Professional Experience

Xu Dongliang graduated with a bachelor's degree from the Department of Architecture at Southeast University and a master's degree from the Department of Architecture at Harbin Institute of Technology. He also worked as a designer in Japan for several years. Currently, he serves as the lead designer at Dongliang International Lighting Design Center, a director of the Illuminating Engineering Society of China, and an executive director of the Asian Association of Lighting Designers (AALD). He primarily engages in urban lighting planning, architectural lighting design, and the creation of light art installations, having completed lighting plans for several Chinese cities and lighting designs for iconic buildings.

Awards and Honors

Xu has frequently participated in academic lectures and exhibitions both domestically and internationally. He received the "Design Award from the Illuminating Engineering Institute of Japan" in 2005, represented China at the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2012 with his work "Lighthouse," and won the 43rd IES Award of Excellence for Architectural Lighting Design in 2016. Additionally, he has been honored with numerous awards, including the China Lighting Award, Asian Lighting Design Award, LIT Lighting Design Award, MUSE Design Award, and IDA International Design Award.

Representative Works

Light Art Installations: Light Dialogue, Light Carpet, Light Bodhi, Light Array, Infinite Light, Lighthouse, Ten Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains (in collaboration), Media Wall, M+W, Touching the Future, Pure Circle, Walking Light, etc.
Publications: "Light Imagery," "Light Interpretation," "Light Expression," "Lighting Strategies for Bright Cities," and "Lighting Design Chronicles."

Project Cases

Xu has served as the chief designer for nightscape lighting during the Xiamen BRICS Summit, the chief designer for urban lighting enhancement during the Qingdao SCO Summit, and the chief designer for urban lighting guidelines and main stadium area lighting design for the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, among other projects.