Zhou Fan

Shanghai, China

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.

Exhibitions Zhou Fan: An Irresistible Spectacle September 28, 2024 - October 28, 2024 Group Exhibition: Shanghai Calling April 27, 2024 - June 25, 2024 Zhou Fan: Paradise September 17, 2023 - October 31, 2023 Group Exhibition: Aurora August 12, 2023 - September 08, 2023 Group Exhibition: First Light January 17, 2022 - February 28, 2022 Electric Picnic July 24, 2021 - September 08, 2021 Summer Wave July 27, 2019 - August 21, 2019 4²+1 April 14, 2019 - June 06, 2019 Zhou Fan: Pollen January 12, 2019 - March 07, 2019 Paint the Web Pink January 21, 2018 - March 05, 2018 Melt September 17, 2017 - October 25, 2017 New Space Soft Opening Exhibition July 03, 2017 - July 27, 2017 10 Years of Love February 19, 2017 - March 22, 2017 Fireflowers July 02, 2016 - August 16, 2016 Mute September 26, 2015 - November 03, 2015 Bites Back February 14, 2015 - March 31, 2015 Dreaming in Color July 05, 2014 - August 25, 2014

143 Works

The Queen‘s Phantasm
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King's Valley
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Burning Letters
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Mirage: Mars
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Southern Mountain Illusion
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Brook
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Misaligned Star Chart
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Wind Cavern
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Riverbed
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The Garden of Hypnos Pt.1
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The Garden of Hypnos Pt.2
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Prayer for Everything. Prayer for Nothing Pt.2
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Prayer for Everything. Prayer for Nothing Pt.3
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Prayer for Everything. Prayer for Nothing Pt.5
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Desert Sand Feels Warm at Night pt.2
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Green Valley
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Tropics
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Stone Lake Park
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Zeppelin
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Desert Sand Feels Warm at Night Pt 1
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1:00 pm
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Velvet Street No.13
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Night in the Tropical Mountains and Forests
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2:00 pm
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3:00 pm
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5:01 pm
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5:02 pm
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5:03 pm
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5:40 pm
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6:00 pm
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Sandy Highway No.1
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Sandy Highway No.2
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Velvet Street No.1
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Velvet Street No.2
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Velvet Street No.3
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Velvet Street No.4
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Velvet Street No.5
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Velvet Street No.6
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Velvet Street No.7
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Velvet Street No.8
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Velvet Street No.9
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Velvet Street No.10
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Velvet Street No.11
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Velvet Street No.12
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Velvet Street No.13
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Velvet Street No.14
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Highway: Day 1
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Highway: Day 4
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Highway: Day 5
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Highway: Day 6
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Room 51
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Hummingbird
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Wetlands No.2
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Wetlands No.1
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Curtain No.13, 14, 15
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Gardens with Mandala Pt1
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Gardens with Mandala Pt2
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Pollen 18
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Pollen 20
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Pollen 14
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Pollen 13
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Pollen 9, 10, 11, 12
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an enormous and slow-moving being
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Insomnia
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Tomorrow
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Phobia 0005
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Phobia 0014
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Phobia 0009
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Phobia 0007
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Phobia 0004
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Phobia 0003
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Phobia 0001
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Letter to the Sea Anemone
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Landscape 00:01
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Forest 4
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Forests 1
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Forests 7 II
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Forest 7 I
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Toad 1
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A Recluse
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Chickadee 2
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Chickadee 1
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Swallow
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Mountain 3:20 am, 5:10 am, 4:20 am, 1:03 am
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Mountain 0003 10:16 am
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Landscape 17:30
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Landscape 13:40
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Landscape 00:43
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Landscape 00:27
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Moutain 0004
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Mountain 0003
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Mountain 0002
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Landscape 00:02
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Landscape 05:18
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Landscape 21:08
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Landscape 21:50
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Landscape 20:19
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Rainbow Highway
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Landscape 01:50
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Landscape 01:39
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Phobia 24
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Phobia 25
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Phobia 27
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Phobia 23
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Curtain 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8
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Phobia 15
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Phobia 0002
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Ocean 1/3, 2/3, 3/3
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Phobia 0002, 0005
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Landscape 23:15
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Little Boy pt 1
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Phobia 0001
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Phobia 0004
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You Can Hear the Sound of Cicadas at Night
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Phobia 0005
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Phobia 0011
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Elephant
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Candy Mountain
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Pollen 27
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Pollen 31, 32, 33
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CV

BORN

1983 in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province

EDUCATION

2006
BFA, Art College, Shanxi University, China

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024
An Irresistible Spectacle, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai

2023
Paradise, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai

2019
Pollen, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai

2017
Phobia, OCAT, Xi'an
Melt, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai

2015
Zhou Fan: Mute, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai

2013
Zhou Fan Solo Exhibition, Art Beijing, Beijing

2012
Zhou Fan Solo Exhibition, NUOART, Beijing

2010
Dream Catcher in the Rye - Zhou Fan Solo Exhibition, Art Scene Warehouse, Shanghai

2008
Zhou Fan Solo Exhibition, Art Scene China, Shanghai

2004
ITCHY Solo Exhibition, Shanxi University, Taiyuan

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024
In The Flow, Mirror Space, Shaoxing
Shanghai Calling, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai, China

2023
Dissolution of Form, HDL Museum, Chengdu
Aurora, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai

2022
First Light, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai

2021
Electric Picnic, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai

2020
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

2019
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

2018
Paint the Web Pink, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai

2017
New Space Soft Opening Exhibition, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai
10 Years of Love, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai

2016
Fireflowers, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai
Ulysses' Gaze - The Return of Painterliness and Soulful Contemplation, Ginkgo Art Center, Beijing

2015
Bites Back, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai

2014
Dreaming in Color, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai

2009
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

2008
Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany
The White Exhibition - Contemporary Emerging Chinese Art Exhibition, Art Scene Warehouse, Shanghai

2007
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

2006
Here Comes the Christmas, Zendai MOMA, Shanghai

ART PROJECTS

2024
Amur JAHA Ordos, Ordos, China

2023
Remy Martin XO Mid-Autumn limited edition, China

2021
Festival, A8 Design Center, Chengdu, China

2019
Discover Your Color, Lane Crawford, Beijing / Shanghai / Chengdu / Hong Kong
Relic, Shanghai Dramatic Art Centre, Shanghai

2017
"Made in CNY", Apple Inc.

2009
Météo Music Festival, Mulhouse, France