uan zhang
visual artist/ art director/ installation maker/ performer
Instagram：uuuannnn
Email：uanzhang000@gmail.com
Uan is an independent artist, mainly using installation, moving image and performance as creative media, engaged art and fashion about 10 years, now lives in Shanghai. Since graduated from Central Saint Martins Womenswear, the limitations of fashion design made her think more seriously about the possibility and marginality of the body.
she began to explore the roots and boundaries of the body in the creation of multi-media. She creates and produces visual programs for T Magazine, VOGUE, Bazaar fashion, Instyle, GQ etc, also has worked as art director for various media and brands, stages and videos. Meanwhile, she is active as a visual artist, installation maker and performer in art exhibitions, club culture, fashion shows and other multi- dimensional stages, exploring the need to stimulate hyper- real sensory experiences.
uan's works are characterized by a kind of role-playing/magical/occult/virtual idol/eroticism/cyborg, exploring the Intersections of Audio-Visual, Performance, and Installation Art, refer to investigate the intersections of these forms of art, with a focus on how they can be combined to create innovative and immersive art experiences.
>SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
‘Galactic mambo’，AT TANK SHANGHAI, 2023
'El Niño'，GROUP EXHIBITION AT FABRICA GALLERY, BY MARTIN GOYA BUSINESS & BRITISH COUNCIL, BRIGHTON, UK, 2023
'THE ISLAND', GROUP EXHIBITION AT MOHO CENTER, PRESENTED BY "ART/LIVE" ART FESTIVAL, SHANGHAI, 2023
'HUMAN ERROR', GROUP EXHIBITION 'EXTENDED BODIES' AT Galerie LaDons, Gängeviertel, Hamburg, 2022
'I NEVER MEAN TO HURT YOU', GROUP EXHIBITION 'EXTENDED BODIES' AT Galerie LaDons, Gängeviertel, Hamburg, 2022
'THE ENTRY TO YOUR BODY', ULTRA COMMUNITY, TANK Shanghai x MartinGoyaBusiness，Shanghai，2021
"THE MAYFLY WOMAN', SOLO EXHIBITION，SYSTEM ARTIST FILE , SYSTEM, SHANGHAI，2021
>SELECTED PERFORMANCE
'I NEVER MEAN TO HURT YOU', LIVE PERFORMANCE & INSTALLATION, ABYSS, SHANGHAI, 2022
'THE POOL' LIVE PERFORMANCE WITH INSTALLATION, ALL CLUB, SHANGHAI, 2021
>AWARDS
-Finalist White Unicorn International Film Festival 2019
Fashion short film project '404'
-Silver Short Film Award- 404
-The monthlv Mediterranean Film Festival. 2019
-Fashion short film proiect '404
Invited and nominated to Short Film Award,
TheFilmClub : Toronto 2019
EDUCATION:
1024-2026: MA Fine Art，
Hochschule für Bildende Künste–Städelschule，Frankfurt
2014-2019: BA (Hons)Fashion: Fashion Design Womenswear,
Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design (UAL), London
2013-2014: Foundation Diploma in Art & Design:
Camberwell College of Arts(UAL), London
LET'S PLAY!
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