Born
1983 in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province
Artists
ZHOU Fan
Zhou Fan is well known for his astonishingly detailed drawings and paintings that depict fantastical nature scenes. Often working without drafts, plans or pre-set ideas, Zhou Fan’s large works take from 8 months to 3 years to finish. Dreams, memory, hallucinations, and fantasy have all been the thread and substance of Zhou Fan’s practice throughout the last decade. His previous series of artworks brought his audiences into a realm of imagination with out-of-this-world scenes and a sumptuous and unusual color palette.
In his 2015 solo exhibition “Mute”, roadways, strong, artificial colors and illusory landscapes wavered between reality and fantasy, the foremost visual features in these previous works which took a look at life’s journey from a neutral almost nihilistic perspective. Meditating on the relationship between that which is manmade and things of natural world, between the city and the wild, these works were the artist’s attempt at making sense of the intricate eco system we inhabit. Captured in this group of work, the artist takes his audiences on an illusory and adventurous “road trip” where we know no beginning or ending.
Over the past two years, Zhou Fan has shifted his interest onto different subjects of investigation, moving from the external landscape to an internal geography, both physical and psychological. Looking back at his artistic practice for over a decade, Zhou Fan’s visual language has also become more abstract, with less figurative construction and subject, yet still embracing the vibrant palette and exquisite detail for which his work is fast becoming widely known and well admired as his career moves toward mid-career.
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Education
BFA, Art College, Shanxi University, ChinaSolo Exhibitions
An Irresistible Spectacle, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai
Paradise, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai
Pollen, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai
Phobia, OCAT, Xi’an
Melt, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai
Zhou Fan: Mute, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai
Zhou Fan Solo Exhibition, Art Beijing, Beijing
Zhou Fan Solo Exhibition, NUOART, Beijing
Dream Catcher in the Rye – Zhou Fan Solo Exhibition, Art Scene Warehouse, Shanghai
Zhou Fan Solo Exhibition, Art Scene China, Shanghai
ITCHY Solo Exhibition, Shanxi University, TaiyuanGroup Exhibitions
In The Flow, Mirror Space, Shaoxing
Shanghai Calling, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai, China
Dissolution of Form, HDL Museum, Chengdu
Aurora, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai
First Light, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai
Electric Picnic, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai
Worlds on Paper, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai
A Spirit was Seen from the Window – The Art Collection Case of Chinese Young Artists Since 1999, Hiart Space, Shanghai
Out of Ink: Interpretations from Chinese Contemporary Art, Pera Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
Four Squared Plus One, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai
Summer Wave, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai
Paint the Web Pink, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai
New Space Soft Opening Exhibition, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai
10 Years of Love, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai
Fireflowers, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai
Ulysses’ Gaze – The Return of Painterliness and Soulful Contemplation, Ginkgo Art Center, Beijing
Bites Back, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai
Dreaming in Color, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai
Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, Canada
Three – Two – One Art Exhibition, Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai
Highlights of the Chinese Art Prize 2005 – 2008, Art Scene Warehouse, Shanghai
The White Exhibition 2 – Group Exhibition of Emerging Chinese Contemporary Artists, Art Scene Warehouse, Shanghai
Get Real!, Art Scene Warehouse, Shanghai
Group Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Art, Dubai
Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany
The White Exhibition – Contemporary Emerging Chinese Art Exhibition, Art Scene Warehouse, Shanghai
Top 20 Artists’ Exhibition, Chinese Art Prize 2007, Honorable Mention Award, Art Scene Warehouse, Shanghai
Art Beijing, Beijing
1981 Design and Art, Zendai MOMA, Shanghai
Here Comes the Christmas, Zendai MOMA, ShanghaiArt Projects
Amur JAHA Ordos, Ordos, China
Remy Martin XO Mid-Autumn limited edition, China
Festival, A8 Design Center, Chengdu, China
Discover Your Color, Lane Crawford, Beijing / Shanghai / Chengdu / Hong Kong
Relic, Shanghai Dramatic Art Centre, Shanghai
“Made in CNY”, Apple Inc.
Météo Music Festival, Mulhouse, France
Zhou Fan: An Irresistible SpectacleSeptember 28 - October 28, 2024Group Exhibition: Shanghai CallingApril 27 - June 25, 2024Zhou Fan: ParadiseSeptember 17 - October 31, 2023Group Exhibition: AuroraAugust 12 - September 8, 2023Group Exhibition: Electric PicnicJuly 24 - September 8, 2021Group Exhibition: Four Squared Plus OneApril 14 - June 6, 2019Zhou Fan: PollenJanuary 12 - March 3, 2019Zhou Fan: MeltSeptember 17 - October 25, 2017Group Exhibition: New Space Soft Opening ExhibitionJuly 3 - July 27, 2017