Chinese artists by Michel Nau - Kan Xuan 阚萱

 
 

 

 
 

 

 
 

Kan Xuan

 
 

阚萱

 
     
 

Kan Xuan  阚萱  -  portrait  -  chinesenewart

 
     
 
 

 

 

1972

Kan Xuan   阚萱 was born in Xuancheng, Anhui Province, China.

 

 

1993

She studied video at the Art Academy of China, Hangzhou.

 

 

2002

She was in residency at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Amsterdam.

 

 

2005

The Netherlands awarded her the Prix de Rome.

 

 

 

She made photographs, performances and videos.

   

2010

She toured China for two years in search of the imperial tombs and reported

 

164 videos of 400 photos taken with her I-phone and looped in a short story,

 

for her project : Millet Mounds.

 

( name given by the peasants to ruined mounds )

   

2014

She received the Best Artist Award at the Chinese Contemporary Art Awards.

   
 

She lives and works in Beijing and Amsterdam.

   
 

Danièle Sicard

   


   
 

Solo exhibitions  selection

   

2008

 09.02 03 05 Kan Xuan! ai !Continua Gallery San Gimignano  Italy

2009

Light Arrow Factory Beijing  China

2012

15.09 10.11 Millet Mounds UCCA Beijing China

2016

Kan Xuan Ikon Gallery Birmingham  United Kingdom

   
 

Collective exhibitions  selection

   

2008

Alors la Chine? Pompidou Centre Paris  France

2008

 Beyond - The Second Guangzhou Triennial Guangzhou  China

2008

 Everyday Miracles: 4 women artists in Chinese Pavilion - 52 th Biennial Venice  Italy

2008

 Our Future UCCA Beijing  China

2008

 Video programme - Moscow Biennial Moscow  Russia

2008

Dialogue 2010 - World expo 2010 Shanghai  China

2010

10,000 Lives - 8th Gwangju Biennial Gwangju  Korea

2012

The Unseen  - 4th Guangzhou Triennial Guangzhou  China

2013

55th Biennial Il Palazzo Enciclopedico Venice Italy

2014

 Asia Triennial Manchester  United Kingdom

 

 


 
 

 Kan Xuan 阚萱

 
 

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Kan Xuan - Millet Mounds
15.09 15.10 2012  UCCA  Beijing

 


 
 

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