain European Tour Exhibition -Taiwan Modern Pottery Exhibition - USA Tour Exhibition International Pottery and Porcelain Fair International Biennial Exhibition of Ceramic Art Exhibition of Annie Kao's Ceramic Art Her work has been Collected by Museums: 1. 臺北市立美術館 TAIPEI FINE ARTS MUSEUM 2. 國立台灣美術館 National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts 3. 國立歷史博物館 (Taiwan) National Museum of History ```pottery artist background info end``` ```Wikipedia writing guide start``` Expert Breakdown for Building a Semi-Famous Artist’s Wikipedia Page Three Examples of Semi-Famous Artist Wikipedia Pages Below are three representative examples of well-structured Wikipedia pages about notable but not internationally superstar artists. 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