Fan Yan
Introduction
Born in 1968 in a family of musicians in Beijing, Fan Yan was a classically trained violinist and viola player from a young age, while at the same time she was drawn to painting. She came to Hong Kong to study at Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts in 1987. After graduation, she played with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra for 20 years. In 2011, she began to devote herself to painting, realising her life’s dream. Fan folds and dyes rice paper to divulge patterns reflective of the repetitive nature of music score. With this experimental artistic practice, she constantly explores the interpretation of various elements of music with a new unique visual language.
In 2020 she developed a Music Series called Polyphonies which won a number of awards, namely the UOB Art Academy’s Art in Ink 2020, and the Ink Global 2020 award. In 2024, her works are selected for Cathay Pacific Airline's latest project "Gallery in the skies", Hong Kong. She has also exhibited in Korea, Singapore, and Russia.
BIOGRAPHY
1968 Born in Beijing, China, in a family of musicians
Classically trained violinist and viola player from a young age
1987 Came to Hong Kong to study at Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
After graduation, she played with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra for 20 years
2011 Began to devote herself to painting
2024 Selected for Cathay Pacific Airline's latest project "Gallery in the skies", Hong Kong
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
2022
- French May Arts Festival, Hong Kong
2021
- Polyphony, Compo Marzio concept store, Tai Kwun, Hong Kong
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
- Ink xperiment, Hong Kong City Hall, Hong Kong
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Landscape in Motion, Ink Asia, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
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A New Era of Ink Painting in Hong Kong: 1st Chinese Cultural Festival, Hong Kong Central Library, Hong Kong
- Contemporary Ink Painting Exhibition, Dafen Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
2023
- Abstract Ink Art in New Modes, City Hall, Hong Kong
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Ink Asia, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
2022
- Light Up, Goethe-Gallery, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
2020
- Ink Global, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
2019
- Singapore Affordable Art Fair, Singapore
2018
- Hong Kong Contemporary Female Artist Exhibition, Saint Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia
2017
- Shenzhen International Art Fair, Shenzhen Convention & Exhibition Center, Shenzhen, China
2016 & 2017
- International Watercolour Exhibition, Incheon, Korea
2016
- 3rd Asian Watercoluor Expression, Bandung, Indonesia
2013
- Awakening, Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre, Hong Kong
SELECTED AWARDS
2021 Bronze award, Abstract Open Category, 2020 UOB Art in Ink Award
2020 Selected into Ink Global, one of the 500 ink painting of the year
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Cathay Pacific Airline, Hong Kong
