Yajuan
Han

Han Yajuan belongs to the new Chinese Contemporary Art movement. She received her Bachelor of Arts from China Academy of Art in Hangzhou and her Master of Fine Arts from Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, and subsequently has attended further education studies at the Royal College of Art in London. Han Yajuan’s works broadly encompass oil paintings, VR and videos, the earlier of which focused primarily on the younger generation in China who grew up during the social transition period, and discusses the reconstruction and transition of traditional values and consumerism under the influence of globalization.In 2015, Han began her latest series of work: “Superlative”. She fabricated a series of historical space-time from posthuman as the new frame of reference for human, which explores the changes in human cognition, the complicated relationship between the real and virtual world, leading to new reflection on ecology and human nature.Han has held several solo exhibitions in countries such as China, Italy, America, the United Kingdom, Japan, Holland, Australia and Spain. She has also taken part in many group exhibitions presented in National Art Museum of China, CAFA Art Museum, National Portrait Gallery Australia, Salvatore Ferragamo Museum, Palazzo Reale Milan, Museum Oscar Niemeyer (Brazil), etc. Her works were reported by Art Asia Pacific, Art+Auction, Art in America, V&A magazine and have been collected by China Academy of Art, Uli Sigg, M+Museum, as well as other institutions and collectors. In 2018, as one of the contemporary Chinese women artists, Han has participated in the Women Artists in Contemporary China research program conducted by Tate gallery’s research center.Selected group exhibitions:2018“The 2nd Diaoyu Fortress International New Media Art Festival”, Chongqing, China2018 “Inspiration in Focus”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China.2017-18 “Bienal de Curitiba 2017: Vibrations: China - Pais Homenageado”, Museu Oscar Niemeyer, Curitiba, Brazil.2017 “Lumieres Hong Kong festival”, Hong Kong.2017 “15th Asian Arts Festival, Versatility-Asia Arts Invitational Exhibition”, Ningbo Museum of Arts, Ningbo, China2017 “New Tale of Orient: Young Art from Asia”, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China2016-17 “Across Art and Fashion”, Salvatore Ferragamo Museum & Marino Marini Museum, Piazza San Pancrazio, Florence, Italy.2016 “The Art of Humanity”, The Pratt Institute, New York, USA.2016 “She: International Women Artists Exhibition”, Long Museum, Shanghai, China2015 “Image Research Room (No.2): Concept and Language in Painting Process”, Right View Art Museum, Beijing, China2014 “Imago Mundi: The Art of Humanity”, Casa dei Carrares, Treviso, Italy2014 “Animamix Biennial——Rediscovery”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China2013 “1st ASEAN Biennial, ASENA Art Museum”, Nanning, China2013 “Hot Pot: A Taste of Contemporary Chinese Art”, Brattleboro museum & art center, Brattleboro, USA2013 “The 3rd Fine Art Festival of Hubei Province 2013”, Hubei Provincial Academy of Fine Arts Museum, Wuhan, China2012 “Go Figure! Contemporary Chinese Portraiture”, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, Australia / Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, Sydney, Australia2012 “CAFAM · Future”, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, China2011-12 “Future Pass,” Abbazia di San Gregorio & Palazzo Smith Mangilli Valmanara, Venice,Italy; Wereld Museum, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan; Today Art Museum, Beijing, China2011 “Half the Sky: Women in the New Art of China”, Leonard Pearlstein Museum, Philadelphia, USA2010 “Invisible Wings”, Times Art Museum, Beijing, China2009-10“Animamix Biennial 2009 – 2010”, Shanghai MOCA, Shanghai, China; Today Art Museum, Beijing, China; Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China2009 “China: The Contemporary Rebirth”, Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italy2009 “Attitudes- Female Art in China”, La Centrale Électrique, Brussels, Belgium2009 “Metropolis Now - A Selection of Chinese Contemporary Art”, Meridian International Center, Washington, DC2008 “Shanghai MOCA Envisage II - Butterfly Dream”, MOCA Shanghai, China2008“Free Zone China,” BSI Art Collection, Lugano, Switzerland2007 “La Cina e' vicina”, Palazzo delle Arti, Naples, Italy2007 “Floating - New Art of China”, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea2007 “Animanga! Exit 2007 Festival International”, Maison des Arts de Créteil, Paris, France/ Manège Maubeuge, Maubeuge, France 2006 “Fiction@Love / Forever Young Land”, MOCA, Shanghai, China/ Bund 18 Creative Center, Shanghai, China/ Singapore Art Museum, Singapore2005 “Archaeology of the Future- the Second Triennial of Chinese Art”, Nanjing Museum, Nanjing, China