Jes Fan
This sandbox is in the article namespace. Either move this page into your userspace, or remove the {{User sandbox}} template. Jes Fan is an artist from Hong Kong and Canada, currently based in Brooklyn, New York. Their work looks at the intersection of biology and identity,[1] and explores otherness, transgender identity, and self-determination.[2] Fan has exhibited in the United States, Belgium, Hong Kong, and others.
Biography
Fan holds a BFA in Glass from Rhode Island School of Design.[3]
Fan is a queer artist who uses everyday materials to explore gender and identity in their work. Hong Kong-based online magazine Still / Loud has said of Fan: "The artist seeks to break down the barriers in Hong Kong to a more open contemporary art and queer discourse."[4] Artsy has commented that: "Fan’s desire is to obfuscate the difference between hard and soft, asking us to quantify and justify our sense of queerness as a limp thing. It’s a conceptual question for the viewer: How soft must a masculine object get to become feminine?"[5]
Their works include Mother is a Woman (2018), a lotion with estrogen extracted from their mother’s urine and a related promotional video; Cellular Studies (2018)[6], a sculpture made of soybean capsules, Aqua-Resin, and fibreglass[6]; Resistance Training (2017), a pink silicone barbell weight that breathes in and out[7].
List of exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions:
Mother is a Woman, Empty Gallery, Hong Kong (2018)
No Clearance in Niche, Museum of Arts and Design, New York (2017)[2]
Disposed to Add, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia (2017)
Ot(her), Sarah Doyle Gallery, Brown University, Rhode Island (2016)
Selected Group Exhibitions[1]:
Uproot, Smack Mellon, New York (2017)
Glass Ceiling, UrbanGlass, New York (2017)
Timeshare, Zaha Hadid Building, New York (2018)
Set on Freedom, Queens Museum, New York (2017)
In Search of Miss Ruthless, Para Site, Hong Kong (2017)
From Dada to Tada, Fisher Parrish Gallery, Brooklyn, New York (2017)
Whereabouts, Glazenhuis Museum, Belgium (2016)
Awards and Residencies
Fan is the recipient of awards including the Pioneer Works Residency, Edward and Sally Van Lier Fellowship at Museum of Arts and Design (MAD), CCGA Fellowship at Wheaton Arts, and John A. Chironna Memorial Award at RISD.[3]
They have taken part in residencies including Para Site in Hong Kong (2017)[3], Rhode Island School of Design Glass (2017), Pioneer Works (2017)[8], Spring Workshop in Hong Kong[9], and Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia.
References
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- ^ a b "Empty Gallery – Jes Fan". emptygallery.com. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
- ^ a b "MAD Announces Jes Fan: No Clearance in Niche A New Solo Exhibition Exploring Gender, Identity and Otherness". madmuseum.org. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
- ^ a b c "Artist-in-residence: Jes Fan - Para Site". www.para-site.org.hk. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
- ^ Chan, Vincy (2017-09-12). "Patching queer art in Hong Kong with Jes Fan". Still / Loud. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ Small, Zachary (2017-10-17). "These Trans and Queer Artists Are Challenging Popular Notions of Strength". Artsy. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
- ^ a b "The Miracle of Creation: Jes Fan and the Craft of Engineering Kinship". frieze.com. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
- ^ ""From Dada to Ta-Da!"". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
- ^ "Jes Fan". Pioneer Works. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
- ^ "Jes Fan - Spring Workshop". www.springworkshop.org. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
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