HAN MENGYUN 韩梦云 Biography

Basic

1989	Born in Wuhan

Education

2012	B.A, Studio Art, Bard College, US
2016	Research Student, Sanskrit and Classical Indian Aesthetics, Kyoto University, Japan
2018	M.F.A. (Distinction), University of Oxford, UK
2019 -2022	Short Courses, Prince School of Traditional Arts, London, UK Persian Painting, Mandala Painting, Byzantine Icon Painting, Ornamental Woodcarving, Woodworking: Build a Qur'an Stand, Ebru Technique, Weave a Persian Kilim Carpet, Natural Dyes & Patterns: Indian Block Printed Textile etc)

Prize

2018	The Emery Award, Shortlist, Oxford, UK
	Oxford University Levett Scholarship, Oxford, UK
2017	Mason Gross School of the Arts Teaching Assistant Fellowship, NJ, US
2012	Christina R. Tarsell Studio Arts Award, NY, US
2011	Helen Walter Bernstein ‘48 Scholarship, NY, US
2008	Jane Fromm Yacenda Scholarship in the Arts, NY, US

Solo Exhibitions

(Selected

All)

2023	The Unending Rose, ShanghART, Shanghai
2013	In Between Islands, Today Art Museum, Beijing

Group Exhibitions

(Selected

All)

2023	Bordercrossing：Possibilities and Interactions, YUZ Museum, Shanghai
	Painting Unsettled, UCCA Edge, Shanghai
2021	The Dwelling Place of the Other in Me, Emerging Curators Project 2021, Power Station of Art, Shanghai
	Diriyah Biennale: Feeling the Stones, JAX District, Diriyah, Saudi Arabia
2018	Phala, Ruskin MFA Show, Oxford, U.K.
2015	Shenzhen Contemporary Art Biennial, Art Museum of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen
	Thermomatter, 2015 China Contemporary Art Exhibition, Shenzhen Art Museum, Shenzhen
2012	The 8th International Ink Art Biennale of Shenzhen, Guan Shanyue Art Museum, Shenzhen
	Female Artists From Guangdong, Guan Shanyue Art Museum, Shenzhen

Projects

(Selected

All)

2021	Han Mengyun: Logic of the Ether, Xiàn Chǎng \| West Bund Art & Design 2021, West Bund Art Dome, Shanghai

2024	Busan Biennale 2024, Seeing in the Dark, Museum of Contemporary Art Busan, Korea
	The Threshold under Turbine Vents, Sun Blanket Foundation, Seoul
	The Inner Side of the Wind - Gallery Weekend Beijing 2024 Up&Coming Sector, A08 Building, 798 Art Distrct, Chaoyang District, Beijing
	Poetry By the Barbarian, ASE Foundation, Shanghai
2023	Bordercrossing：Possibilities and Interactions, YUZ Museum, Shanghai
	Painting Unsettled, UCCA Edge, Shanghai
	Chinese Contemporary Art from the Sigg Collection, SONGEUN Art and Cultural Foundation, Seoul Korea
2022	A Place for Concealment, Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing, China
	AORA VI: Light, AORA Space, London, UK
2021	The Dwelling Place of the Other in Me, Emerging Curators Project 2021, Power Station of Art, Shanghai
	Diriyah Biennale: Feeling the Stones, JAX District, Diriyah, Saudi Arabia
2018	Crowdsourcing and Representing the Self, UCL Institute of Education, London, UK
	Phala, Ruskin MFA Show, Oxford, U.K.
2017	NordArt 2017: World By World, NordArt, Büdelsdorf, Germany
	Future? Future!, Shenzhen Art Museum, Shenzhen
	Spring Discovery, 1000 Plateaus Art Space, Chengdu
2016	On Paper, Shenzhen Art Museum, Shenzhen
2015	Shenzhen Contemporary Art Biennial, Art Museum of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen
	Thermomatter, 2015 China Contemporary Art Exhibition, Shenzhen Art Museum, Shenzhen
2014	Living in Chengdu, Chengdu Art Museum, Chengdu
2013	Ink of Two Cities, Sha Tin Town Hall, Hong Kong
	Painting as Voices, Jinling Art Museum, Nanjing
2012	Samsara, Mason Gross Galleries, Rutgers University, NJ,U.S.A
	The 8th International Ink Art Biennale of Shenzhen, Guan Shanyue Art Museum, Shenzhen
	Mausoleum of Dust, Bard College,NY, U.S.A
	Female Artists From Guangdong, Guan Shanyue Art Museum, Shenzhen
	Sino-Korea Inkpainting, Guan Shanyue Art Museum, Shenzhen

2024	10 YEARS, ShanghART at West Bund 2015-2024, ShanghART, Shanghai
2021	Han Mengyun: Logic of the Ether, Xiàn Chǎng \| West Bund Art & Design 2021, West Bund Art Dome, Shanghai