Jes Fan

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Installation view from The Socrates Annual 2019

Image courtesy of the artist and Socrates sculpture park.

Installation view from The Socrates Annual 2019

Image courtesy of the artist and Socrates sculpture park.

Installation view from CAMP FIRES The Body As A Queer Stage

Image courtesy of the artist and UV Estudios.

Installation view from Kiss My Genders

Image courtesy of the artist and Hayward Gallery.

Installation view from Kiss My Genders

Image courtesy of the artist and Hayward Gallery.

Installation view from Kiss My Genders

Image courtesy of the artist and Hayward Gallery.

Animacy Arrangement, 2018

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Animacy Arrangement (Lick), 2018

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Animacy Arrangement (Cube), 2018

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Testo-Candle, 2017

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Disposed to Add, 2017, performance

Image courtesy of the artist and Vox Populi.

Jes Fan’s work speculates on the intersection of biology and identity. Their works propose an expanded notion of biological and bodily materiality rooted via an investigation of transgender politics, body modification, and applied science. Fan is the recipient of various awards, such as the Joan Mitchell Painters and Sculptors Grant, Van Lier Fellowship at Museum of Arts and Design (MAD), Pioneer Works Residency, and John A. Chironna Memorial Award at RISD. Recent solo shows include “No Clearance in Niche” at MAD Museum, NY; “Disposed to Add”, at Vox Populi Gallery, PA; “Ot(her)” Brown University, RI. Fan holds a BFA in Glass from Rhode Island School of Design and is currently working in Brooklyn, NY. 

Education

2014
Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) BFA in Glass

Awards

2019
Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship, Jerome Foundation
2017
Joan Mitchell Painters and Sculptors Grant Recipient
Edward and Sally Van Lier Fellowship, Museum of Arts and Design
Emergency Grant, Foundation for Contemporary Arts
2016
Creative Glass Center of America Fellowship, Wheaton Arts
2014
Award of Excellence, RISD Glass Department
2013
John A. Chironna Fellowship, RISD

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2018
Mother is a Woman, Empty Gallery, HK
2017
Disposed to Add, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
No Clearance in Niche, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
2016
Ot(her), Sarah Doyle Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Upcoming
Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art, Liverpool, UK
2019
The Socrates Annual 2019, Socrates sculpture park, NYC
CAMP FIRES THE BODY AS A QUEER STAGE, UV Estudios, Argentina
Kiss My Genders, Hayward Gallery, London
An Opera for Animals, Rockbound Art Museum, Shanghai
no body to talk to, Invisible Exports, NYC
SportCult, Team Gallery, NYC
2018
Paradox: Haptic Body in the Age of AI, Carnegie Mellon University
Raw Design, San Francisco Museum of Craft and Design, USA,
2017
Uproot, Smack Mellon, New York, NY
Glass Ceiling, UrbanGlass, New York, NY
Timeshare, Zaha Hadid Building, NY
Set on Freedom, Queens Museum, NY
In Search of Miss Ruthless, Para Site, Hong Kong
From Dada to Tada, Fisher and Parrish, Brooklyn, NY
Threshold, Underdonk Gallery, New York, NY
Stranger Things, Outpost Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016
Whereabouts, Glazenhuis Museum, Belgium
2014
Material Location, UrbanGlass, New York, NY

Residency

2019
Bemis Center for Arts, NE, USA
Recess Art, NYC USA,
2018
Alfred University, NY, USA
2017
Tyler School of Art, PA, USA
Spring Workshop, Hong Kong
Pioneer Works, NYC, USA
JesFan_Selected press_Oct_2019
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