Born 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. She has also exhibited in Korea, Singapore, and Russia.
BIOGRAPHY
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
2021
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
A New Era of Ink Painting in Hong Kong: 1st Chinese Cultural Festival, Hong Kong Central Library, Hong Kong
2023
Ink Asia, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
2022
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016 & 2017
2016
2013
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
